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  • March 2008

    • Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide

      Associated Press  |  Mar 19, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide

      (Newser) - Vicki Van Meter, the girl who at age 11 astounded the nation with a 5-hour cross-country flight, is dead at 26, the AP reports, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Meter’s trans-continental flight was a record at the time, and a year later she became the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. “We all thought she was coping,” her brother said of her history of depression. More »

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      obituary  • suicide  • pilot  • child star

  • January 2008

    • Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      Access Hollywood  |  Jan 15, 08 8:22 PM CST

      Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      (Newser) - Actor Brad Renfro, who kicked off his career at age 10 in The Client , was found dead at his Los Angeles home today, "Access Hollywood" reports. He was 25. The LA coroner's office confirmed his death; the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is under way. "There is no suspicion of foul play," a police spokesman told the LA Times. More »

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      Los Angeles  • obituary  • actor  • heroin  • child actors  • child star  • Brad Renfro  • Winona Ryder

  • September 2007

    • Get Britney a Sequined Glove

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 21, 07 1:54 PM CDT

      Get Britney a Sequined Glove

      (Newser) - Britney Spears' meteoric rise, suspect marriages, bad parenting, outrageous public behavior, not to mention her spectacular VMA flub—it's better than watching a train wreck, but we've seen this implosion before. The LA Times studies the pop princess' antics and finds an eerie resemblance to the fall of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • pop music  • Michael Jackson  • Video Music Awards  • child star

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