Recent Popular Culture Blog | Celebrity Deaths PostsPatrick Swayze Dies at 57by Libby Pelham15 Sep 2009 01:14 AMThis is the blog I had dreaded doing. I knew it was coming, but I also knew that the day it happened, I would be really sad. When someone lives a long life, you can always say, well, they lived a long life. In cases like DJ AM, you wonder if survivor guilt drove him back to his addiction. Writer Dominick Dunne Dead at 83by Libby Pelham27 Aug 2009 07:47 PMWhile the country is still recovering from the death of the Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy, another celebrity died without much fanfare. Writer Dominick Dunne passed away yesterday at the age of 83 from bladder cancer. Ted Kennedy Dead at 77by Libby Pelham27 Aug 2009 06:23 AMWow, how do you even start a blog about someone like Ted Kennedy, who passed away yesterday at the age of 77 from brain cancer? He' served nine terms as a senator for the state of Massachusetts. Director John Hughes Dies at 59by Libby Pelham09 Aug 2009 06:50 PMDirector/writer John Hughes never won an Oscar. In fact, he never came close - he was never nominated for an Oscar. Or, a Golden Globe for that matter. Or much of anything. The only award I could find on the Internet Movie Database was the ShoWest Producer of the Year award in 1991. The Latest Michael Jackson Newsby Libby Pelham27 Jul 2009 01:46 PMIt has been a little over a month since Michael Jackson died, but the craziness around the story still continues. Walter Cronkite Dies at 92by Libby Pelham18 Jul 2009 10:02 AMI'm sorry if it seems that, in the last few months, the Pop Culture blog has become more of the Dead Celebrity blog, but we have lost so many great personalities. Today, we lost another as Walter Cronkite died at the age of 92. Funerals, Memorials, and More Celebrity Deathsby Libby Pelham06 Jul 2009 12:02 PMIt has been a rough few weeks for Hollywood. Right on the heels of David Carradine's June 3rd death came the news of Ed McMahon's death on June 23rd. King of Pop Michael Jackson Dead at 50by Libby Pelham25 Jun 2009 05:19 PMMy pop culture head is literally spinning. When Ed McMahon passed away a few days ago, I was sad, but I knew many young readers wouldn't remember Ed other than his financial problems of late. When Farrah Fawcett passed away today, again, I was sad, but knew that she was not in good shape. Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62by Libby Pelham25 Jun 2009 04:25 PMMuch like Ed McMahon's recent death, everyone had to be expecting to hear the news of Farrah Fawcett's death and today, she became a true angel at the age of 62. The actress had been battling anal cancer. Ed McMahon Dies at 86by Libby Pelham25 Jun 2009 07:53 AMYou had to know this was coming, but it is still sad to see a television icon pass away. Ed McMahon died at the age of 86 at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center just a little after midnight last Monday. Recent Blog Comments Libby Pelham says... "I would pay to see both him and Kate just go away!" Michele Cheplic says... "It was just a matter of time before Jon self destructed." |
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