tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26046141379883497022024-02-06T21:19:00.417-08:00What Is Buzzing?Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-82772404708475265182022-12-31T10:40:00.003-08:002023-01-02T09:33:38.608-08:00Pelé, Vivienne Westwood, Pope Benedict XVI, Barbara Walters, Anita Pointer - Is Christmas proving too stressful?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeueRoman, HelveticaNeue-Roman, "Helvetica Neue Roman", TeXGyreHerosRegular, Helvetica, Arial, serif" style="background-color: white;">In a <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/01.CIR.0000151786.03797.18#R1-158862" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">study</a> published in 1999, a research group found that there seemed to b</span><span face="HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeueRoman, HelveticaNeue-Roman, "Helvetica Neue Roman", TeXGyreHerosRegular, Helvetica, Arial, serif" style="background-color: white;">e consistently more deaths from ischemic heart disease during the winter than there were during the summer. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">About one third more deaths from heart disease were recorded in December and January than from June through September. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeueRoman, HelveticaNeue-Roman, "Helvetica Neue Roman", TeXGyreHerosRegular, Helvetica, Arial, serif" style="background-color: white;">They we were struck by an increase in deaths starting around Thanksgiving, climbi</span><span face="HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeueRoman, HelveticaNeue-Roman, "Helvetica Neue Roman", TeXGyreHerosRegular, Helvetica, Arial, serif" style="background-color: white;">ng through Christmas, peaking on New Year’s Day, and then falling again. They reckoned that this peak in cardiac deaths during the holidays might result from factors including the emotional stress of the holidays, overindulgence during the holiday season, or both.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">They call it the... </span></span></p><h1 class="citation__title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: normal; margin: 1rem 0px 0.625rem; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Merry Christmas Coronary” and “Happy New Year Heart Attack” Phenomenon <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/01.CIR.0000151786.03797.18" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">*</a></span></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLLewQUfrGwMzi_ggGw50AE0-FIznSv0h4Mw32wV8372LCMYOHC7esOYekFeoj3kmt6boU8O4THwxhQIYC9qo5AgbF_XncqCCpXeBe43-q4Noj82i4L_EWfRR9jH1VMTpj4clcKf9fTCJcf3PA9hSZ-AsLHW6xYEjzg1MQptAaDyOgB6fhft-DMQ/s6000/rodion-kutsaiev-ySNkCkdKyTY-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLLewQUfrGwMzi_ggGw50AE0-FIznSv0h4Mw32wV8372LCMYOHC7esOYekFeoj3kmt6boU8O4THwxhQIYC9qo5AgbF_XncqCCpXeBe43-q4Noj82i4L_EWfRR9jH1VMTpj4clcKf9fTCJcf3PA9hSZ-AsLHW6xYEjzg1MQptAaDyOgB6fhft-DMQ/w516-h344/rodion-kutsaiev-ySNkCkdKyTY-unsplash.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@frostroomhead?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Rodion Kutsaiev</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/images/events/christmas?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Christmas time, or the Holiday season, may be hard and stressful for many reasons: the strain it often causes on your personal finances, loneliness, unfulfilled expectations, the seasonal <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/dec/22/winter-solstice-google-doodle-daylight-health-psychology-sad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">darkness</a>, over-eating and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/nov/29/drink-and-be-merry-why-alcohol-makes-us-feel-good-then-doesnt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">drinking</a>, and so on.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This festive season several famous individuals have passed away - Pelé, Vivienne Westwood, Pope Benedict XVI, Barbara Walters, Anita Pointer (of Pointer Sisters)...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Did the Christmas related stress have a bearing on them passing? We can only speculate.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">It is often also asserted that, due factors like loneliness, more suicides around </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Christmas time than any other time of the year. Is this true? I myself certainly used to believe it, but...</span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Suicides and parasuicides increase at Christmas" - a myth! It seems...</span></span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">It is often <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2015/12/30/suicides-rise-after-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">claimed</a> that "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">people already suffering from depression are pushed over the edge by the surrounding jollity that they can’t share in, by heightened feelings of loneliness (because “everyone but they” has family and friends to spend the holiday with), and by seasonal affective disorder due to the long nights and short days of mid-to-late December."</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">But the Christmas suicide peak is only a myth, according to the </span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/holiday.html" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; color: #1fadb6;" target="_blank">Center for Disease Control and Prevention</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">. According to CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, suicides (at more than 40,000 per year in the US) are at a nadir in December, and peak in the spring and fall. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">Whichever way you look at it though, the Holiday Season is a stressful one. More and more people that I talk to are opting, either not to celebrate Christmas at all, or only do so in a a very modest way.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">Some off course don't celebrate Christmas at all, like most <a href="https://islamqa.info/en/answers/145950/do-muslims-celebrate-christmas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muslims</a>, <a href="https://religionnews.com/2022/12/23/how-american-hindus-spend-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hindu</a><a href="https://religionnews.com/2022/12/23/how-american-hindus-spend-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">s</a> (at least not officially), <a href="https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/why-not-celebrate-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, <a href="https://jewishunpacked.com/jewish-celebrate-impact-christmas/#:~:text=First%3A%20Christmas%20is%20not%20a,day%20on%20the%20Jewish%20calendar." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jews</a>, and others.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c;">It seems that they in many ways benefit from <i>not</i> celebrating Christmas, at least financially.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-77458126925576018282022-02-08T12:27:00.004-08:002022-02-09T06:56:11.510-08:00The Original University Challenge presenter, Bamber Gascoigne, passed away<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Former University Challenge quizmaster, playwright, </b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and author </b><span class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Bamber Gascoigne</b></span><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> has died at the age of 87.