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Post by artemis on Dec 14, 2013 5:52:27 GMT -5
"Police close case in murder of Hollywood publicist
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Publicist Ronni Chasen was murdered with a gun stolen from a police officer, TheWrap has learned.
Beverly Hills police have completed their investigation into and closed the case of the murder of the Hollywood publicist, killed on Sunset Boulevard November 16 of last year while driving home from a premiere party for the movie "Burlesque."
A law enforcement official told TheWrap that police determined the murder weapon was a revolver stolen from a police officer during a burglary in the San Fernando Valley. It is unclear what department that officer works for and when the weapon was stolen.
Chasen was shot four, rather than five times. That confirms TheWrap's March 30 scoop that Chasen was shot four times.
Chasen was not the victim of a professional hit.
Ex-con Harold Smith, the suspect who shot himself to death on December 1, had seven bullets and three gloves in his pocket when he died. Police are convinced Smith killed Chasen.
The crime scene is consistent with an altercation such as an attempted robbery or road rage. Chasen's car window was open a few inches.
The individual said that the final police report on the case was completed on Monday and that members of Chasen's family were at the Beverly Hills Police Department that day.
That person said police determined that one of the bullets exited Chasen's body and then hit her again, possibly when she turned her body.
Police are releasing the Mercedes that Chasen was driving the night of her murder to her family.
The public affairs officer of the Beverly Hills Police Department was unavailable Thursday. The watch commander on duty was unaware of the details of the case and declined to comment on it.
Reached by TheWrap, Chasen's brother, screenwriter Larry Cohen, declined comment except to say, "whatever the police release, they release."
The police were expected to officially pronounce the case closed on Friday.
Despite rumors that swirled around Hollywood in the weeks after the murder, police believe the killing was not a professional hit for several reasons: Chasen was hit in the shoulder and chest, rather than in a tight pattern.
A professional would have used a more powerful weapon, the investigation concluded. A professional hit would have been in a more remote location. Chasen, who was 64, had received no death threats, was involved in no legal battles and seemed to live a normal life.
Among the indications of the "normal life": she had recently made a deposit on a rental chateau in France.
The report reiterates what Beverly Hills Police Chief Dave Snowden said during a press conference in December -- that the gun Smith used to commit suicide is the same weapon used to murder Chasen.
At the time, Snowden said, "We believe that Mr. Smith acted alone, we don't believe it was a professional hit."
And again: what did we expect? The truth? Never. "Beverly Hills Police Stand By Their “Final Conclusion” In Ronni Chasen Case (Updated)Los Angeles Times: coroner's report 'raises questions' about circumstances of 2010 murder A report from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office is raising questions about the official police account of the November 2010 murder of longtime showbiz publicist Ronni Chasen. The Los Angeles Times reported that the autopsy report stated that while Chasen was stopped at a red light at the intersection, “an unknown vehicle pulled up and someone fired approximately four gunshots into her vehicle.” But that account, based on initial informant and witness statements, came in a coroner investigator’s narrative that was prepared on Nov. 16, the same day that Chasen was murdered. Beverly Hills police and other investigators later concluded that Chasen was shot by small-time crook Harold Martin Smith, who pulled up alongside her car on a bike and tried to rob her. Smith later shot himself in a Hollywood apartment building as police were trying to bring him in for questioning. The Nov. 16, 2010 coroner’s report is based on statements that Beverly Hills police detective Chris Coulter made to Lt. Larry Dietz of the Forensic Science Center. It states that while Chasen “was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive an unknown vehicle pulled up and someone fired approximately 4 gunshots into her vehicle. All witnesses report hearing 4 gunshots. After being struck by gunfire and she then made a left turn and drove for approximately a quarter mile before she crashed her car into a pole.” Chasen’s violent death jolted the showbiz community. Some friends of the veteran praiser have long been skeptical of the official law enforcement account of her death. NBC News’ Andrew Blankstein, citing a source familiar with the case, reported that the autopsy report was delayed in its release because police were trying “to protect the Chasen family.” The police department had put a security hold on the autopsy report to protect the family’s privacy, but it was released as part of a settlement that filmmaker Ryan Katzenbach made with the county of Los Angeles after he filed suit to gain access to case file information in the homicide. He is raising money via indiegogo crowdfunding for the production of his documentary film, “6:38 — The Death of Ronni Chasen.” Following the release of the autopsy report, the Beverly Hills Police Department released a statement about the case, saying that it is “proud of its investigation of the Ronni Chasen homicide and we stand by our final conclusion. “The police department has always been sensitive and protective as to privacy and feelings of the Chasen family and others who have been victims of such a tragedy. “We have great respect for the friends and family of Ms. Chasen, we are hopeful that others will continue to respect their privacy.”
