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Rest In Peace: Silver Lake Walking Man
By Will Campbell | 10 CommentsI’m entirely dumbstruck to learn that one of Silver Lake’s most recognizable and mobile icons, Dr. Marc Abrams — aka The Walking Man, The Walking Dude, Doc Walker — has died. His age is being reported as 58 and he was apparently found dead Wednesday... -
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
By Janna Smith | 4 CommentsEvery now and then we Trojans have to join up with those annoying Bruins on some things (and not just hating on Cal). This weekend, we join together on a sad note – mourning the loss of former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. John Wooden... -
Tam & Cinthya
By Queequeg | 3 Comments“I wonder if getting a PhD in American studies is going to prove I’m an American?” – Tam Tran, quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times I suppose death is the time to reflect and celebrate a life – but what of the... -
While Everyone Else Is Busy Remembering Daryl Gates’ Life, I’ll Be Remembering Eula Love’s Death
By Will Campbell | 10 CommentsDaryl Gates had been LAPD chief for about a year when Eula Love was gunned down by his police officers on January 3, 1979. Eula Love was a 39-year-old mother living in the West Athens area of south Los Angeles near Hoover and 120th at... -
Merlin & Me
By Will Campbell | 9 CommentsWhen I was a Pop Warner-sized punk back in the early-mid ’70s my mom was dating a guy named Jim who was with ABC Wide World of Sports in some capacity and thus he knew a guy named Carroll Rosenbloom who happened to be the... -
Original Z-Boy Bob Biniak Passed Away This Morning
By Sean Bonner | 8 CommentsI just found out that Bob Biniak, who you probably know as one of the original Dogtown Z-Boys suffered a cardiac arrest last sunday and passed away earlier today in Florida. He was 52. He was an inspiration to an entire generation of kids and... -
Gidget, Taco Bell Chihuahua, dies
By thunderboltfan | 5 CommentsAnother beloved celebrity gone. The cruel summer of death marches on, this time claiming a beloved star of the small screen. Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, died from a stroke on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. She was 15 (105 in dog years.) “She made... -
Rest In Peace, Michael Jackson
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King of Pop is Dead
By tammara | 2 CommentsWow. Two icons in one day. Michael Jackson died today after being rushed to the hospital here in Los Angeles in cardiac arrest. When he arrived at the hospital, he wasn’t breathing and they couldn’t revive him. What a shocker… probably more to him than... -
Farrah & Me
By Will Campbell | 17 CommentsMy 8th grade Le Conte Junior High class picture is all feathered hair, a smile full of braces, and my favorite shirt, a pale blue tee with an iron-on of Farrah Fawcett’s iconic poster. Farrah and I wouldn’t meet in person, until four years later... -
Farrah Fawcett Has Left Us
By tammara | No CommentsFarrah Fawcett died this morning in Santa Monica after a long battle with cancer. She was a shining star, who, when she was on, blazed pretty hot. Best known as THE pin-up girl of the seventies in that red bathing suit, with her long, blonde... -
Actor Comedian Dom DeLuise passed away Monday
By frazgo | 3 CommentsIf you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. RIP Dom DeLuise you were my favorite actor in the screwball comedies as I was growing up.... -
R.I.P. Jesus
By Sean Bonner | 7 CommentsNot much else to say… Photo by Mr. Rollers. -
Jack Wrangler, first gay porn star, dies
By thunderboltfan | No CommentsJack Wrangler, the Beverly Hills-born porn superstar, has died. He was 62. The reported cause of death was from complications from emphysema. Although he performed in both gay and straight adult films, he was always open about his homosexuality and considered a hero of the... -
John Leech, founder of Onyx Cafe, passes away
By Lucindamichele | 5 CommentsThis came to my inbox. John Leech, the founder of the Onyx Cafe in Silverlake/Los Feliz/Echo Park and beloved patron of the arts and truth in general has passed away. It apparently happened around Monday or Tuesday March 17th or 18th and has been confirmed...
