According to TMZ, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr died in Utah … TMZ has learned.
Starr appeared on the third season of “Celebrity Rehab” back in 2009 — and was arrested last month for felony possession of a controlled substance. Salt Lake City cops say he had 6 Xanax pills and 6 Opana (painkiller) pills when he was busted.
Starr was 44 years old.
Mike’s dad tells TMZ, “It’s a terrible shock and tragedy.”
Police tell us Starr’s body was found in a Salt Lake City home today. Cops say they were called to the house at 1:42PM.
It’s so sad to me that people die of drug overdoses… what a waste.
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Marie Caro, mother of anorexic model Isabelle Caro who passed away late last year, has committed suicide, the Daily Mail writes.
Isabelle was best-known for her image used in a shock Italian ad campaign (which you can see here) conceived by photographer Olivier Toscani in 2007 under the headline “No Anorexia.” She more recently appeared on Jessica Simpson’s “The Price of Beauty.” She had suffered from the eating disorder since she was 13 and usually blamed her difficult childhood.
Christian Caro, Isabelle’s stepfather spoke with Swiss newspaper 20 minutes about both deaths. He blames the Bichat Hospital in Paris for Isabelle’s passing:
“She was hospitalized on November 16, 2010 for a stomach ache. My wife requested that she be taken to Bichat and she told doctors what was happening and told them about her illness. The doctors said they’d run some tests but they’d put Isabelle to sleep so she’d be less disturbed. They should have never done that. Isabelle died the 17th at the beginning of the afternoon. She died because they disconnected her from the machines. Two doctors took my wife and I separately and said, “You know, in any case, your daughter didn’t want to live.” They shortened it all. They wanted to do it quickly because there were a lot of people waiting.”
Christian added that he filed a complaint with the prosecutor in Paris for manslaughter. Of his wife, Marie, he said:
“My wife…she felt guilty for sending my daughter to the hospital in Bichat. [....] She had that weight on her head, a huge guilt. And this was in addition to the press, above all an interview with Toscani that she succeeded in viewing, although I tried to keep it from her. And she couldn’t tolerate it. She already couldn’t bear the death of her daughter.”
20 Minutes reports that Christian is now working on a music project, the profits of which will go to the association Isabelle created to help people suffering from anorexia. A single will be out by the end of the month.
Laura Linney was a no-show at last night’s Golden Globe’s, and today we learn that her father passed away on Saturday, the day before the awards.
Laura picked up the Best Actress award for her role in The Big C, but sadly she wasn’t able to accept the award in person. Her father, playwright Romulus Linney died of lung cancer the day before the show. He was 80.
TMZ is reporting that the investigation into the slaying of Notorious B.I.G. was “reinvigorated” just a few months ago as a result of new information … 13 years after he was killed in Los Angeles … this according to CNN.
A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing new leads, according to the network, but no further details are known.
The investigation reportedly includes the Los Angeles Police Department, L.A. County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI.
Biggie was shot and killed in 1997 while riding in an SUV after a music industry party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
British actor, Pete Postlethwaite, once described by Steven Spielberg as “the best actor in the world,” has died at age 64 after a long battle with cancer.
Friend and journalist Andrew Richardson said Monday that Postlethwaite died peacefully in hospital on Sunday.
Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar in 1994 for In The Name of the Father and also starred in movies including The Usual Suspects, Romeo + Juliet and most recently starred in Inception and The Town.
Isabelle Caro was recently seen on Jessica Simpson’s ‘Price of Beauty’ on VH1. Jessica was brought to tears as Isabelle spoke of her struggle with the disease.
Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose anorexic image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign, has died at the age of 28.
Her longtime acting instructor, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Caro died on Nov. 17 after returning to France from a job in Tokyo.
Dubreuil-Prevot said she did not know the cause of death but that Caro “had been sick for a long time,” referring to her anorexia.
Caro featured in an ad campaign by Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani in 2007 for an Italian fashion house. Under the headline “No Anorexia,” images across newspapers and billboards showed Caro naked, vertebrae and facial bones protruding.
Caro said she had suffered from anorexia since she was 13.
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards passed away yesterday, at the age of 61, after a long battle with breast cancer.
Edwards posted a message on her Facebook page in what ended up being the day she passed.
“You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope,” Edwards wrote in the Facebook post. “These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.”
“…there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like,” she added. “It’s called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn’t possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel to everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know.”
With love,
Elizabeth
Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2004, shortly before the presidential election in which her husband was the Democratic vice presidential nominee. In March 2007, at the start of John Edwards‘ presidential campaign, she revealed that the condition had returned and spread to her bones, and that she had been diagnosed as terminal.
The couple later became separated following revelations that John Edwards had engaged in an affair with a campaign videographer. Edwards wrote about her cancer and her relationship with her husband in multiple memoirs, including last year’s “Resilience.”
Edwards was hospitalized last week with doctors saying the cancer had metastasized to her liver, according to People.com.
