I received a text message about an hour ago that Billy Mays died, but I wasn’t able to confirm it until now. Tampa Police report that at about 7:45 a.m. this morning Deborah Mays found her husband, 50-year-old Billy Mays, unresponsive at their home in Tampa, Florida. The enthusiastic TV pitchman had just returned from Philadelphia where he was shooting a new commercial for OxiClean. The plane on which he had flown back to Florida experienced... 

First the happy news….. Carnie Wilson gave birth to a little girl last Friday, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Named Luciana Bella, the healthy baby weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. This is the second child for the Wilson Phillips singer; she and musician husband Rob Bonfiglio also have a 4-year-old daughter named Lola Sofia. I totally love the names! [source] And now the sad news….. Patrick... 

It’s not uncommon to hear about a couple who have been together for most of their lives dying within weeks or months of each other. It’s like when the first one goes, the second one loses a part of their heart and soul and can no longer go on. Lyle and Arnita Yingling were married for 67 years – until death did them part – and then reunited them again in Heaven. Arnita Yinglin was the first to go, dying in her sleep at the age of... 

Today we are reminded of just how precious life is, and how quickly it can be taken away. In just a matter of days, 45-year-old actress Natasha Richardson went from a vibrant wife and mother of two to a woman clinging to life, and then ultimately losing it. Natasha Richardson was on vacation with at least one of her two sons on Monday when she slipped and fell during a ski lesson on a beginner’s slope outside of Montreal, Canada. She had... 

Freestyle motocross champion Jeremy Lusk died of head injuries Tuesday as a result of an earlier crash; he was 24. Lusk was riding in the X-Knights event in Costa Rica when he attempted to do a Seatgrab Indian Backflip and lost control of his bike. After the crash Jeremy Lusk was taken to Calderon Hospital ICU in San Jose, Costa Rica where he was pronounced dead at 11:03pm. In the room with Jeremy when he died were his parents Chuck and... 

John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s 16-year-old son Jett died today while on vacation in the Bahamas. It is being reported that Jett Travolta suffered a seizure and fatally injured himself after banging his head in the bathtub. He was taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama Island where attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead. It’s long been rumored that Jett Travolta was autistic, but John Travolta... 

At 3 a.m. this past Wednesday Abraham Biggs announced via a website that he was going to kill himself. By 3 p.m. that day, the 19-year-old Broward College student was dead on his father’s bed. And a whole lot of people watched; some even egged him on. By the time the authorities were called and police arrived at Biggs’ home it was too late. And people were still watching. The reality of the situation didn’t really sink in until after... 

This story is all kinds of crazy, and just plain tragic. The body of a woman, who had been missing since attending Lil’ Kim’s birthday party on Sunday night, was found yesterday on the roof of the building where the party took place. Cops say the body of Ingrid Rivera was found on the roof of Spotlight Live, a popular club in the middle of Times Square yesterday. She had suffered a head wound and other injuries. ***** The cops... 

Happy Hump Day! Eighth Place In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys. Seventh Place A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who ‘totally zoned when he ran,’ accidentally, jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily run. Sixth Place While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection... 

If you haven’t already heard, today Larry Birkhead was revealed as the biological father of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn. A fact that has pretty much always been known to be true, but now it’s official. It was announced Monday that Howard K. Stern would not fight for custody if Larry Birkhead turned out to be the baby’s biological father. It may look like a gesture of good will, but my theory... 

…but certainly not in peace. The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace After the clouds, the sunshine, after the winter, the spring, after the shower, the rainbow, for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life’s cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace. Helen Steiner Rice Speak Low Time is so old and love so brief, Love is pure gold and time a thief. We’re late,... 

Anna Nicole Smith’s body has been transported to the Bahamas for her burial today. Although she will finally be in the ground (I wonder how nasty her corpse is), she will still not be resting in peace. The battle continues. According to the news blurb I just heard, Daniel’s biological father is now in the mix. He wants Daniel’s body to be exhumed (gross) and sent to Texas — along with Anna’s body — for... 

DECEMBER 8th December 8, 1980 will go down in history as the day the world lost one of the most influential singer/songwriters it has ever known. On this day twenty-six years ago, John Lennon was shot and killed in front of his New York apartment building, The Dakota, as his wife Yoko Ono stood at his side. He was 40 years old. From close range, his murderer, Mark David Chapman, shot the former Beatle four times with a .38-caliber revolver....