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

This devastating trend needs to end NOW!

On Friday, an openly gay 14-year-old high school student in Carthage, Tennessee named Phillip Parker committed suicide due to bullying.

Here's what the Phillip's grandfather Paul Harris had to say about him:

What a sad end to his life.

Former Penn State University coach Joe Paterno died Sunday morning just two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

As we all know by now, after 46 years of coaching at Penn State, Joe was fired last November following the sexual abuse scandal involving his former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky.

His family released the following statement:

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Ugh! We're still so crEEped out by this!!

Remember when they found the remains of a poor seventeen year old on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham country estate!?!

Of course U do… it was only New Year's!!

Welll… now her grandmother has spoken… and it just breaks our heart!!

Lidija Nesterova says

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This is truly touching news!

After a 30 year rift, during which neither of them spoke, Suzanne Somers and her Three's Company co-star, Joyce DeWitt, had an emotional reunion on the former's web series Suzanne Somers Breaking Through!

As Suzanne explains:

“I was fired for [asking] to be paid what they paid the men and everybody turned on me. Yeah, it was a problem. [Then] I thought, you know, everybody’s gone from that show. John [Ritter] is dead, Norman [Fell] is dead, Audra [Lindley] is dead, the producers are all dead…It’s just me and Joyce, and we shared a moment in time that will never be again. So she comes out and it was so emotional. Here I’m looking at someone who I spent such a moment in time with and I hadn’t seen her for 30 years and she looks great – you should watch! Of course I cried. I mean, it was just like, what a waste. And then it made me think of John and how awful it is that John is gone. I still can’t believe John Ritter is gone.”

Very true! We're so happy to hear that these two were finally able to put the past in the past, and honor those involved with the classic series who are no longer with us by reuniting and celebrating each other!

We certainly cannot wait to tune in and see this for ourselves!

It's going to be a tearjerker!

A legend has been lost. So sad.

At the age of 73, Etta James died last night at a hospital in Riverside, California. Her longtime friend and manager Lupe De Leon confirmed the news moments ago, revealing that Etta's soulful and iconic voice is no longer with us.

Etta was suffering from chronic leukemia, dementia and hepatitis C for quite some time, but it was complications from leukemia that ultimately led to her demise.

The music world is mourning a significant loss today. There will never be another like her. Our deepest condolences to her friends, family and fans for her passing.

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Ugh! Why weren't people doing their jobs!?!

A man died from a heart attack in a movie theater bathroom on January 9th.

Nobody found him until FIVE DAYS later!! What!!! WTF!?!

The man's family says his SUV was in the parking lot for five days too and still, nobody noticed.

So so sad. Our thoughts are with his family.

Blake Shelton delivered some sad news to his fans that his father, Dick Shelton passed away.

As a result, the country singer and The Voice judge postponed some of his concert dates on his Well Lit & Amplified tour so that he can be with his family through this difficult time.

Blake wrote on his website:

"Mr. [Dick] Shelton, who was in declining health this past year, was surrounded by loved ones in Oklahoma upon his passing this evening.

I appreciate your understanding during this difficult time and thank you for all your prayers. Your support means the world to me. I love you guys."

His shows in Bismark, ND, Rapid City, SD, Bozeman, MT, and Billings, MT that were originally scheduled for this week have been postponed until the end of March.

The rest of his set will resume in Columbus, GA, on January 26.

We're glad you're taking some time off to be with your loved ones, Blake. Your family is in our thoughts.

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This has got to stop.

Another gay teen who endured years of "pure hell" bullying has committed suicide.

18-year-old Jeffrey Fehr was a gifted young athlete who friends and family said was "funny, kind and compassionate."

On New Year's Day, he was found hanging in the front entrance to his family's home in Granite Bay, California.

So, why would such a gifted young man commit suicide?

Jeffrey's childhood was an unhappy one as he was the target of non-stop taunts from classmates.

His parents said:

"We will second-guess ourselves forever, but we do know that for years and years, people knocked him down for being different. It damaged him. It wore on him. He could never fully believe how wonderful he was, and how many people loved him.

He would come home from school and cry. He would say he felt alone, that he wasn't accepted for the things he liked."

On January 1, 2012, Jeffrey wrote a Facebook status that said:

"New Years is stupid."

Then, he hanged himself.

So, so tragic. Yet another young life lost due to bullying. Violence is never the answer and suicide is NEVER, EVER the answer.

PLEASE GET HELP.

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