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Post by beatlies on Feb 3, 2014 17:45:03 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Apr 10, 2014 17:28:40 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/showbiz/lwren-scott-funeral/Mick Jagger says goodbye to L'Wren Scott; designer's funeral kept private By Alan Duke, CNN updated 7:55 AM EDT, Wed March 26, 2014 L'Wren Scott, a noted fashion designer and girlfriend of musician Mick Jagger, was found dead of an apparent suicide Monday, March 17, according to a law enforcement official. She was 49. HIDE CAPTION L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger and her fashion << < STORY HIGHLIGHTS MIck Jagger delivered a tribute to his longtime girlfriend Jagger's daughters and grandchildren also spoke at the private funeral L'Wren Scott's funeral was held at the historic Hollywood Forever cemetery New York's medical examiner concluded Scott killed herself by hanging Los Angeles (CNN) -- Mick Jagger said a final goodbye to L'Wren Scott before his girlfriend was laid to rest in a Hollywood cemetery Tuesday. Jagger's daughters and grandchildren also spoke at the private funeral for Scott at the historic Hollywood Forever cemetery, a family spokesman said. Scott, a notable fashion designer and Jagger's longtime girlfriend, was found dead in her New York apartment last week. The medical examiner concluded that she killed herself by "hanging." Jo Wood: Jagger 'devastated' by L'Wren loss Fergie: 'Shocked by L'Wren Scott's death Mick Jagger's girlfriend found dead "Words of tribute" to Scott, 49, were spoken by Jagger, as well as her brother Randy Bambrough, talent agent Justinian Kfoury, costume designer Ira M. Hammons-Glass and Adam Glassman, creative director of Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine. Jagger's daughter, Karis, and actress Ellen Barkin each read a poem during the service. Jagger's daughter Jade read Psalm 139: "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me." His grandchildren, Mazie and Zak, read Psalm 23: "The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing." Scott's niece, Hannah, read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Longtime Rolling Stones background singer Bernard Fowler sang "Will the Circle be Unbroken," while Dave Stewart played guitar. Jagger, 70, posted a personal statement about Scott's death on his website last week: "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me.Scott, a lanky former model, became a celebrity stylist and eventually a designer. She designed costumes for films such as the 1996 remake of "Diabolique," 2000's "Mercy" and 2007's "Ocean's Thirteen." In addition to her haute couture creations, she designed a collection for Banana Republic that was introduced late last year. Madonna, Allison Williams and Christina Hendricks were among her celebrity clients. But she was most closely associated with Jagger -- not just for designing the rocker's duds for the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary tour, which began in 2012, but for being his longtime companion. The couple had been dating since at least 2003. Jo Wood, the ex-wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, said the precarious finances of Scott's fashion business may have played a role in the apparent suicide. "I think it might have been, for her, a question of losing face," the 59-year-old Wood told CNN in an exclusive interview last week. "She was such a proud woman that, I think, to face that, well maybe that was the trigger." Hollywood Forever, located next to Paramount Studios, is the final resting place for many famous people, including movie idol Rudolph Valentino, famed film director Cecil B. DeMille, cartoon voice artist Mel Blanc and rock guitarist Johnny Ramone. CNNMoney: L'Wren Scott's business was in trouble
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Post by beatlies on Apr 10, 2014 17:33:54 GMT -5
Peaches Geldof body released to family for funeral after 'inconclusive' autopsy An autopsy on the British socialite that was performed Wednesday came back ‘inconclusive,’ but further toxicology results could take another couple of weeks. BY CHIDERAH MONDE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, April 10, 2014, 2:19 PM A A A ASTRID STAWIARZ/GETTY IMAGES FOR TRESEMME The body of Peaches Geldof has been released to her family after the results of an autopsy performed Wednesday came back ‘inconclusive.’ The body of Peaches Geldof has been released to her family, a day after an autopsy on the British socialite proved "inconclusive." Her family can begin to make funeral arrangements, BBC News reports, as they await more results of further toxicology tests due back in "two to three weeks" from the North West Kent coroner. Geldof, the daughter of Irish musician Bob Geldof, was found dead at her home in Kent, England on April 7. She was 25. Peaches Geldof's Body Released To Family For Funeral... The body of Peaches Geldof has been released to her family. The news comes just one day after an autopsy on the daughter of musician Sir Bob Geldof was... Kent County police officials classified her death as "sudden" and "unexplained" on Monday. An inquest into the cause of Geldof’s death could happen pending the full toxicology results, authorities said. The blond beauty leaves behind a husband, musician Thomas Cohen, and two toddler sons. She also has three sisters — Fifi, Pixie and Tiger Lily. YUI MOK/AP Bob Geldof (center) is seen with his daughters Pixie, left, and Peaches. The family can begin to make funeral arrangements, the Kent coroner’s office confirmed. Her family is "beyond pain," Bob Geldof, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the new wave 1970s band Boomtown Rats, said in a statement on Monday. "We loved her and will cherish her forever," he said. "How sad that sentence is. Tom and her sons Astala and Phaedra will always belong in our family, fractured so often, but never broken." Read more: www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/peaches-geldof-body-released-family-funeral-article-1.1752305#ixzz2yWdc7A34
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Post by beatlies on May 3, 2014 21:16:22 GMT -5