</b></h2><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><b>Bamber Gascoigne</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> fronted the popular UK TV quiz show </span></span><i style="font-weight: inherit;">University Challenge</i><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> (</span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">based on the US series </span><i style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Bowl" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;" title="College Bowl">College Bowl</a></i><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">) </span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">for 25 years,</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> from 1962 to 1987. He also presented TV documentaries and wrote a number of books, including </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NPNJQNG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00NPNJQNG&linkCode=as2&tag=greenpandauk-21&linkId=c3bd58760fa0dd0c09a4c43f258274dc" target="_blank">A Brief History of the Great Moghuls</a></i>.</span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="sans-serif">Gascoigne was born in London on 24 January 1935.</span><span face="sans-serif" style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span face="sans-serif">He was the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne. H was </span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">educated at </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunningdale_School" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sunningdale School">Sunningdale School</a><span face="sans-serif" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> in Berkshire before winning scholarships to both </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_College" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Eton College">Eton College</a><span face="sans-serif" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_College,_Cambridge" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Magdalene College, Cambridge">Magdalene College, Cambridge</a><span face="sans-serif" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamber_Gascoigne" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><span face="sans-serif" style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">).</span></span></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Bamber died from heart failure after a short illness, </span><span face="sans-serif" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">less than a month after his 87th birthday. He was</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> best known for his famous </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>University Challenge</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> catchphrases such as "Fingers on buzzers", "Your starter for 10", and "I'll have to hurry you".</span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The tributes have been pouring in.</span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Paul Sinha, star of ITV's quiz show The Chase, <a class="ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0" href="https://twitter.com/paulsinha/status/1490997638539653123" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(186, 186, 186); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">tweeted:</a> "[Gascoigne's] effortless erudition, making whole swathes of impenetrable knowledge seem cheerfully accessible, was totally inspiring to this kid of the 80s. Sadly we may never see his like on our screens again."</span></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Stephen </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Fry, who took part in </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>University Challenge</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> in 1980,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><a class="ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0" href="https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/1491012757726109697" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(186, 186, 186); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">wrote on Twitter</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">: "Oh no, not Bamber. He was so kind and warm to us students who sat nervously at those desks." H</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">e was "such an elegant, intelligent man".</span></span></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Only Connect </i><span style="font-style: inherit;">presenter <a class="ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0" href="https://twitter.com/VictoriaCoren/status/1491018646176808962" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(186, 186, 186); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">Victoria Coren Mitchell said</a>: "No quiz host has ever seemed more like they could answer all the questions themselves."</span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;">David Nicholls, who wrote the book the film <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001MK9ZJ4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B001MK9ZJ4&linkCode=as2&tag=greenpandauk-21&linkId=750174c2c4a0039d69dfa533db52b9d7" target="_blank">Starter For Ten</a></i> was based on (about Bamber Gascoigne), </span><a class="ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0" href="https://twitter.com/DavidNWriter/status/1491002561985675265" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #3f3f42; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(186, 186, 186); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">posted on Twitter:</a><span style="color: #3f3f42;"> "Very sad to see this. Bamber was a big part of my TV childhood and was very gracious about his fictional cameo in Starter For Ten. He came to the book launch and left me quite star struck."</span></span></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><br /></span></span></p><h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;">The <i>Challenge</i> continues...</span></span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><i style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;">University Challenge</i><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> aired for 913 episodes on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> from September 1962 to December 1987, presented by quizmaster </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamber_Gascoigne" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bamber Gascoigne">Bamber Gascoigne</a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;">. The <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0" target="_blank">BBC</a> revived the program on 21 September 1994 with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Paxman" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jeremy Paxman">Jeremy Paxman</a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> as the quizmaster.</span></span></span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeI6HltACeTMASNBtwXoVqbY0GbwlgCFmDBcceSe1Yf1Q38T09MBL3Iur45jZ7aoYuRiQgo_xfpvg9TPMk_VqZFw2xtnKFdY_MiqFYnEY_7-PD8iB8kAVXnLpQdhnJbmYrshjFihP3R9vgVlYPFDG5-eCjpBvxIlgsdCigO-fLWvcN6oe0pZR1c34=s1882" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1882" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeI6HltACeTMASNBtwXoVqbY0GbwlgCFmDBcceSe1Yf1Q38T09MBL3Iur45jZ7aoYuRiQgo_xfpvg9TPMk_VqZFw2xtnKFdY_MiqFYnEY_7-PD8iB8kAVXnLpQdhnJbmYrshjFihP3R9vgVlYPFDG5-eCjpBvxIlgsdCigO-fLWvcN6oe0pZR1c34=w495-h230" width="495" /></a></div><p style="color: #3f3f42; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;">The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Challenge_2021%E2%80%9322" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="University Challenge 2021–22">51st series</a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> of the <i>University Challenge</i> began on BBC 2 on 12 July 2021.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;">Would you be able to answer questions like those presented on the show?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;">Why not have ago with the book or card game below!</span></p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3f3f42;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div>
