Gossip Sucker

See what happens when I spend most of the day away from my laptop? Another one bites the dust, that’s what.

“Clueless” actress Brittany Murphy has passed away today at the young age of 32, after her mother found her unconscious in the shower. Paramedics were called and tried to revive Brittany, but after taking her to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she was pronounced dead on arrival.

That was way harsh, Tai. I still can’t believe she’s gone, this is just terrible news. RIP, and I hope drugs had nothing to do with this. So young!

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Patrick Swayze has just succumbed to pancreatic cancer, which has plagued him since being diagnosed in January 2008.

He passed away with family by his bedside. He was 57-years-old.

We all knew it was coming but it doesn’t make it any easier, does it?

RIP Patrick Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) You will be missed. Our hearts go out to his family and friends.

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Walter Cronkite was an esteemed anchorman for CBS News. He passed away earlier tonight in New York after battling a longtime illness. He was 92-years-old.

His son Chip announced the news as CBS interrupted its programming schedule. He said, “My father Walter Cronkite died.” Afterward, network showed an obituary for the late anchorman.

RIP Walter Cronkite.

Celebrity Death Watch ’09 claims another victim. So sad.

Amidst all of the celebrity deaths of the past week, George Clooney has gotten mixed up in the whole debacle. First, it was Jeff Goldblum, then Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, and now George Clooney has been tossed into the mix of fake celebrity deaths.

Relax, he’s alive and well…and he’s not happy.

Stop the madness! This is getting ridiculous!

Deathwatch ’09 has claimed another victim, this time, pitchman Billy Mays.

Mays was known for yelling at people to buy his products, such as OxiClean and Orange Glo. His wife found him earlier this morning. There were no signs of a break in and the investigators don’t expect foul play.

An autopsy is expected Monday.

He was 50. RIP Billy Mays.

Update:

Mays had just returned from a flight to Philadelphia where he filmed a new OxiClean commercial. He was on board a plane that had a blown front tire when it landed. He said, “All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.”

Stay tuned for further details as they become available.

Farrah Fawcett has passed away and the world is a much sadder place.

She had been suffering from anal cancer since 2006.

TMZ reported just recently that there were nothing but grim reports surrounding Farrah’s health. Her official site reported that her family members were saying their last goodbyes and that she was being read her last rites.

Via her public relations’ Twitter:

It was just related to me, that our Farrah just given last rites. She is not in any pain. For those who believe make contact with god now.

She passed away earlier today at St. John’s Health Center in L.A. May she rest in peace.  She was 62-years-old.

“Thai Rath”, a Thailand tabloid rag was in receipt of what was said to be the hanging photo of David Carradine in his hotel room. The photo was said to be the coroner’s photo, taken by a Thai forensics team, and depicts Carradine hanging from a rope with his hands tied behind his back.

The photo was reportedly leaked to the press by someone inside the Thai police department.

Have they no shame???

It’s such a shame that I’m reporting David Carradine’s death to you, but it seems to be getting stranger and stranger as the reports keep coming in.

First it was reported that Carradine was found by a maid in a Thai hotel hanging from a cord, naked in a closet. The first reports suggested that he committed suicide, but his manager spoke up and said that it would’ve been very uncharasteristic of Carradine to do so.

Now, we’ve just heard the weird part. Apparently, Carradine was engaged in auto-erotic asphyxiation and botched the attempt, thus, causing his death.

Lieutenant General Worapong Siewpreecha told reporters, “There was a rope tied around his neck and another rope tied to his genital, and the two ropes were tied together and they hung in the closet. Under these circumstances we cannot be sure that he committed suicide.”

Auto-erotic asphyxiation also claimed the life of INXS singer, Michael Hutchence in 1997.

Marina Carradine, David’s former wife, previously claimed that he participated in “deviant sexual behavior which was potentially deadly”. And how right she was.

May he rest in peace.

This is just horrible news. Mike Tyson’s daughter, Exodus, has just passed away earlier today after being found yesterday with a cord from a treadmill wrapped around her neck.

A rep for the Phoenix, Arizona Police Department has released this statement:

I was just advised by investigators that Exodus Tyson was pronounced deceased at 11:45 AM today at the hospital. Our sympathies go out to the family.

This is awful. She was only four-years-old.

R.I.P. Exodus Tyson

Earlier today, rumors had flew around the internet that Patrick Swayze had passed away. According to a radio station in Florida, who started the rumor, Patrick had lost his battle with cancer.

Now my point is this, this man already said that he has to get up three hours in advance of whatever start time he’s got to be at the job just to get his body ready. He’s deathly ill with cancer, that part is for sure. He’s already given the evil eye to snappers trying to take photos of him in his ill state.

Now this radio station in Florida starts this nonsense? I just want to slap them for it. His rep confirmed the truth, that Patrick is alive and well. Hallelujah. I bet he’s probably rather upset by all of this nonsense.

Dom DeLuise was quite the comedian, and he’ll be missed.

He starred in movies “The Cannonball Run”, “Blazing Saddles”, and also voiced the part of Pizza The Hutt in “Spaceballs”.

He passed away in his sleep last night at around 6 p.m. at the age of 75-years-old.

Wikipedia reports:

He was hospitalized at a Los Angeles hospital at the time, due to kidney failure and respiratory problems.

May he rest in peace.

It was widely publicized when David Cook was on “American Idol” that his brother Adam was suffering from brain cancer.

Adam Cook has lost his battle with brain cancer and passed away at around 1 a.m. last night at a hospice in Terre Haute, Indiana.

A source says, “He took a turn for the worse this weekend and David rushed to get home. He was surrounded by his family, including his wife Kendra, his children, his father and his step-mom, among others.”

A family friend says, “Adam passed away peacefully.”

David announced the passing of his brother at today’s Race For Hope:

May he rest in peace. Best wishes to the Cook family in their time of need.

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Beatrice “Bea” Arthur, star of the Golden Girls and Maude has passed away today, TMZ has confirmed.

A family spokesman for Arthur says the actress passed away at home earlier this morning.

Spokesman Dan Watt said Arthur had cancer, but did not offer any other details.

May she rest in peace.

I’ll always remember her as Dorothy Zbornak.