Judee Sill, a forgotten Laurel CIAnyon songstress, died at age 35 in 1979--- touch.dangerousminds.net/all/judee_sill_shockingly_talented_occult_folk_singer_that_time_forgot#1Judee Sill, the shockingly talented occult folk singer that time forgot Jason Louv 2013-06-06 There are only a few artists in existence that can actually communicate truth. I know them because their work can immediately cut through the fog of my daily life, force me to drop whatever I’m doing, and command me to listen, slack-jawed, as if struck with an arrow. The list is small—there’s a few songs by Nick Drake in there, some of Daniel Johnston’s 1990 album—but neither of them comes close to the otherwordly power, the angelic fury of Judee Sill at her best. Judee Sill was born in Oakland in 1944. She worked the same folk scene as Joni Mitchell, perhaps her closest contemporary, but never found the spotlight. She never found the light at all, at least not the light of fame. She found a different light, an inner illumination, in Rosicrucianism, astral travel, Aleister Crowley and heroin. After an early life spent streetwalking and playing in cafes, she got her chance at success—she was selected as the first artist for up-and-coming mogul David Geffen’s Asylum Records—a chance that was then dashed when she outed Geffen as gay on the radio and he canned her in retribution. (Geffen is now one of the most prominent out gay men in the world—Out ranked him the most powerful gay person in America in 2007.) Sill, herself bisexual, spent her salad days in a Hollywood mansion surrounded by adulating female fans she kept around like slaves, sunbathing naked in her backyard. Soon all of that was gone. By the mid-seventies she was living in a trailer park and back to prostituting herself. At 35, she overdosed. Though cited by many as an influence—Warren Zevon, Andy Partridge of XTC and David Tibet of Current 93, for instance—Sill remains unknown, even when similarly overlooked (but far less threatening) figures like the aforementioned Nick Drake have been resurrected for car commercials and posthumously canonized. She was a genius, or, rather, she had a genius, as Socrates might have put it, a transcendent connection driving her on. Her second and final album, Heart Food, released in 1973 to almost no attention whatsoever (a condition that hasn’t changed), contains what Pythagoras might have identified as the Musica universalis, the Music of the Spheres. Sill, steeped in both mysticism and Pythagorean number theory, was able to produce songs like “The Donor,” precisely striking a raw nerve of human experience with complex musical arrangements that were almost beyond the scope of the merely human. VIEW MEDIA Prefacing “The Donor” when she played it live for the BBC in 1972, Judee Sill told the audience “Most of my songs, I always try to write them so they’ll make people feel better, or make them feel that their warm, human spirit is affirmed… but I thought one day when I was depressed, you know when you’re real depressed and you see everything comes to nothing, well, I thought, maybe I ought to take a different approach, and write a song that, instead of directed at people, would somehow musically induce God into giving us all a break, cause I was getting a little fed up by this point. So I put some combinations of notes in there that I worked on a long time hoping it would work… since that time I’ve decided that I shouldn’t get any more breaks, cause I already squandered them in weird places. But I’d like to sing this song for you in the hope that you’ll get a break.” VIEW MEDIA When she sings “I’ll chase him to the bottom, till I finally caught him,” she is talking about Christ, redemption, god, who dwells just as surely in the depths of Hell Itself as in that great gated community in the sky. Perhaps more so, there among the broken and the outcast, the last light in the eyes of the homeless and cold. In those perfectly struck notes she captures that feeling of exquisite heartbreak that is god moving over the face of the waters, shattering the temple that it may be rebuilt. Or never rebuilt, in Judee Sill’s case, and that of many others. Not in this lifetime and world. In those chords you can hear every single broken life, every acid casualty or otherwise wrecked traveller on the road of higher consciousness. Every one that did not come back. Kyrie Elision. In 2013’s occult-saturated pop culture, where club kids smear witch house affectations across their Tumblr accounts, it can be easy to forget how real and terrifying the occult can be for those who approach it with self-destruction in mind. It is certainly not that way for everybody—but it is undeniable that for those already enmeshed in life’s dark and entropic side, who are already chasing their own death, it certainly can be. How quickly all sense of perspective or common sense can be lost upon the occult’s event horizon, and how quickly they vanish therein. Judee Sill was such a person. Her life and her music stand as a guidepost, a statement of truth to those who come looking for the light, and lack the discrimination needed to know where to look. Down the rabbit hole they go, the black hole, after the promise of something-or-other, some kind of God, some kind of power. To those who have never seen where that hole leads, may you remain so blessed. May it remain an abstraction for you, a nightly news image of a child starving to death. But for those who have seen it, you Know. No glib phrase could do it justice. But you can hear it in every note of every Judee Sill song. The Donor is the heaviest thing I have ever heard. And the best. Check out more dispatches from Jason Louv at Ultraculture.org.
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Post by The Mask on May 7, 2014 17:47:33 GMT -5
Judee Sill, a forgotten Laurel CIAnyon songstress, died at age 35 in 1979--- touch.dangerousminds.net/all/judee_sill_shockingly_talented_occult_folk_singer_that_time_forgot#1Judee Sill, the shockingly talented occult folk singer that time forgot Jason Louv 2013-06-06 There are only a few artists in existence that can actually communicate truth. I know them because their work can immediately cut through the fog of my daily life, force me to drop whatever I’m doing, and command me to listen, slack-jawed, as if struck with an arrow. The list is small—there’s a few songs by Nick Drake in there, some of Daniel Johnston’s 1990 album—but neither of them comes close to the otherwordly power, the angelic fury of Judee Sill at her best. Judee Sill was born in Oakland in 1944. She worked the same folk scene as Joni Mitchell, perhaps her closest contemporary, but never found the spotlight. She never found the light at all, at least not the light of fame. She found a different light, an inner illumination, in Rosicrucianism, astral travel, Aleister Crowley and heroin. After an early life spent streetwalking and playing in cafes, she got her chance at success—she was selected as the first artist for up-and-coming mogul David Geffen’s Asylum Records—a chance that was then dashed when she outed Geffen as gay on the radio and he canned her in retribution. (Geffen is now one of the most prominent out gay men in the world—Out ranked him the most powerful gay person in America in 2007.) Sill, herself bisexual, spent her salad days in a Hollywood mansion surrounded by adulating female fans she kept around like slaves, sunbathing naked in her backyard. Soon all of that was gone. By the mid-seventies she was living in a trailer park and back to prostituting herself. At 35, she overdosed. Though cited by many as an influence—Warren Zevon, Andy Partridge of XTC and David Tibet of Current 93, for instance—Sill remains unknown, even when similarly overlooked (but far less threatening) figures like the aforementioned Nick Drake have been resurrected for car commercials and posthumously canonized. She was a genius, or, rather, she had a genius, as Socrates might have put it, a transcendent connection driving her on. Her second and final album, Heart Food, released in 1973 to almost no attention whatsoever (a condition