“He was the most important voice in our lives for thirty years. And that voice made people reach for the stars. I hate the world without Walter Cronkite.” – George Clooney Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in the world” died at his New York home today at the age of 92; no official cause of death was given, but Cronkite has been in failing health for a while. “My father Walter Cronkite died,” his son Chip said Friday night.... 

Billy Mays was found dead this morning, about 12 hours after he had returned home from a flight during which he was hit over the head when one of the plane’s tires blew out, causing a rough landing. There is no confirmation that the hit over his head contributed to Billy’s death, but it does seem like and awfully big coincidence. Just to be safe and cover their asses I’m sure, the FAA has already released a statement basically blaming... 

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... 

Really the only thing we know from today’s autopsy is that there was no foul play involved, and that Michael Jackson was taking multiple medications. This evening the Jackson family met with police and it was concluded that “no crime” was committed. Cops Meet with Jackson Family Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was nowhere to be found when Jackson was taken to the hospital yesterday; although he was there... 

Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office chief medical examiner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran is conducting the autopsy along with an assistant pathologist. Results can be expected within the next few hours “depending on what the doctors need to do and how fast they work.” When Michael Jackson’s autopsy is completed, his body will be released to his family. The spokesman for the coroner’s office said he had no knowledge whether or not... 

Farrah Fawcett died this morning. From E! Online: Fawcett, the feather-haired founding member of TV’s Charlie’s Angels and pinup icon whose second act was marked by bids to showcase her acting chops and whose third act was marred by on- and offscreen problems, died this morning at a Los Angeles-area hospital, some two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with anal cancer. She was 62. The actress passed away at 9:28 a.m. Ryan... 

The one and only Ed McMahon passed away in a Los Angeles hospital early Tuesday morning at the age of 86. Although no official cause of death was given, it has been reported that McMahon suffered from bone cancer and other unknown ailments in recent months. Perhaps best known as Johnny Carson’s straight man, whose bellowing “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” opened NBC’s Tonight Show, McMahon had dreamed of being a...