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We are starting 2008 with two shocking Hollywood deaths.

We lost two very young Hollywood actors; Brad Renfro (25) and Heath Ledger (28). They started very young and made well over 10 movies each. They worked in very good movies. They were on their way to make history... I was looking forward to see what they were going to do next 30-40 years.

Heath Ledger was already an Oscar nominated actor.

Their lives were better than what most people can imagine. They were so young and had a lot of living to do. Both Brad and Heath died of drug overdose.

These were truly shocking deaths in Hollywood (*Head Ledger died in NY).

I enjoy running this website to celebrate old-timers' passing. Death is natural when you are old. I want to keep their memories alive.

But I hate to see young stars dying like this... for drugs.
It's shocking and disgusting.

Please don't do drugs. Don't do anything to harm your body. It's doesn't matter if you are not a movie star. We are all stars in our own world.

Please take care... God bless you all.

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This news came out 1 week after Brad Renfro's death. 

25 years old Actor had a secret son.  He's know as "Y".  We don't know much about him now. 

I wish best of luck to the little Brad.  I hope he will be well taken care of...  God bless.

click here for Ike Turner page

Over a month later San Diego County Medical Examiner's office released the cause of Ike Turner's death. It was a drug overdose combined with other old-age related diseases.

"On January 16, 2008 it was reported by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office that he died from a cocaine overdose. "The cause of death for Ike Turner is cocaine toxicity with other significant conditions," such as hypertensive cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema, Supervising Medical Examiner Investigator Paul Parker told CNN"

click here for Ike Turner page

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Anna Nicole tribute page - Click Here

In California, number of search warrents were served in relation on Anna Nicole Smith's death. They were issued by the state Attorney General's office.

They were served to the doctors connected to Anna Nicole.

Phil Spector jury deliberations continue
Click here for a full article
September 13, 2007

Jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial retired from their third day of deliberations today (September 12) without announcing a verdict.

The twelve jurors have appeared in good spirits as they enter and leave the courtroom each day, according to the Los Angeles Times. Among the jurors are an engineer, five civil servants, and one film executive.

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Related blog entries

• Steve Fosset declared dead on November 26, 2007
• Steve Fossett's airplane found October 2, 2007

James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008) was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.

Death of Steve Fossett
On November 26, 2007, Fossett's wife requested that Fossett be declared legally dead.The petition was granted on February 15, 2008. Steve Fossett was 63 years old at the age of his death.

At 8:45 am, on Monday, September 3, 2007, Fossett took off in a single-engine plane from a private airstrip known as Flying M Ranch ( 38°36?13?N, 119°00?11?W), near Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, near Carson City and the California border. The airfield is owned by Barron Hilton and is the site of the biennial Barron Hilton Cup invitational soaring encampment. Fossett was searching for a suitable lake bed for a world land speed record attempt.

According to CNN News, the search for Fossett began about six hours later. He was flying in a Bellanca Super Decathlon with tail number N240R registered to the "Flying M Hunting Club, Inc". There has been no signal from the plane's emergency locator radio beacon, which is designed to be automatically activated in the event of a crash.

Fossett took off with enough fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to Civil Air Patrol Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson noted that Fossett apparently did not file a flight plan. On Tuesday night, teams of 10 aircraft search but found no trace of any wreckage after scouring a large chunk of rugged terrain

Hal Fishman is sick, this doesn't sound good.
Hal Fishman is one of my top 10 celebrities alive.
He colapsed at home on August 2nd.
Doctor discovered colon cancer - spreaded to his liver.

Hal Fishman holds a record for being an Anchor man for the longest time.
Hal Fishman is 76 years old.

Please Get well.
God bless.

Update
Hal fisheman passed away soon after this post.
Go to this page to share your memory, God bless Hal Fishamn

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.

Jeff Healey is the blind singer (& Guitar player) from the 80's movie Road House starring Patrick Swayze. 

Jeff Healey is not just a movie character.  A movie creator saw a blind singer singing and playing guitar at a club in Canada.  He was hired to be himself for the movie.

Of course, he became very popular after Road House.  Jeff Healey made about 9 albums since then.

He lost his eyes when he was one year old due to cancer.  Jeff Healey was born on 1966.

Besinds vocals and guitar, he also plays trumpet and clarinet.