that hasn’t changed), contains what Pythagoras might have identified as the Musica universalis, the Music of the Spheres. Sill, steeped in both mysticism and Pythagorean number theory, was able to produce songs like “The Donor,” precisely striking a raw nerve of human experience with complex musical arrangements that were almost beyond the scope of the merely human. VIEW MEDIA Prefacing “The Donor” when she played it live for the BBC in 1972, Judee Sill told the audience “Most of my songs, I always try to write them so they’ll make people feel better, or make them feel that their warm, human spirit is affirmed… but I thought one day when I was depressed, you know when you’re real depressed and you see everything comes to nothing, well, I thought, maybe I ought to take a different approach, and write a song that, instead of directed at people, would somehow musically induce God into giving us all a break, cause I was getting a little fed up by this point. So I put some combinations of notes in there that I worked on a long time hoping it would work… since that time I’ve decided that I shouldn’t get any more breaks, cause I already squandered them in weird places. But I’d like to sing this song for you in the hope that you’ll get a break.” VIEW MEDIA When she sings “I’ll chase him to the bottom, till I finally caught him,” she is talking about Christ, redemption, god, who dwells just as surely in the depths of Hell Itself as in that great gated community in the sky. Perhaps more so, there among the broken and the outcast, the last light in the eyes of the homeless and cold. In those perfectly struck notes she captures that feeling of exquisite heartbreak that is god moving over the face of the waters, shattering the temple that it may be rebuilt. Or never rebuilt, in Judee Sill’s case, and that of many others. Not in this lifetime and world. In those chords you can hear every single broken life, every acid casualty or otherwise wrecked traveller on the road of higher consciousness. Every one that did not come back. Kyrie Elision. In 2013’s occult-saturated pop culture, where club kids smear witch house affectations across their Tumblr accounts, it can be easy to forget how real and terrifying the occult can be for those who approach it with self-destruction in mind. It is certainly not that way for everybody—but it is undeniable that for those already enmeshed in life’s dark and entropic side, who are already chasing their own death, it certainly can be. How quickly all sense of perspective or common sense can be lost upon the occult’s event horizon, and how quickly they vanish therein. Judee Sill was such a person. Her life and her music stand as a guidepost, a statement of truth to those who come looking for the light, and lack the discrimination needed to know where to look. Down the rabbit hole they go, the black hole, after the promise of something-or-other, some kind of God, some kind of power. To those who have never seen where that hole leads, may you remain so blessed. May it remain an abstraction for you, a nightly news image of a child starving to death. But for those who have seen it, you Know. No glib phrase could do it justice. But you can hear it in every note of every Judee Sill song. The Donor is the heaviest thing I have ever heard. And the best. Check out more dispatches from Jason Louv at Ultraculture.org. Good singer. Sad to die at such a young age. Was this an Illuminati based killing or was she simply in with the wrong crowd, i.e. Aleister Crowley? And btw, wasn't James Paul McCartney involved with Aleister Crowley right before he died?
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Post by beatlies on Jun 8, 2014 14:22:34 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Aug 11, 2014 20:37:48 GMT -5
www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-robin-williams-dies-20140811-story.html#page=1Los Angeles Times--- Actor, comic Robin Williams dies at 63 in apparent suicide CAPTION Robin Williams Los Angeles Times Oscar-winning actor and comic Robin Williams died Monday at age 63. Here is a look at some of Williams' notable roles. CAPTION 'Mork & Mindy' ABC Robin Williams plays the alien Mork in "Mork & Mindy" from 1978 to 1982, with Pam Dawber. The character was first featured in an episode of "Happy Days." CAPTION 'The Fisher King' Steve Vaughan / Tristar Pictures Robin Williams earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Parry, a homeless man who helps Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) in the 1991 film "The Fisher King." CAPTION 'Hook' Murray Close / TriStar Pictures Robin Williams, here in a scene with Dustin Hoffman, plays the grown-up Peter Pan in the 1991 film "Hook." CAPTION 'Aladdin' Walt Disney Co. Robin Williams voices the Genie in Disney's animated movie "Aladdin" in 1992 as well as in its direct-to-video sequel. By LAUREN RAAB, RYAN PARKER , STEVEN ZEITCHIK contact the reporters MoviesRobin WilliamsMedia IndustryTelevision IndustryTwitter, Inc.Steve MartinHenry Winkler Robin Williams dies at 63 of an apparent suicide, the Marin County Sheriff's Office says The nation reacts to the death of actor, comic Robin Williams Robin Williams, a comic and sitcom star in the 1970s who became an Oscar-winning dramatic actor, died Monday at 63 in Marin County. The Marin County Sheriff's Office said he appears to have committed suicide. The news of the beloved actor’s death rocked the nation. Channels broke into their usual programming to make the announcement, and within minutes, Williams dominated online trending topics. Even President Obama noted his passing. ------------ FOR THE RECORD An earlier version of this post said "Mrs. Doubtfire", the comedy staring Williams, was released in 1994. It was released in 1993. ------------ Williams, hailed as a comic genius, was a star of movies and television for more than three decades. He also suffered from substance abuse problems. Related story: 'The Crazy Ones' was Robin Williams' last hurrah Greg Braxton, Yvonne Villarreal The actor "has been battling severe depression of late," his publicist Mara Buxbaum said. "This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time." Williams was found unresponsive at his home in Tiburon around noon Monday, sheriff’s officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Dubbed “the funniest man alive” by Entertainment Weekly in 1997, Williams brought audiences hours of laughter, putting his imaginative spin on characters in film and television. He was lauded for his serious roles as well, winning a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance as Sean Maguire, the therapist who counsels Matt Damon’s math genius in “Good Will Hunting” (1997). He also received nominations for “The Fisher King” (1991), “Dead Poets Society” (1989) and “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987). lRelated OBITUARIES Notable deaths of 2014 SEE ALL RELATED 8 Williams was known for being open about his problems with cocaine and alcohol over the years. The actor spent time on a Hazelden campus in Oregon in 2006. He later explained that drinking had gradually become a problem again after 20 years of