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Peter Steele, Front man of Type O Negative (singer, bass), dies 48

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Peter Steele is added

Sorry about late addition.

I wasn't sure how popular the band was (I am not up to date with current music)

I had enough people contacting me to make me realize that I should pay proper respect to Peter Steele.

Again, sorry about late listing

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Peter Steele, Front man of Type O Negative (singer, bass), dies 48

My coworker had a ding on his car.

He fixed his ding with "Ding King"...
We miss Billy Mays dearly.

There was no Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes today.

I hope he comes back next week.

A writer from Washington Post contacted me.

We had a quick phone interview on celebrity deaths, especially the big wave we had this Summer. I also talked about the surge of web visitors when Michael Jackson died.

Thank you very much for the opportunity.
You interview people every day, but it was exciting to me.
:)

Ruby & the Romantics was an American R&B group in the 1960s. They had several pop and R&B chart records but are sometimes considered as a 'one-hit wonder' for topping the charts in 1963 with their first recording, "Our Day Will Come", written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard. 

Ruby Nash Curtis (born November 12, 1939 - 70 years old) - Born in Akron, Ohio, Nash didn't start singing until she was a senior in high school. She joined a group of male singers touring as "The Supremes" in 1961. After they got a record deal with Kapp Records, they changed their name. In 1963, they scored a #1 hit with "Our Day Will Come", and had two more modest hits, "My Summer Love" (#16) and "Hey There Lonely Boy" (#27), but they never emulated that success despite personnel changes in 1965 and 1968. The group disbanded in 1971.

Nash returned to Akron and worked for AT&T. Ruby & The Romantics were given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1997. As of 2001, she was working at a large retail chain and had received no royalties for her records.

And the "Romantics" were:

Ed Roberts (second tenor) - Worked as a bank teller. Died of cancer on August 10, 1993.
George Lee (first tenor) - deceased (cancer)
Ronald Mosley (baritone) - deceased.
Leroy Fann (bass) - Died by violence in New York in 1973

"Our Day Will Come" was sang by many singers such as Frankie Valli and Johnny Mathis.

The latest popular version of "Our Day Will Come" was released in 2005 by a British Jazz Singer (pianist) Jamie Column.  He was 26 years old at the time of album release.

Our Day Will Come - Jamie Column

It's been about 18 years since Magic Johnson's HIV announcement.

We all thought it was a death sentence for Magic Johnson.

As of now, Magic Johnson's HIV virus is at undetectable level. (he's not virus free)

Magic Johnson is not the only person living healthy life with HIV.

The key point was that the virus was detected very early.  And he took very strong medication.  With early detection & drug treatment, a patient has 90% chance of holding down HIV virus.

Michael Jackson's public memorial services will be held at Staples Center.  Tickets are free, but you'll have to be really lucky to get these tickets. 

You can register to be in the drawing pool.  Only 17000 people will get free tickets to attend Michael Jackson's public memorial service.

You can register at StaplesCenter.com.

I hope David Carradine's family members and publicists will not try to cover up David Carradine's death. A lot of people die of autoerotic asphyxia. It's about time we raise awareness.

Please don't cover up his death. There is nothing wrong with people's desire for physical pleasure. We all pursue physical pleasure.

What's wrong is the fact that society is not talking about autoerotic asphyxia. What's wrong is that David's death was not prevented. The society looks at this as something so wrong and twisted. Remember back in the 40's? Your hands supposed to fall off if you do "it".

I guarantee you that public awareness will be raised in the future regarding autoerotic asphyxia. It's sad that now is not the time. We'll have to wait for more deaths, possibily more famous deaths, so people will talk about it again. I hope their family will openly talk about it without covering up.

Knowledge and awareness is power. It will save lives and create better world. Imagine INXS still has the original member. Imagine David Carradine would live to make several more movies and host more TV shows. We are losing good things in the world, because we refuse to raise awareness.

We sell "Girls Gone Wild" "Viagra" and "Extenze" on TV. But we refuse to talk about what's killing people. We see a lot of campaigns saying "Talk to your kids about smoking & drugs". A campaign like that might have prevented David's death.

Get over it people. David had a healthy life. I hope he's death will raise awareness to save countless others who didn't know the danger.

So, I say this now:
Hanging is a dangerous act. Media won't tell you, but a lot of people die from it. Most people do it sitting down and die sitting down. If you must experiment, have your partner with you. If you have done it many times and if you think you have a handle on it? That's when it's going to kill you.

Thank you for reading my rare personal blog.
God bless.

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Just a quick trivia.
Did you know the actor Kirk Douglas is the oldest member in MySpace?

www.myspace.com/letsfaceitbook

Who is Kirk Douglas you ask?
He is Spartakus.

4000th US soldier died on Sunday March 23, 2008. The US soldiers have more fans than some of the celebrities in Hollywood.

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I received a message from Janet Blair's daughter.
She found a video clip on YouTube and sent me a message.
I was excited to replied her.

I will not describe too much about the conversation or reveal her name.  I will keep it personal.

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Welcome to HollywoodMemoir.com, I just bought this domain name.
I've been watching this domain for about 1-2 years.
Somebody had this domain name before.
He/she was installing a CMS program.
Finally, this domain name was dropped.
I picked it up right away.

I can't wait to get everything setup.

I have a full time job and several other personal websites.
While I was working on this website Anna Nicole Smith died. Also president Ford and James Brown died. I hope James' body is buried by now.

Have a happy new year, and feel free to contact me.
God bless everyone.