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Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-82660211269969536702019-01-01T11:50:00.002-08:002019-01-01T12:10:33.658-08:00Dump those New Year's Resolutions!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande" , "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande" , "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b>As another year has ended, many people are thinking </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">80+% of New Year’s resolutions ever made,
the majority of those have usually gone by the wayside (read
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Resolutions fail for many different reasons,
including:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For example, if, having never drawn a <b><i>stick
figure</i></b>, I decided that this was the year I was going to fulfill my long-held
desire to ‘paint a landscape’, there are many things I’ll have to learn before
I apply paint to paper… or would that be canvas? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Anyway, I hope you too will dump the <b><i>New Year’s
Resolutions</i></b> in favor of <u><b>kindly and gently</b></u> inviting yourself to <b>learn something
new</b>. Something that you can look forward to doing, get excited about and most
of all, <b><i><u>ENJOY</u></i></b> doing!</span></span></div>
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Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-41978714342067916032018-01-30T09:56:00.000-08:002018-01-30T09:58:32.062-08:00Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea dies aged 91<div style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The founder of Sweden’s Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The company said Kamprad, whom it described as “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century”, had “peacefully passed away at his home” on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kamprad founded <a class="u-underline" data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/ikea" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: #ad0006; text-decoration-line: none !important; touch-action: manipulation; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">Ikea</a> in the 1940s at the age of 17, and built it into one of the world’s best-known retailers. The name was composed from his own initials and those of the places in the Swedish countryside where he grew up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Known for its functional, flatpack furniture – such as Billy shelves and Malm chests of drawers – that has to be assembled by customers, Ikea became the world’s largest furniture chain, with 412 stores across 49 countries.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the later years of his life, Mr Kamprad faced questions over his past links to fascist groups - something he admitted, but said was a "mistake".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Ingvar Kamprad gave a detailed account back in 1994 about what he describes as his ‘youthful sins’ and the ‘biggest mistake of his life,’ apologizing and asking for forgiveness from all parties involved,” the spokesman told the Telegraph in 2011. “The Ikea he created is based on democratic principles and embraces a multicultural society.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Speaking to the BBC, a spokesman added: “There are no Nazi-sympathizing thoughts in Ingvar’s head whatsoever.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Though he spent the last two decades of his life denouncing fascism and trying to distance himself from his Nazi links, Kamprad appears to have stood by his relationship with Engdahl, the Swedish fascist leader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Per Engdahl was a great man, this I will maintain for as long as I live,” he told Asbrink in an interview for her book, according to the Guardian.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In a statement on Sunday, Ikea said that Mr Kamprad had "peacefully passed away at his home".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"He worked until the very end of his life, staying true to his own motto that most things remain to be done," it added. Mr Kamprad eventually stepped down from the company's board in 2013, at the age of 87.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Ingvar Kamprad was a great entrepreneur of the typical southern Swedish kind - hardworking and stubborn, with a lot of warmth and a playful twinkle in his eye," the company said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His company's designs became popular in part because of their simplicity and value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mr Kamprad is reported to have come up with the idea of flat-pack furniture after watching an employee remove the legs from a table in order to fit it into a customer's car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Torbjörn Lööf, chief executive and president of Inter Ikea Group, the furniture giant’s parent company, said: “We are deeply saddened by Ingvar’s passing. We will remember his dedication and commitment to always side with the many people. To never give up, always try to become better and lead by example.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Swedish prime minister, Stefan Löfven, said Kamprad was “a unique entrepreneur … who made interior decorating accessible for the many, not just a few”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kamprad had not been involved in running Ikea since 1988, but had been acting as an adviser. In 2013 he stepped down from the board of Inter Ikea, and his youngest son became chairman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Neil Saunders, managing director of retail at the analysis firm GlobalData, said: “Few people can claim to have genuinely revolutionised retail. Ingvar Kamprad did. When he founded it, Ikea was markedly different to anything that had existed in retail. Much of this difference was down to Ingvar’s Swedish heritage and instincts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It is no exaggeration to say that his innovative approach changed not just the furniture sector, but the way people decorated and led their lives at home.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kamprad was estimated to have accumulated a fortune of 610bn Swedish kronor (£54bn) by 2016, according to Swedish media reports, which would make him one of the world’s richest people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But Per Heggenes, chief executive of the Ikea Foundation, said Kamprad had long ago passed on his stake in Ikea’s stores and franchise to the INGKA Foundation and Inter Ikea Group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“His death has no impact on the foundation or the companies at all,” he said. “It has no impact beyond the loss of him as a founder and an icon. It’s a huge loss but if you look at the company structure, nothing will change. His personal wealth is very limited.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kamprad was married twice. In 1973 he moved to Denmark, before seeking to lower his tax bill by moving to Switzerland. He returned to live in Sweden in 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The billionaire had a reputation for penny pinching, which he claimed helped Ikea become one of the world’s top brand names, and wore secondhand clothes bought at flea markets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It’s in the nature of Småland to be thrifty,” he said in a documentary released in 2016, referring to Sweden’s southern agricultural region where he was born. “If we want to be cost-conscious, we should do it, not just talk about how cost-conscious we are.