sobriety. "You're standing at a precipice and you look down, there's a voice and it's a little quiet voice that goes, 'Jump,'" the "Mrs. Doubtfire" star told ABC News in October of that year. "The same voice that goes, 'Just one.' … And the idea of just one for someone who has no tolerance for it, that's not the possibility." This summer, he returned to rehab to "fine-tune" his sobriety. From the archives Related story: The Robin Williams Syndrome: Comic harnesses his inner child Irene Lacher Born in Chicago in 1951, Williams was accepted into John Houseman’s prestigious acting program at Juilliard along with Christopher Reeve, who became a lifelong friend. Williams came to Hollywood prominence in the late 1970s with his starring role in “Mork & Mindy,” a spin-off of the then-popular “Happy Days.” Williams played an alien baffled by the ways of Earth, the comedy often resulting from the contrast between how he viewed the world and how the world really worked. After the show went off the air in 1982, Williams’ reputation for rapid-fire impersonations — not to mention a seemingly bottomless talent for comic improvisation — landed him a number of high-profile stand-up specials as well as numerous film roles. In “Good Morning Vietnam” he played a deejay who ruffled feathers with his truth-spewing, quip-cracking ways. cCommentsADD A COMMENTSEE ALL COMMENTS 105 Although now common, the tear-up-the-script style of improvisation practiced by Williams was unusual in major Hollywood productions, and the actor seemed able to rewrite the rules by sheer force of personality — or, as was frequently the cases where Williams was concerned, personalities. That talent also landed him a gig co-hosting the Oscars in 1986, a turn that further cemented his A-list status. Williams’ protean comedic skills reached perhaps their apex in “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993), a cross-dressing comedy in which he played both a crusty older nanny and the divorced father who takes on the character to be closer to his children. CAPTION Robin Williams dies: Celebrity reaction Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times @theellenshow: "I can't believe the news about Robin Williams. He gave so much to so many people. I'm heartbroken." CAPTION Robin Williams dies: Celebrity reaction Ethan Miller / Getty Images @billprady: "I can't begin to tell you how much I will miss Robin Williams." CAPTION Robin Williams dies: Celebrity reaction Jennifer S. Altman / For the Times @hwinkler4real: "Robin Williams was like no other ..To watch him create on the spot was a privilege to behold.. Robin you are an angel now !!! REST IN PEACE" CAPTION Robin Williams dies: Celebrity reaction Gabriel Olsen / Getty Images for GLAAD @helloross: "Shocked & saddened by the loss of Robin Williams. I met him twice & he was such a gentleman & a genius http://instagram.com/p/rk3kz_RRUH " CAPTION Robin Williams dies: Celebrity reaction Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images @khloekardashian: "Heart broken!!! #RIP Robin Williams!! Praying for your family on such a sad day. You've given so much joy to so many. Devastating we lost u" A melancholy current ran under Williams’ dramatic roles. He played an unconventional teacher in “Dead Poets Society," a doctor who tended to the mentally troubled in “Awakenings" (1990), a disturbed vagabond in “The Fisher King” and a widowed psychologist in “Good Will Hunting." That last role — in which he famously counseled a hotshot Damon while grappling with his own demons — landed him his first Oscar win. Further demonstrating his persona-stretching skills, Williams also had well-regarded parts playing presidents — as Dwight Eisenhower in last summer’s hit “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and as Teddy Roosevelt in the comic franchise “Night At the Museum,” the latter of which he will reprise for the final time when the Ben Stiller film hits theaters this holiday season. He returned to the small screen after more than 32 years to star in the CBS comedy "The Crazy Ones," which ran for a single season before its cancellation. Williams' talent for ad-libbing functioned as a gift and a shield. "He was always in character — you never saw the real Robin," said Jamie Masada, founder and chief executive of the Laugh Factory. "I knew him 35 years, and I never knew him." "He was a wonderful guy," Masada added. "I remember John [Belushi] and Robin, both of them always complained to me — no matter where they were people would recognize them. They sold their privacy to the public. They could be in the middle of talking in the street and someone would come up for an autograph.... he [Robin] didn't realize how much he sold his privacy to people." The nation's president issued a statement about Williams' passing. "Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan and everything in between," Obama said. "But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien — but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most — from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets." “We have lost one of our most inspired and gifted comic minds, as well as one of this generation’s greatest actors,” said Chris Columbus, who directed Williams in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and was scheduled to work with him again on “Mrs. Doubtfire 2,” a sequel recently set in motion. Interactive Find Robin Williams' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame OPEN LINK “To watch Robin work was a magical and special privilege,” Columbus said. “His performances were unlike anything any of us had ever seen, they came from some spiritual and otherworldly place.... We were friends for 21 years. Our children grew up together, he inspired us to spend our lives in San Francisco and I loved him like a brother.” Williams' last post on Twitter was about his daughter. Other celebrities turned to the social media site to mourn him. "I could not be more stunned by the loss of Robin Williams, mensch, great talent, acting partner, genuine soul," fellow actor-comedian Steve Martin said on Twitter. "Robin Williams was like no other," actor and director Henry Winkler said. "To watch him create on the spot was a privilege to behold.. Robin you are an angel now !!! REST IN PEACE" "Robin Williams, Peace be Still, Peace be Still," actress Pam Grier posted. lRelated OBITUARIES Notable deaths of 2014 SEE ALL RELATED 8 "Wow just landed in Atlanta and read about robin Williams. Devastating. One of my favorites #rip," tweeted Doug Ellin, creator of the TV series "Entourage." The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is scheduled to hold a news conference on the death investigation at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Post by beatlies on Aug 17, 2014 21:33:33 GMT -5
From July 30, 2014---
New York Post:
Richard Belzer’s brother jumps to his death
By Dana Sauchelli and Kevin Fasick
July 30, 2014 | 10:45am
250 West 94th St. Photo: Seth Gottfried
The older brother of actor Richard Belzer jumped to his death from the roof of his 16-floor Upper West Side apartment building Wednesday, law enforcement sources said.
