The Broadway musical Glory Days has made its mark in history this week.

And not in a good way!

The show opened AND closed on its first day, this past Tuesday.

It had played 17 previews before its official opening, though that didn't seem to help generate any buzz.

Glory Days was written by two actors and also first time authors, Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner, who are 23 and 24 years old.

Poor kids!

The show is was a musical about some ex-high school friends.

The show moved to Broadway following a run in Arlington, VA.

The producers of Glory Days said, "Given the overnight reviews and our low advance sales, we believe it is prudent to close the show on Broadway immediately."

The musical now joins Ellen Burstyn's one-woman show back in 2003, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, as the only shows to open and close on the same night.

You're part of history, boys. Embrace it!

[Image via Playbill.com.]

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Irvine Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire has passed away.

He was 90.

Have some fat-free frozen yogurt in his memory today!

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Guns kill!!!!!!!

We're all for people having the right to bear arms (within reason), but…..

There needs to be a stricter screening process and background check!!!!

Some "accidents" just don't need to happen.

Like that dude that accidentally shot and killed his 9-year-old son after he mistook him for a turkey!

Yeah, he was allegedly high and drunk!

Well, it just happened AGAIN.

David Schmidthuber went turkey hunting with his 14-year-old son in Oldham County, Kentucky, this past weekend.

His son Steven got separated from his father about 30 minutes after entering the woods.

That's when police say the father mistook his son for a turkey and shot him!!!!!

We're serious.

The son passed away due to the shot.

According to police, no charges are expected to be filed.

We just can't even begin to imagine what that would do to a person: KILLING your own son.

What a fucking idiot!!!!!

Dear parents: please please please please PLEASE keep your children safe at home when you go hunting or will be using firearms.

It's just common sense!!!!!

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Family and friends of Tom Oteri (father of SNL alum, Cheri Oteri) are trying to make sense of his violent death this past weekend.

Oteri was fatally stabbed Saturday night in the wrist with a pocketknife by songwriter Rich Fagan. The murder happened after a drunken fight in the Nashville home the two shared according to police.

Oteri was known those who knew him to be a peace-loving man.

Son Brian Oteri told the media that the scenario was out of character for his father, who rarely drank to excess.

“I can't remember him once raising his voice to me. He would be the referee in any family argument. Dad never let things go too far,” said Brian

A music industry insider says, "No one can believe it. Rich lived hard, but Tom sort of kept him in line. He was very much a fatherly figure to Rich."

Cheri Oteri has declined to make a statement regarding her father's death.

Very sad.

[Image via WENN.]

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What a Crazy Face!

Robert Francis, a 31 year old homeless man with a Colgate smile from St. Louis, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Francis was charged Monday with the murder of his cell mate over the weekend, by strangling him to death.

The victim was dead upon arrival at a St Louis hospital.

Both Francis and the victim were arrested on Friday and waiting for their court appearances on Monday.

According to the city's Public Safety Director, Charles Bryson, it is often routine for two inmates to share a cell.

Bryson said, "I don't know if the person snapped, or if there had been an escalation throughout the day." There was no apparent knowledge of any history between Francis and the victim.

"I don't want any death on my watch. Frankly, it's disturbing," adds Bryson.

Attorney John Wallach added, "What we've been hearing is that the justice center is not a safe place. Whether people have to spend hours in there or weeks, the level of support and care, even for people who are in for minor matters, is abysmal."

R.I.P. dude.

That homeless fella needs some serious psychiatric help.

He's about to get it - and lots of it!

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Sad news.

The father of Saturday Night Live alum Cheri Oteri was stabbed to death this past weekend by a country music songwriter.

On Monday, police charged Richard William Fagan for the criminal homicide of Gaetano Thomas Oteri.

Fagan and Oteri were reportedly roommates.

No other information has been released.

Our thoughts are with the Oteri family.

[Image via WENN.]

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"Father Kills Son in Hunting Accident After Mistaking Him for Turkey"

What a tragic and surreal way to go! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.

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The inquest into the death of British television personality Mark Speight has discovered that he had left two suicide notes.

Speight was apparently carrying one in a pocket and left another at an apartment.

The contents of the notes have not been made public (yet).

The police are not treating his death as suspicious. Speight was found hung in Paddington station in London this past Sunday, after having disappeared for almost a week.

Very sad.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

[Image via WENN.]

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It was a year ago today that the horrific massacre at Virginia Tech happened, unnecessarily resulting in the deaths of 32 students and professors.

Let us remember those we have lost.

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Cameron Diaz's father, Emilio, passed away suddenly on Tuesday.

The Cuban-American was in very good health but succumbed to a bad case of pneumonia.

Que triste.

He was only 58 years old.

Truly heartbreaking.

Our deepest and sincerest condolences to Cameron y la familia.

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