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kamprad grew up on a farm in southern Sweden. He turned into a budding entrepreneur aged five selling matches to his neighbours. As a teenager he graduated to selling seeds, pens and nylon stockings from his bicycle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He founded Ikea in 1943 and began selling affordable furniture five years later; the first mail-order catalogue came out in 1951. In 1955, the Ikea employee Gillis Lundgren had the idea of removing the legs from a table and tucking them under its top to create the firm’s trademark flat-pack furniture, which was easier and cheaper to transport. Ikea’s first store outside Sweden opened in Norway in 1963 and it began colonising Europe; the first US store opened in 1985.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The initial success of Ikea’s no-nonsense furniture was ascribed to the Swedes’ obsession with functionalism. Lars Engman, Ikea’s then design manager, said in 2003: “Sweden created the Volvo, Italy the Ferrari.” The bright colours of the products were designed as an antidote to Sweden’s long, dark winters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jesper Börjesson, a TV reporter who, like Kamprad, was born in Älmhult municipality and was the last to interview him, said Kamprad had continued to play a role in the company until last year, with executive training taking place at his house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“He lived upstairs and that was his flat, and then downstairs was where he took some of the meetings, and I think it was where he grew up, so it was very symbolic.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Börjesson said Kamprad had been pleased to return to Älmhult, where the first Ikea store was opened and where the firm’s head offices are still based. “He was so happy to have moved home again, and he got to meet his old friends, and he could sit there in the countryside at his home and contemplate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I think everybody is sad today, but he’s talked about his death for a long time. He’s prepared himself and the company for this day.”</span></div>
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Singer George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53.</div>
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The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, "passed away peacefully" on Christmas Day in Goring, Oxfordshire, his publicist said.</div>
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His manager, Michael Lippman, said he had died of heart failure.</div>
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Former Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley said he was "heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend".</div>
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Writing on Twitter and referring to Michael by his family nickname of "Yog", he added: "Me, his loved ones, his friends, the world of music, the world at large. 4ever loved. A xx"</div>
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On Instagram, <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BOdVz_XFmD-/?taken-by=eltonjohn&hl=en" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sir Elton John posted a photograph of himself with Michael, writing:</a> "I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans."</div>
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Michael's family announced news of his death in a statement issued through the singer's publicist.</div>
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"It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period," it said.</div>
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"The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time. There will be no further comment at this stage."</div>
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South Central Ambulance Service were called to Michael's property at 13:42 GMT. Thames Valley Police also attended and Michael was confirmed dead at the scene.</div>
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They added: "At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. A post-mortem will be undertaken in due course. "</div>
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A small heart wreath and a rose are among the tributes left outside the front door of Michael's home, a detached property by the River Thames.</div>
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Court battle</h2>
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Michael, who was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in north London, sold more than 100 million albums throughout a career spanning almost four decades.</div>
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He first found fame with schoolfriend Ridgeley in duo Wham! - reaching number one in the UK singles charts on four occasions. One of the band's most enduring songs Last Christmas, is currently number 16 in the UK singles chart.</div>
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The song was originally released in 1984 and is the biggest selling single not to reach number one.</div>
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It was kept off the chart's top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas, which actually featured Michael.</div>
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Solo albums followed, including the multi-million selling Faith in 1987.</div>
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The follow-up Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 outsold Faith in the UK but led to Michael losing a court case with record label Sony over his frustration at how the album has been marketed.</div>
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From teen idol to long-term stardom</h2>
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His talents as a singer, songwriter and music producer made George Michael one of the world's biggest-selling artists.</div>
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Blessed with good looks and a fine singing voice, his stage presence made him a favourite on the live concert circuit as he matured from teen idol to long term stardom.</div>
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But there were times when his battle with drugs and encounters with the police made lurid headlines that threatened to eclipse his musical talents.</div>
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As a solo artist, Michael scored a further seven number one singles in the UK with songs including Careless Whisper and Fastlove, collaborated with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Elton John, and won three Brit Awards and two Grammys.</div>
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The Grammy organisers said Michael's "extraordinary talent had a profound impact on countless entertainers worldwide, and his creative contributions will live on forever".</div>
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Troubled artist</h2>
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Michael later began facing headlines for reasons other than his music.</div>
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After years of refusing to be drawn on speculation about his sexuality, Michael disclosed he was gay in 1998 after being arrested in a public toilet in Beverly Hills, California, for engaging in a lewd act.</div>
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The music video for the single that followed, Outside, featured a men's bathroom transformed into a disco and policemen kissing.</div>