Leonard Belzer, 73, had been married to award-winning “Sesame Street” director Emily Squires until she passed away in November 2012.
Multiple suicide notes were found in Belzer’s apartment, law enforcement sources said, though it was not immediately clear what they said or to whom they were addressed.
Belzer, who lived on the 11th floor, jumped at 6:55 a.m. from high atop the West 94th Street building. Belzer’s dad committed suicide in 1968.
Leonard Belzer was the older brother of “Law & Order: SVU” actor Richard Belzer (above). Photo: Startraksphoto.com
Neighbor Terry Caza said Belzer had always been in a good mood and loved talking about movies — until Squires passed away. She was 71.
“After his wife died, he was never quite the same. He never quite recovered,” said Caza, a 56-year-old actor. “He was still friendly after she passed, but he just seemed more subdued.”
Caza added: “He was obviously very affected by his wife’s death.”
Before Squires died, the outgoing and friendly Belzer was open to chat about anything under the sun, from the latest flicks to New York current events.
“He was just the nicest guy,” Caza said. “We’d talk about movies all the time, we’d chat about what was going on. He was always out consuming culture in the city.”
A worker at Belzer’s building, between Broadway and West End Avenue, said the tenant had been hurting, physically and emotionally, in recent years.
“He was in a lot of pain. He was hurting, stomach problems,” the employee said.
“He was also hurting because his wife died a couple years ago. They were beautiful people.”
>>>>The worker said he was always struck by the incredible resemblance between Leonard and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” co-star Richard Belzer, 69.<<<<
>>>>“Side by side you couldn’t tell them apart,” he observed. “They look just alike.”<<<<
Another building employee, who works the night shift, recalled that Belzer struggled with heart ailments and had made multiple trips to the ER for health problems.
“He was a nice guy,” the worker said. “He had issues with his heart.”
In a brutally candid 1993 interview with People magazine, Len and Richard opened up about their unhappy childhood in Bridgeport, Conn.
“Our mother didn’t know how to love her sons appropriately,” Len said at the time. “She always had some rationale for hitting us.”
Richard said his comedy was a defense mechanism against their mom’s overly stern hand.
“My kitchen was the toughest room I ever worked. I had to make my mom laugh or I’d get my ass kicked,” Richard said of his mother, who died in 1964.
“I visited her grave nine years ago, and I said, ‘I forgive you,’ but it had no meaning because I didn’t forgive her.” Len Belzer and Squires together wrote a 2000 book,
“Spiritual Places In and Around New York City.”
“`Spiritual Places In and Around New York City’ brings together places that Emily Squires and Len Belzer have found valuable in maintaining their own personal sanity amid the frenetic pace of the city,” according to an Amazon blurb about the book.
“Each sketch lends spiritual insights and a sensual feel of the place that invites readers to plumb for themselves the mystery and depths of its sacredness. Entries on Communities, Day Trips, Gardens, Museums, Learning and Healing Centers, Libraries and Bookstores, Nature Walks, Restaurants, Overnights, as well as Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Sufi places of worship.”
>>>>Columbia University grad Belzer was an Air Force Intelligence Service veteran<<<<
and once hosted a syndicated radio show, “The Comedy Hour.”
“He has been a student of spirituality and consciousness for the past 20 years,” according to his author profile.
Additional reporting by David K. Li and Leonard Greene
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Post by beatlies on Sept 8, 2014 17:35:42 GMT -5
From a thread on "godlike productions" forum: Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Why would they have her funeral at Temple Emanue-EL That would mean bringing a condered jew into the synagogue - like Hitlers incinerated jews.... Its goes against all things jewish Why is Melissa allowing this also? She pulled the plug after all Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 03:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Odd? Robin Williams was CREMATED also Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Proof WHY JEWISH LAW FORBIDS CREMATION
Just google Do jewish people cremate their dead
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Conspiracy is REAL Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Proof WHY JEWISH LAW FORBIDS CREMATION
Just google Do jewish people cremate their dead
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Conspiracy is REAL Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17286708
Jewish law ("Halachah") is unequivocal that the dead must be buried in the earth.1
As a deterrent measure,2 cremated remains are not interred in a Jewish cemetery.3 Furthermore, we are told that many of the traditional laws of mourning are not observed after the passing of an individual whose body was cremated.4 Kaddish, however, is recited for such individuals, and it is certainly appropriate to give charity and do mitzvot in memory of their souls.5
Responsibility for the deceased's proper burial lies with the next of kin.6 While ordinarily Jewish law requires the deceased's children to go to great lengths to respect the departed's wishes,7 if someone requests to be cremated or buried in a manner which is not in accordance with Jewish tradition, we nevertheless provide him/her with a Jewish burial.8 It is believed that since the soul has now arrived to the World of Truth it surely sees the value of a proper Jewish burial, and thus administering a traditional Jewish burial is actually granting what the person truly wishes at the moment. Furthermore, if anyone, all the more so your father and mother, asks you to damage or hurt their body, you are not allowed to do so. For our bodies do not belong to us, they belong to G-d. Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Proof WHY JEWISH LAW FORBIDS CREMATION
Just google Do jewish people cremate their dead
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Conspiracy is REAL Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17286708
Jewish law ("Halachah") is unequivocal that the dead must be buried in the earth.1
As a deterrent measure,2 cremated remains are not interred in a Jewish cemetery.3 Furthermore, we are told that many of the traditional laws of mourning are not observed after the passing of an individual whose body was cremated.4 Kaddish, however, is recited for such individuals, and it is certainly appropriate to give charity and do mitzvot in memory of their souls.5
Responsibility for the deceased's proper burial lies with the next of kin.6 While ordinarily Jewish law requires the deceased's children to go to great lengths to respect the departed's wishes,7 if someone requests to be cremated or buried in a manner which is not in accordance with Jewish tradition, we nevertheless provide him/her with a Jewish burial.8 It is believed that since the soul has now arrived to the World of Truth it surely sees the value of a proper Jewish burial, and thus administering a traditional Jewish burial is actually granting what the person truly wishes at the moment. Furthermore, if anyone, all the more so your father and mother, asks you to damage or hurt their body, you are not allowed to do so. For our bodies do not belong to us, they belong to G-d. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17286708
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1270204 United Kingdom 09/07/2014 04:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher There was a thread about Melissa pulling the plug that was deleted
Anonymous Coward User ID: 58347566 United Kingdom 09/07/2014 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher
what a pile of nonsense....
