Celebrity Deaths Blog Entries

 
New York Yankees owner
George Steinbrenner
has died this morning after suffering a massive heart attack.
Steinbrenner owned the Yankees for 37 years and in that time the baseball team won 7 World Series titles and 11 pennants.
He just celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

 
After the tragic death of bandmate Paul Gray,
Slipknot
hasn’t decided whether or not to keep making music.
Guitarist Jim Root explains:
“There’s going to be a big healing process that needs to happen before we even think about whether or not Slipknot will continue. And right now that’s the furthest thing from our mind.
“Right now we […]

Slipknot
bassist
Paul Gray
died last month and his death has been ruled as an “accidental overdose of morphine”
The Urbandale Police Department has released the toxicology results and final autopsy report, which shows Gray had morphine in his system when he was found in his Iowa hotel room on May 24th as well as signs of […]

 
Since the death of
Michael Jackson
, his estate has generated a cool $783 million from CD sales,
This Is It
theatrical and DVD releases, a 50 percent stake in the Sony/ATV catalogue as well as owning most of Mijac Publishing.
Wow, wow, wow!
I hope that his children get ALL of that money!!

 
According to
Gary Coleman’s
death certificate, the actor’s death has been ruled as a “fall” that happened by “accident.”
Foul play was originally suspected, especially since there had been records of domestic disturbance between Gary and his ex-wife Shannon Price.
Other matters related to his death included “
chronic renal failure and complications.”
A Utah judge has ordered that […]

 
While coming home from a concert on the eve of the World Cup in Soweto,
Nelson

Mandela’s
13-year-old great-granddaughter Zenani was killed in a car accident.
South African President, Jacob Zuma, said:
“The nation shares your loss and mourns with you, especially on the day on which our dreams and hopes come alive in the opening of the first […]

Gary Coleman’s
ex-wife
Shannon Price
has been cashing in on his death by granting interviews for a pretty penny!
She’s been trying to get up to $50K for an interview — even offering a tour of their home where Gary fell!
Shannon’s also claiming that she’s broke, despite saying in interviews that Gary would buy her “high-end stuff.” […]

 
It is with great sadness that I report actress
Rue McClanahan
has passed away.
She was 76 years old.
The legendary actress - Golden Girls and Maude - died at 1 AM this morning at New York Presbyterian Hospital .
We’re told she suffered a massive stroke.
At the time of her death, McClanahan was surrounded by family and loved […]

Andrew Koppel, the son of legendary newsman
Ted Koppel
, was found dead Monday morning after an all-day drinking binge.
Koppel and Russell Wimberly, a waiter he just met at NYC’s Smith’s Bar & Restaurant, started drinking together at 11 a.m. After a 12-hour-long binge, he was brought back to friend Belinda Caban’s Washington Heights apartment, where he […]

Gary Coleman
passed away Friday morning at a hospital in Provo, Utah.
He had slipped into a coma and was initially put on life support after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage. After being taken off the life support, he passed away hours later.
His wife Shannon Price and her father were by his side.
Gary was only 42-years-old.
So sad.

 
Guess we know where this is headed.
On Monday,
Slipknot
star
Paul Gray
was found dead at a Iowa hotel, but this morning, police are still baffled as to what caused his death. An autopsy was performed on the body, yet there was no new information to obtain from it.
Now, police are waiting on the toxicology report, which […]

Brittany Murphy’s
husband,
Simon Monjack
, was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home on Sunday night.
The preliminary cause of death is natural causes.
Sgt. Alex Ortiz. says:
“We concluded there no signs of foul play or any criminal activity involved,”

Firefighters responded to a 911 call from a Brittany’s mother, Sharon, at 9:40 p.m. He was found unconscious in […]

 
The London coroner has finally closed
Alexander McQueen’s
death investigation.
On Wednesday Dr. Paul Knapman announced:
“Lee killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed. He had a history of depression and anxiety, and was grieving his mother”.

But what’s more shocking is the toxicology reports, which found a “significant level of cocaine”, sleeping pills, and tranquilizers […]

 
Former WCW and WWE wrestler and openly gay
Chris Kanyon
is believed to have committed suicide after his body was found on Saturday in his New York apartment.
Kanyon overdosed on medication and had been having depression problems for years.
Kanyon admitted he was gay after leaving the WWE in 2004 thinking that perhaps his homosexuality could be […]

Caresse Henry,
Madonna’s former manager from 1997-2005, has taken her own life,
PerezHilton.com
has confirmed.
Involved in both Ray of Light and Music, Henry was a creative force in Madonna’s professional life working as her manager - and she was also once Madonna’s personal assistant.
Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.

 
Actor
Peter Graves
passed away yesterday after an apparent heart attack just outside his home in Los Angeles.
After returning from brunch with his family, he collapsed before entering the house and while one of his daughters performed CPR she was unable to revive him.
Graves was most well-known for playing Jim Phelps, the leader in the
Mission: Impossible
[…]

Details are already emerging about
Corey Haim’s
tragic death this morning, and it appears the actor may have died of a prescription drug overdose.
Law enforcement is reporting that Haim collapsed in the bedroom of his mother’s apartment around 1:30am this morning, and authorities recovered four prescription bottles at the scene.
Haim had recently been battling flu-like symptoms, but […]

 
BBC
presenter
Kristian Digby
was found dead at the age of 32 in his East London apartment on Monday.
The cause of death is said to be the result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, the act of cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. Authorities are classifying his death as “unexplained” since detectives do not think it […]

Brittany Murphy’s
half-brother Jeff Bertolotti is outraged that their father Angelo Bertolotti was denied access to her gravesite on Monday to pay his respects. Jeff says:
“I cannot think of a more cruel thing to do to an 84-year-old man. He’s on the birth certificate. For an 80-something-year old man to go to his daughter’s grave […]

 
The British fashion designer
Alexander McQueen
has been found dead at his London home at the age of 40.
His company, Alexander McQueen, issued a statement saying:
“On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand, has been found dead at his […]