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In October 2006 he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs, and in 2008 was cautioned for possession of class A drugs, including crack cocaine.</div>
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In September 2010, Michael received an eight-week prison sentence following an incident in which he crashed his Range Rover into a shop in north London. He admitted driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis.</div>
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Pop stars from Michael's heyday were joined by contemporary names in paying tribute on Twitter.</div>
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<a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/ABCFRY/status/813160116082118657" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ABC's Martin Fry said</a>: "Absolutely devastated to hear of the loss of @GeorgeMichael Truly brilliant talent #sad #sad #sad."</div>
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Duran Duran referred to the the so-called curse of 2016 - following the deaths of David Bowie, Prince and Rick Parfitt - posting on their official Twitter account: "2016 - loss of another talented soul. All our love and sympathy to @GeorgeMichael's family."</div>
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The band included a picture of Michael with its frontman Simon Le Bon, Sting and Bob Geldof.</div>
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Madonna posted a video from 1989 on Twitter and Instagram of herself presenting Michael with an award, and wrote: "Another Great Artist leaves us".</div>
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Robbie Williams, whose first solo single was a cover of Michael's song Freedom, wrote: "Oh God no …I love you George …Rest In Peace x".</div>
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DJ Tony Blackburn said: "Unbelievable, George Michael has died at the age of 53. RIP.This dreadful year goes on and on. So sad, a real talent."</div>
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Boy George wrote: "He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.</div>
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"What a beautiful voice he had and his music will live on as a testament to his talent. I can't believe he is gone. I hope the Buddha will hold him in his arms."</div>
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George Michael's UK number one singles</h2>
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<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wake Me Up Before You Go Go </strong>(with Wham!) - 1984</li>
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<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm Your Man</strong> (with Wham!) - 1985</li>
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<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Different Corner</strong> - 1986</li>
<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I Knew You Were Waiting For Me</strong> (with Aretha Franklin) - 1987</li>
<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</strong> (with Elton John) - 1991</li>
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In 2011, Michael postponed a series of concerts after being taken to hospital for treatment for pneumonia.</div>
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After treatment in a Vienna hospital, he made a tearful appearance outside his London home and said it had been "touch and go" whether he lived.</div>
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The experience inspired the single White Light which was his last Top 40 hit in 2012 and which he performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London.</div>
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Earlier this month it was announced that <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38300187" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">producer and songwriter Naughty Boy was working with Michael on a new album.</a></div>
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Michael had also recently been working on a documentary chronicling his rise to fame with Wham! and made a direct appeal on Twitter to his fans, asking them to send in their own videos and photographs dating from 1988 to 1996.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1rem;">The documentary film entitled Freedom was originally expected to be released this year but was recently delayed until next Ma</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">rch.</span></div>
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</iframe>Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-12324782710653945952016-12-14T11:57:00.000-08:002016-12-14T13:17:31.213-08:00Financial worries making you feel sick?<a href="https://bookinglineplc.isrefer.com/go/hyjvideo/krister68/" target=_blank><img src="https://bookingline.s3.amazonaws.com/affbanners/hyj-500x480.jpg" border="0"></a>Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-17626861830657973152016-06-05T13:54:00.001-07:002016-06-05T13:54:57.686-07:00Muhammad Ali Has Died at 74<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, <em data-verified="redactor" data-redactor-tag="em" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="body-el-link standard-body-el-link" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html?_r=0" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">The New York Times</a> </em>reports. The news was confirmed by Bob Gunnell, a spokesman for the Ali family.</span><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized with a respiratory issue, <a class="body-el-link standard-body-el-link" href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/us/muhammad-ali-hospitalized-with-respiratory-issue/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">CNN</a> reports. The boxing legend and social activist "is being treated by his team of doctors and is in fair condition," Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell said in a statement. "A brief hospital stay is expected. At this time, the Muhammad Ali family respectfully requests privacy."</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">That statement—datelined from Phoenix, Arizona—did not offer much further information on Ali's condition, but </span><a class="body-el-link standard-body-el-link" href="http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/15904925/boxing-great-muhammad-ali-hospital-respiratory-issue" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">ESPN</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">cites </span><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit;">AP </em><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">sources who claim it is more serious than during previous hospital stays in recent years. Ali suffers from Parkinson's disease, and has checked into hospitals for a severe urinary tract infection and pneumonia since 2014.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ali is a three-time heavyweight champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and a lifetime activist for religious freedom and social justice.</span></div><div><br></div>Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-78911007292035117732016-04-22T05:56:00.000-07:002016-04-22T05:56:36.062-07:00Prince, singer and superstar, dies aged 57<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375;">The hugely popular, acclaimed and influential musician Prince has died at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57.</span></div>
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Police were summoned to his Paisley Park estate early on Thursday and found his body in a lift. An investigation has been opened.</div>
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Prince became a global superstar in the 1980s, with albums such as 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' the Times.</div>