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1270204 United Kingdom 09/07/2014 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Robin Williams and Joan Rivers
Anonymous Coward User ID: 58368198 United States 09/07/2014 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Along with not being able to find a cause of death... Why didn't they get someone else to do a second autopsy?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 62637031 United Kingdom 09/07/2014 04:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Whenever there are dodgy doings surrounding the death of a celeb or pol, the body is quickly cremated.
SOP for "Them."
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher
There was a thread about Melissa pulling the plug that was deleted
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1270204
Its also the name of a comedy show Joan did in 2006 " Before Melissa Pulls The Plug"
here
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 04:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher Wikipedia defiition of CREMATION
The synagogue would NOT accept cremation and Instead bury them againsttheir wishes according to Jewish LAW
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26227638 United States 09/07/2014 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher
Oddly enough, the Catholic Church had a ban on cremation and you had to be buried in a Catholic cemetery. Then, all of a sudden, you hear about a lot of people after Catholic burial mass being cremated, not buried. That's wrong right there. The Catholic church hierarchy has gone crazy
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17286708 United States 09/07/2014 04:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation Re: THE JEWISH DONT CREMATE! JOAN RIVERS CONSPIRACY- all "oddities" HERE -Published by illuminatiwatcher
How can they "investigate " a swiftly cremated body against her own rel-legion?
Thread: NYPD Investigating Joan Rivers Death!!
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Post by beatlies on Sept 8, 2014 17:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Sept 13, 2014 12:15:36 GMT -5
Joan Rivers' death still a mystery as reports swirl about clinic
Published September 10, 2014
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A shroud of mystery still surrounds Joan Rivers’ Sept. 4 death.
Rivers stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest during a procedure at a New York City clinic on Aug. 28. She was then taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and placed on life support. Seven days later, she died.
ADVERTISEMENT That much we know.
What we don’t know, is exactly what happened at Yorkville Endoscopy that caused the 81-year-old’s health to rapidly take a turn for the worse.
A report on Wednesday seemed to place the blame on an unplanned biopsy that supposedly was done at the clinic. The New York Daily News, citing medical sources with knowledge of the case, published a story claiming a biopsy on Rivers' vocal cords was done by a doctor who arrived at Yorkville Endoscopy with her, and she was placed under general anesthesia at the time.
But the New York City clinic denies ever having performed a biopsy of the vocal cords at their facility. Furthermore, Yorkville Endoscopy insists Rivers could not have been under general anesthesia, either.
“General anesthesia has never been administered at Yorkville Endoscopy,” it said in a statement. “The type of sedation used at Yorkville Endoscopy is monitored anesthesia care. Our anesthesiologists utilize light to moderate sedation.”
The New York Times, on the other hand, paints a much different picture of the Upper East Side clinic. It reports a 911 call about Rivers was first place at 9:40 a.m. and by 9:50 a.m. 10 emergency medical workers were on the scene trying to help save the TV icon. By the time the emergency workers arrived, the clinic had administered medications and CPR and Rivers was hooked up to a defibrillator and a breathing tube had been inserted, the Times reports.
“The resuscitation efforts appear to be as good as one could hope for,” an official told The Times.
Meanwhile, the both State Health Department and the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office are still investigating the cause of Rivers’ death. The Medical Examiner’s Office stated on Friday that “further studies” were needed to determine why the comedian died.
The State Health Department has said it sent officials to check out Yorkville Endoscopy and that the clinic was under investigation.
Yorkville Endoscopy could not immediately be reached for comment. The Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Health Department did not return FOX411’s requests for updates on their investigations.
In her book, the sharp-tongued comedian joked that dying of natural causes was boring. "It's the grand finale, act three, the eleven o'clock number — make it count. If you're going to die, die interesting! Is there anything worse than a boring death? I think not."
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Post by lucy on Sept 17, 2014 17:40:11 GMT -5
It seems really bizarre to me that not long before her death, Joan Rivers was asked about Obama being gay and Michelle Obama is a "tranny". It caused some commotion, and it's funny that nobody from the White House had any comment about this matter. Rivers made this public statement, and then a few weeks later....she dies from a routine minor surgery???
