A rough week of celebrity losses just got a whole lot worse. Just days after the world said goodbye to Johnny Winter and Elaine Stritch, news is breaking that iconic screen actor James Garner has also passed away. He was 86. Garner, who rose to fame with his role on the 1950s television series Maverick, […]
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Rest In Peace: James Garner (1928 – 2014)
July 20th, 2014 
James Shotwell 
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Rest In Peace: Elaine Stritch (1925 – 2014)
July 17th, 2014 James Shotwell First Johnny Winter, and now this? Today sucks. News has been breaking for the past hour that broadway and screen legend Elaine Stritch died on Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Michigan. She was 89. Stritch started her entertainment career more than half a century ago. She landed a few small TV roles at the […]
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Rest In Peace: Johnny Winter (1944-2014)
July 17th, 2014 James Shotwell News is breaking this morning that iconic blues musician Johnny Winter, whose career spans half a century, has died. He was 70. Winter’s publicist confirmed the news to members of the press this morning, adding that Winter died in a hotel room in Zurich earlier this week. A statement released along with the announcement said […]
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Man Dies At Electric Forest Festival In Michigan
July 1st, 2014 James Shotwell Another week, another tale of a young person losing their life while enjoying EDM. Police in Michigan are investigating the death of a young man at last weekend’s Electric Forest Festival. According to reports, Brian Brockette was a 20-year-old volunteer from nearby Caledonia, Michigan. He passed away on Sunday, the last night of the weekend-long […]
Rest In Peace: Bobby Womack (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014)
June 27th, 2014 James Shotwell The world just lost a legend. Reports have been coming in for the last hour that legendary soul singer Bobby Womack has passed away at the age of 70. The news was confirmed by his label, XL Recordings. No cause of death has been found at this time. That said, in recent years Womack has […]
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Rest In Peace: Dr. Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
May 28th, 2014 James Shotwell The world lost one of the most influential icons of the last century this morning. Legendary poet and author Maya Angelou passed away Wednesday at her North Carolina home. Her literary agent, Helen Brann, confirmed the news to members of the press earlier today. Angelou originally began taking an interest in the world of poetry […]
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Chicago Rapper Big Glo, AKA Blood Money, Shot To Death In Englewood
April 10th, 2014 James Shotwell Chicago is not messing around right now. The songs and so-called anthems you hear coming out of the trap movement are no joke. Kids are dying over this stuff, and it’s getting worse by the week. This is the second story like this I have written in two weeks and I wish I could tell […]
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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/23-3/29
March 29th, 2014 Troy Sennett Welcome back to Weekly Wax! Now that the bulk of the Record Store Day announcements are out of the way, we can get back to what you’ll be spending your money on before April 19 rolls around. This week’s highlights include a new pressing of The Starting Line‘s pop punk classic, Say It Like You […]
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35 New Photos From Kurt Cobain Death Scene Released
March 28th, 2014 Mark Garza Almost 20 years later, the Seattle Police Department has released 35 previously unseen photos from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Cobain committed suicide in April of 1994. The cause of death is said to be a lethal dose of heroin and self-inflicted gunshot wound. The recent re-examination of Kurt Cobain’s death has […]
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GWAR Frontman Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) Passes Away At 50
March 24th, 2014 Brian Leak ***UPDATE*** GWAR’s manager, Jack Flanagan, has posted a statement regarding Brockie’s death which you can find here. It’s a sad, sad day in the world of metal as we regret to inform our readers that GWAR founder and frontman, Dave Brockie, known by his stage name and character, Oderus Urungus, has passed away at the […]
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STREAM: Sublime – ‘3-Ring Circus: Live At The Palace’
February 25th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Qello has teamed up with Sublime to stream a full concert from the band in original form, in honor of their late singer Bradley Nowell’s forty-sixth birthday. The energetic and fun concert, 3-Ring Circus: Live At The Palace is available on the site until Friday, Feb 28. The concert was filmed on Oct 28, 1995 in Hollywood, […]
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Rest In Peace: Harold Ramis (1944-2014)
February 24th, 2014 James Shotwell Silver screen legend Harold Ramis has passed away at the age of 69. According to a message to the press from his family, Ramis passed away early this morning at his Chicago home from complications stemming from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease involving the swelling of blood vessels. He was surrounded by family when […]
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