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No cause of death has been stated. A post-mortem investigation will take place on Friday.</div>
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His innovative music spanned rock, funk and jazz. He sold more than 100 million records during his career.</div>
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"It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died," his spokeswoman said.</div>
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In a statement, Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson said his deputies responded to a medical call at about 09:43 local time (14:43 GMT) and later found an unresponsive adult male in an elevator at Paisley Park Studios.</div>
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First responders tried to revive him with CPR but he was pronounced dead at 10:07.</div>
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Hundreds of fans gathered outside Paisley Park. US President Barack Obama <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/723238674201214977" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said</a> the world had lost a "creative icon".</div>
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'A visionary' - Madonna</h2>
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Born in 1958, Prince was a prolific writer and performer from a young age - reportedly writing his first song when he was seven.</div>
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A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry.</div>
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'A joy to watch': By Mark Savage, BBC entertainment reporter</h2>
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A musical prodigy from a broken home, Prince famously wrote, arranged, produced and played almost all of his hit records.</div>
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But the Purple man's purple patch really came with his first band The Revolution.</div>
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With them by his side, he wrote more than two dozen rock classics in a five-year flurry.</div>
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Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette, 1999, Raspberry Beret, When Doves Cry, Kiss... At the same time, he dashed off Manic Monday for The Bangles and Nothing Compares 2U, made famous by Sinead O'Connor.</div>
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In the studio, he was unstoppable. But the magic really happened on stage. He would vamp, preen and tease an audience into a frenzy, then slay them with a quiet moment of crystalline beauty. He was a joy to watch.</div>
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He also wrote music for several artists - Sinead O'Connor's version of Nothing Compares 2U became a worldwide smash in 1990.</div>
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In 1984, he won an Oscar for the score to Purple Rain, a film in which he also starred.</div>
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Throughout his career he had a reputation for secrecy and eccentricity, once changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol.</div>
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In 2004, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which said he "rewrote the rulebook".</div>
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He had a mercurial relationship with technology. In 2000, he released singles via the pioneering music-sharing service Napster, but he later declared the internet "completely over" and refused to allow his music on major streaming platforms.</div>
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Prince's latest album, HITnRUN Phase Two, was released last year and he had been touring as recently as last week.</div>
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On 15 April he was taken to hospital after his private plane made an emergency landing in Illinois. It happened just hours after he had performed on stage in Georgia. He was treated and released after a few hours.</div>
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Tributes have been pouring in from artists young and old, across the musical spectrum.</div>
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<li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: square outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Madonna</strong>, who dated Prince briefly, described him as a "visionary who changed the world"</li>
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"It's such a blow. It's really surreal. It's just kind of unbelievable," Aretha Franklin told MSNBC. "He was definitely an original and a one of a kind. Truly there was only one Prince."</div>
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Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-44435764752850988652016-01-10T23:29:00.001-08:002016-01-10T23:51:37.090-08:00David Bowie - The Legend - Dies<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David Bowie, the famous singer, has died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His son confirmed the news and a statement was released on his official social media accounts.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer," it said.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family's privacy during their time of grief."</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The singer only released his latest album Blackstar on his birthday on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There had been rumours about Bowie's health for years.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His last live performance was at a New York charity concert in 2006.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blackstar, which includes just seven songs, has been well received by critics.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bowie's breakthrough came with 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His hits include Let's Dance, Space Oddity, Heroes, Under Pressure, Rebel, Rebel, Life on Mars and Suffragette City.</span></div>
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According to a report released by <em>TMZ,</em> Kim Kardashian, her daughter North West, Khloe Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner were involved in a car accident today in Montana.</div>
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From <em><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/21/kim-kardashian-car-accident-khloe-montana-skid-ice-north-west-kylie/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: transparent; color: #ec008c; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">TMZ</a></em>:</div>
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We're told the girls were driving in Bozeman, MT Saturday morning when a semi-truck drove by their car and kicked up a ton of snow, hitting their windshield and apparently blinding Khloe.<br />
Apparently Khloe couldn't see and began swerving, right into a patch of black ice. The car then spun out of control, crossing oncoming traffic and ending up in a ditch.</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68 the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has confirmed to the BBC.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Forever and Ever, Goodbye and Quand je t'aime. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite's Child.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Roussos went on to enjoy a successful solo career, topping the charts in several countries with Forever And Ever in 1973, before doing the same in the UK in 1976.</span><br />
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Other solo hits include My Friend the Wind, My Reason, Someday Somewhere and Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun.<br />
