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...