Archive for the 'R.I.P.' Category

PHEW.

When we heard back in 2012 that Mitch Winehouse — the father of Amy Winehouse — wanted to honor his daughter's memory in sculpture form, we were scared the resulting creation would be a big, bronzed MESS…

BUT yay! We can breathe a sigh of relief because the artist who has been tasked with recreating the iconic singer's likeness has promised that the piece will NOT be garish or silly.

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This is so tragic!!!

Renowned psychologist and counselor Dr. Joyce Brothers died!!

Her cause of death hasn't yet been made public, but the popular psychologist's daughter confirmed she passed away today in her New Jersey home!

From TV to books to advice columns, Dr. Joyce was a pioneer in her field and she will be sorely missed!!

Dr. Phil even cites her as one of his professional inspirations. He said:

"I was a very big fan of hers. I started studying psychology back in 1968 or 1969 and she was a very present force at that time."

Aww!! Our hearts are breaking for her grieving friends and family right now!!

Dr. Joyce Brothers was 85 years old.

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Such a sad piece of news we have to share with you all.

The Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson has died, drowning after his America's Cup boat capsized.

He won an Olympic gold medal in sailing in 2008 and a silver at last year's games. This year he absolutely jumped at the chance to win yachting's top prize – the America's Cup.

He drowned when the high-tech catamaran capsized and trapped him under water for more than 10 minutes — and it was only a practice run. Sadly, he has a wife and an infant child.

We offer our condolences, and hope that his friends and family can get through this! Our hearts go out to you all!

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This is heart-breaking.

Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch and founder of the Missoni fashion house, passed away in his home in Sumirago, Italy on Thursday at 92 years of age.

He leaves behind his wife Rosita Missoni, as well as his children, Angela Missoni, who is the head designer of the house, Luca Missoni, the creative director, and several grandchildren.

His eldest son Vittorio Missoni, who went missing with his wife and companions during a flight to Venezuela back in January of this year, is still unaccounted for.

Ottavio began the family business in 1953, creating knitwear collections for various boutiques and stores in Italy, before launching the famous zigzag motif in 1962 and finally opening the first Missoni store in 1967.

Business has been booming ever since, with the latest Missoni for Target collaboration flying off shelves and causing the Target website to crash due to enormous demand.

Nonetheless, it's been a really tough year for the family, and they are in our thoughts during this truly difficult time.

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We were told to expect some crazy evidence to surface once Michael Jackson's wrongful death trial began, but there's no way we could have prepared ourselves for this!

Emails and court documents have recently been released showing that the late King of Pop was planning on lip synching during his final shows for his This Is It tour!

Apparently he was in such bad shape at the time he was unable to sing and dance at the same time and needed the the help of a vocal track just to get through his performances!

Michael’s family claims this is proof that AEG was perfectly aware of his poor health and mental state, yet they continued to push him through the tour.

Other emails between AEG promoter Randy Phillips and AEG president Tim Leiweke show the two complaining about his horrible condition and how it was affecting rehearsals.

In one message, Randy talks about having to help a dazed Michael get dressed, saying:

If the allegations are true, this kid probably won't be welcome at the upcoming Boston Strong benefit concert!

Robel Phillipos, arrested last week in connection with abetting those suspects believed responsible for the terrible bombings in Boston, was released today on $100K bail.

The 19-year-old man who know the Tsarnaev Brothers from UMass - Dartmouth is charged with making false statements to investigators in connection to the attacks and is now required to wear a monitoring ankle bracelet and to stay under home confinement.

Robel allegedly lied to cops who questioned him about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the wake of the bombings, and they're pretty sure they can prove it!

One government official said:

A new video has surfaced showing the late Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly just hours before his recent death, and it's not pretty.

The two and a half minute clip shows the deceased performer hanging out with some of his friends the night before he passed, and he appears to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Chris' mother revealed that her son was in fact using cocaine and heroin that night, and the video seems to support that as you can see beer cans and other substances scattered about his house.

At one point, the rapper tries to sing along to a track he had reportedly been working on, and he slurs his way through lyrics that involve morose subjects, like being surrounded by dead bodies.

Chris was only 34 when he died, and this disturbing video offers some insight into his substance abuse and the hours that led up to his untimely death.

[Image via Jonathan Phillips/AP Images.]