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Roussos' fondness for kaftans saw him dubbed "the Kaftan King" and he often wore them for his performances on shows such as Top of the Pops.<br />
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He was also famous for his vocal adaptation of the score from the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which had been composed by Vangelis.<br />
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In 1978 he decided to keep a lower profile and moved to Malibu Beach in the US.<br />
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On 14 June, 1985, Roussos boarded TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome - and found himself at the mercy of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, who hijacked the plane.<br />
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The men, who had smuggled a pistol and grenades through airport security, held the passengers at gunpoint.<br />
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The militant group demanded the release of 17 members of Hezbollah and the Iraqi Islamic Daawa Party, who had been detained in Kuwait for attacks that killed six people in 1983.<br />
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Roussos spent his 39th birthday in captivity, before being released in Beirut on 18 June - but most of the remaining 153 passengers spent 17 days on the plane.<br />
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Speaking to the Reuters news agency at the time, the singer said he had been "treated quite well".</div>
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"They gave me a birthday cake and they gave me a guitar, to sing," he said. "They have been very polite and very nice with us."<br />
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Over the years, his quote became misinterpreted and distorted. Some papers said he had serenaded the hijackers. Others claimed he had pledged allegiance to Hezbollah.<br />
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Roussos, who rarely spoke about the incident, admitted he was riled by the exaggerations in an interview with Australia's Daily Telegraph in 2006.<br />
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"It is not every day that a pop superstar gets involved with terrorism as a victim, so the press takes advantage of that to say things they think are funny.<br />
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''I would like to see the journalist [who first reported the claim] in front of gunpoint like I was. Believe me, if he was there he would be so scared he wouldn't care about writing such stupidities like that.''<br />
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The experience changed his life and afterwards he decided the best way he could help others and promote understanding in the world was by returning to music.<br />
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He released his album The Story of Demis Roussos not long after.</div>
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The ex-boyfriend of Britney Spears has been killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. John Sundahl was working as a pilot flying officials around the country and was shot down while flying a helicopter from Kabul, British newspaper <em><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/britney-spears-ex-lover-killed-taliban-4997998" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: transparent; color: #ec008c; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">The Mirror</a> </em>reports.</div>
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Sundahl dated Spears in 2007, after the pair met at an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting. John's brother Karl said, "It's heartbreaking — he went there to try to repair the country. He was trying to help people, he would often say that the country was in chaos."</div>
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"This is just awful. My family are heartbroken, my parents are elderly so this is very tough for them, and all of us... We know Britney's upset too. John was still good friends with Britney, he talked to her regularly", Karl continued.</div>
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Tanya Nikitina, 34, was murdered by her former mother-in-law in 2010, just weeks before her wedding to Rod Hernandez. Hernandez finally opened up about that terrible day, most shockingly revealing that he was on the phone with her when she was shot [via <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2906654/Man-reveals-PHONE-bride-shot-dead-mother-law-hell-weeks-wedding.html" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: transparent; color: #ec008c; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;"><em>Daily Mail</em></a>].</div>
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Mary Nance Hanson killed Nikitina after she divorced Hanson's son, Dale Jankowski. Hanson didn't want Nikitina to get custody of her and Jankowski's two young children, so Hanson gunned Nikitina down in the school parking lot where Nikitina taught.</div>
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Hernandez said he happened to be on the phone with Nikitina when she was killed. "She was telling me how much she loved me when suddenly I heard her scream and there was a loud bang. I could still hear her engine revving and the radio playing. I thought she'd had an accident. The school was only a short drive away, so I jumped in my car. I stayed on the phone the whole way there, screaming her name trying to wake her up," he says.</div>
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Hanson will do life in prison, but knowing that isn't enough for Hernandez. "No amount of time in prison is going to bring Tanya back. Hearing my fiancée's tragic end on the phone still haunts me. I still can't believe she's gone," he said.</div>
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Oscar-winning actor and groundbreaking comedian <b>Robin Williams</b> hanged himself with a belt in his Northern California home after he had sought treatment for depression, a coroner said on Tuesday based on preliminary findings.</div>
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<b>Williams</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">, 63, was found dead by his personal assistant at midday on Monday in a bedroom. He was suspended from a belt wedged between a closet door and a door frame, in a seated position just off the ground, Marin County's assistant chief deputy coroner, Keith Boyd, told a news conference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">"</span><b>Mr. Williams'</b> personal assistant became concerned at approximately 11:45 a.m. when he failed to respond to knocks on his bedroom door," said Boyd.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">"His right shoulder area was touching the door with his body perpendicular to the door and slightly suspended. </span><b>Mr. Williams</b> at that time was cool to the touch with rigor mortis present in his body," Boyd added.</div>
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The official preliminary cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging, he said, and conclusion of the investigation is still weeks away.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Officials also found a pocket knife near </span><b>Williams</b> and superficial cuts on his left wrist with dried red material that matched what was on the knife blade. It was not yet known if it was his blood.</div>
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<b>Williams</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> was last seen alive by his wife, Susan Schneider, on Sunday night when she retired for the evening. She left the next morning around 10 a.m. thinking that her husband was still asleep.</span></div>