Interesting if you check on youtube, about Michelle Obama being a man, you find some videos that cause you to wonder. One of them being narrated by a knowledgable woman who said that she was in forensics and did some research on photos...and then her husband spoke near the end about his being a retired policeman who worked in Denver, CO a "sex change capital" and he knows a tranny when he sees one.
It's an interesting video and makes you wonder.....
We are living in a very, strange illuminated world!
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Post by beatlies on Oct 11, 2014 5:22:23 GMT -5
breakingnews.suntimes.com/chicago/chicago-born-actress-sarah-goldberg-40-dead-of-natural-causes/Chicago-born actress Sarah Goldberg, 40, dead of natural causes Sarah Goldberg got her start in acting as an extra in the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding." | Provided Maureen O'Donnell Sarah Goldberg landed her first show business break because of table linens. She helped arrange tablecloths and napkins for “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” the Julia Roberts-Dermot Mulroney movie filmed at the Cuneo mansion in Vernon Hills. Enchanted by the set, she wandered around. A film staffer spotted the glowing brunette and asked, “Do you have a purple formal?” He wanted her to be a wedding scene extra. “She said, ‘No, but I could get one,’ ” said her mother, Judy Goldberg. They raced around and bought a gown, and the ingenue appeared briefly onscreen in the 1997 film. Ms. Goldberg, who started out as a little bumblebee in a Chicago City Ballet production of “Cinderella” and grew up, moved to California and landed roles in the TV shows “7th Heaven,” “House,” “Judging Amy” and the movie “Jurassic Park III,” died in her sleep at age 40 of natural causes, her family said. An autopsy failed to determine a cause of death, but a heart ailment is suspected, her mother said. On Sept. 27, she died peacefully in her sleep, her computer in her lap at the family cabin in Wisconsin. “She went to sleep and didn’t wake up,” her mother said. Ms. Goldberg attended the Latin School of Chicago, earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at Amherst College and was planning to study medicine until being bitten by the acting bug in “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” She appeared as a college student seeking drugs in the gritty Denzel Washington movie, “Training Day.” After five months of auditions, she landed her best-known TV role. In the long-running “7th Heaven,” she was Sarah Glass Camden, a medical student and daughter of a rabbi portrayed by comedian Richard Lewis. Her character fell madly in love with Matt Camden, the son of a Christian pastor played by Stephen Collins. Their whirlwind interfaith romance was a fan favorite. “She would walk down the street here, or places in Wisconsin, and people would come up to her and say, ‘You played the daughter’ ” of the rabbi, her mother said. “She wanted to go to medical school, and instead for three years she played a doctor on ‘7th Heaven,’ ” her mother said. In “Jurassic Park III,” she was Cheryl Logan, a graduate student of Dr. Alan Grant, played by actor Sam Neill. Ms. Goldberg had recurring roles as Colleen Sarkossian on the 2008-2013 series “90210” and as Heather Labonte on “Judging Amy.” She also appeared in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “Without a Trace.” She was thrilled to be cast in Patrick Swayze’s “The Beast,” a series set in Chicago. “She loved working with him. She thought he was incredible, especially after watching ‘Dirty Dancing’ 900 times,” her mother said. During filming, her trailer was in front of her alma mater, the Latin School. Ms. Goldberg’s credits sometimes list her as Sarah Danielle Madison, a name she took because of her fondness for Madison the mermaid in the movie “Splash.” At Latin School, the young fan did a project in which she crafted a mermaid tail. “She would sit in the tub and flop around pretending she was a mermaid,” her mother said. Proud of her Jewish heritage, she wasn’t interested in erasing her ethnicity, her parents said. She thought the stage name would better guard her privacy. Ms. Goldberg returned to Chicago for the Jewish holidays and hadn’t yet returned to her Santa Monica home when she died. She also did voice overs and appeared in a popular Taco Bell Super Bowl commercial featuring Carmen Electra. She was born in 1974 in Springfield, where her father, Bill Goldberg, a litigator at Seyfarth Shaw, was then an attorney in the administration of Gov. Dan Walker. The family moved back to the Near North Side, and she was cast in a production of “Cinderella” at the Chicago City Ballet, founded by prima ballerina assoluta Maria Tallchief. She loved being onstage, where “she would almost walk in front of Suzanne Farrell,” said her mother, speaking of one of the greatest of American ballerinas. The young Sarah was a skilled volleyball player at Latin School and Amherst, where she graduated in 1996. A firm co-owned by her mother, BBJ Linen, was handling the table linens for the set of “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” where she caught a staffer’s eye and got cast. When she headed to California, her only contact out West was an acting teacher, her family said. Soon, she landed an agent and roles. A graceful athlete, she practiced yoga for 20 years and did trick skiing. “She could get on (skis) backwards and blow kisses to people and pretend she was a water skier,” her mother said. Ms. Goldberg made many friends during a decade or so of visits to Campo Fiesta in northern Wisconsin, where she was a camper, and later, a counselor. A dog lover, she had a Chihuahua-terrier mix, Bucket, whom she rescued the day she was to be euthanized. Her parents are showering Bucket with attention. “The dog’s going to be such a little princess,” her mother said. She also is survived by her brother, Bradley. Services were held. The cast of “7th Heaven,” TV’s longest-running family drama, gathers for the show’s final episode called “Goodbye & Thank You.” Cast members, front from left, are Catherine Hicks as Annie Camden, Stephen Collins as Eric Camden, Nikolas Brino as Sam Camden, Lorenzo Brino as David Camden, Mackenzie Rosman as Ruthie Camden, Barry Watson as Matt Camden, Sarah Danielle Madison (Sarah Goldberg) as Sarah Camden, Beverley Mitchell as Lucy Camden and George Stults as Kevin Kinkirk. (AP Photo/The WB, Danny Feld)
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