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NEWS ABOUT: celebrity suicide

celebrity suicide stories: 3 news summaries
TWITTER HOAX DEPT.

 No, Zach Braff Is Not Dead 

Publicist denies Twitter-spread 'report' that actor had committed suicide

Oct 12, 09 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the don’t-believe-everything-you-see-on-Twitter department: Actor Zach Braff is in fact not dead, despite a fast-spreading rumor to the contrary. “He’s alive. It’s just another hoax,” an ABC rep says tonight of the Scrubs star, 34. Earlier in the day, Twitter was humming over a link... More »

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entertainment • ABC • Internet hoax • Scrubs • Zach Braff • Twitter • celebrity suicide

 DJ AM Buried in Los Angeles 


Sep 2, 09 9:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Friends and celebrity mourners including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker attended a funeral for DJ AM today in Los Angeles, Us Weekly reports. The disc jockey, also known as Adam Goldstein, died last week at age 36, of an apparent drug overdose. The ceremony at Hillside Memorial Park, the area’s... More »

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entertainment • OxyContin • Los Angeles • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • celebrity breakup • celebrity suicide • drug overdose • Hillside Memorial Park

 Cobain Play 
 Hits London 


Jun 9, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen spirit has hit a London stage in a play that involves the troubled life of rocker Kurt Cobain, reports the Independent. The production, Nevermind, features a struggling music critic, John, visited by Cobain's ghost. "Cobain appears as his alter ego: a success who couldn't deal with... More »

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suicide • theater • Kurt Cobain • London • Nirvana • rock and roll • Nevermind • Smells Like Teen Spirit • celebrity suicide

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