Chris Farley Died of Drug Overdose; Comedian Joins the List of Celebrities Who Lived Fast, Died YoungJon Jeter
The noted record producerPhil Spector(who, decades later, would be convicted of murder)placed a memorial adin the August 20, 1966 issue of Billboard. The text began: "Lenny Bruce is dead. He died from an overdose of police. However, his art and what he said is still alive. No one ne...
Temple is perhaps the best example of somebody throughout history who epitomizes the trope of "child star." Though her singing, dancing, and acting brought her to the height of her successes before she could even be enrolled in kindergarten, she spent her later years serving as an ambassador...
Temple is perhaps the best example of somebody throughout history who epitomizes the trope of "child star." Though her singing, dancing, and acting brought her to the height of her successes before she could even be enrolled in kindergarten, she spent her later years serving as an ambassador...
Naturally, there are a lot of romantic comedies that involve weddings. Anyone who has ever gotten married — or who has been involved with planning a wedding — knows how much work these things are. Not to mention, they’re usually expensive as heck. That’s why it’s so ridiculous that...
the personal consequences were profound. His health and state of mind rapidly deteriorated. His last performance was on June 26, 1966, at San Francisco’sFillmore Auditorium. Five weeks later, on August 3, he died of amorphineoverdose in his Hollywood Hills home. In 2003, almost 40 years af...
Joan Rivers(born June 8, 1933,Brooklyn,New York, U.S.—died September 4, 2014, New York, New York) was an American entertainer who launched her career in show business in the 1960s as a raspy-voiced no-holds-barred nightclub and television comic and who was especially known for skewerin...