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<b>Williams'</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said on Monday that he had been suffering from severe depression, and Boyd acknowledged that he had been seeking treatment without giving more details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Boyd would not say whether </span><b>Williams</b> had left a suicide note.</div>
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"We're not discussing the note or a note at this point as the investigation is ongoing," said Boyd.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">In addition to his wife, </span><b>Williams</b> is survived by three children. Funeral arrangements are pending. His body has been released by the coroner facility in neighbouring Napa County, Boyd said.</div>
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Boyd would not say if any drugs or alcohol were involved and that the full toxicology report would take two to six weeks.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Comedians, politicians and several generations of fans collectively mourned the death of </span><b>Williams</b>, famous for his frenetically paced comedy and masterful impressions.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The news of </span><b>Williams</b>' death rippled across social media, stunning fans young and old and comedians who had been influenced by <b>Williams</b> since he broke out in the 1970's TV comedy "Mork & Mindy" as a strange and lovable creature from outer space.</div>
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"Goodbye pal. Thanks for everything," tweeted comedian Louis C.K. on Tuesday.</div>
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<b>Williams</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> had been open about his struggles with alcohol and cocaine and in the past months had entered a rehabilitation centre to help him maintain sobriety.</span></div>
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But many questions remained over his final months and what could have led to his apparent suicide.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, dozens of fans congregated around </span><b>Williams</b>' star early on Tuesday, leaving flowers and candles to honour the versatile actor.</div>
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"My kids grew up on 'Mrs Doubtfire'," said Erlinda Fantauzzi, referring to the hit movie in which he played a father who took on the persona of a tender British nanny to be close to his kids. "I feel so bad. He was a tortured soul and he died alone. He touched adults and children," she said.</div>
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<b>Williams'</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> appeal stretched across generations and genres, from family fare as the voice of Disney's blue Genie in "Aladdin" to his portrayal of a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama "Good Will Hunting," for which he earned his sole Oscar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The death of </span><b>Williams</b> shook Hollywood and colleagues mourned the loss of what many called a big-hearted man and one of the most inventive comedians of his time.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played his daughter in the recent CBS television comedy, "The Crazy Ones," said her life was better for knowing </span><b>Williams</b>. Their show was cancelled in May after one season.</div>
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"To my children he was Uncle <b>Robin</b>, to everyone he worked with, he was the best boss anyone had ever known, and to me he was not just an inspiration but he was the father I had always dreamed of having," Gellar said in a statement.</div>
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Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-42787857904851352852014-04-07T12:20:00.000-07:002014-04-07T12:20:33.541-07:00Peaches Geldof: Daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates dies aged 25<br />
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Peaches Geldof, second daughter of musician Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, has died aged 25, leaving a husband and two sons.</div>
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"We are beyond pain," said her father, confirming her death. "She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us."</div>
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Police, who were called to an address in Kent around lunchtime on Monday, say the death is currently being treated as "unexplained and sudden".</div>
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Geldof was 11 when her own mother died.</div>
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TV presenter Yates died of an accidental drug overdose in September 2000. In September 2012 Geldof said she did not come to terms with her mother's death for several years.</div>
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Her <a href="http://instagram.com/p/mdNpzsyTHd/" style="color: #4a7194; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">final tweet</a>, posted on Sunday, linked to an Instagram picture of her, as a baby, in her mother's arms.</div>
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The caption simply read: "Me and my mum."</div>
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<img alt="Peaches Geldof's final tweet" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74095000/jpg/_74095829_ba8d7801-c534-4479-97d4-90e245d44a73.jpg" height="351" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Peaches Geldof's final tweet was a picture of herself as a young child, held by her mother</span></div>
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Bob Geldof said: "How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable?</div>
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"We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is."</div>
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In a statement, Kent Police said: "Police were called at 13:35 BST on 7 April, 2014 to an address near Wrotham following a report of concern for the welfare of a woman.</div>
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"A woman aged 25 was pronounced dead by South East Coast Ambulance Service.</div>
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"Officers are working to establish the circumstances around the death."</div>
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The writer and TV presenter was married to musician Thomas Cohen, with whom she had two sons, Astala, one, and Phaedra, who will turn one on 24 April.</div>
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Peaches has died. We are beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us.</div>
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Writing "was" destroys me afresh. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable? We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is.</div>
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Tom and her sons Astala and Phaedra will always belong in our family, fractured so often, but never broken.</div>
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<em style="color: #333333;">Bob, Jeanne, Fifi, Pixie and Tiger Geldof.</em></div>
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"My beloved wife Peaches was adored by myself and her two sons," said Cohen in a statement.</div>
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"I shall bring them up with their mother in their hearts everyday. We shall love her forever."</div>
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Born in 1989, Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof embarked on a media career at the age of 15, when she began writing a column for Elle magazine.</div>
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She left home at 16 and went on to contribute to the Telegraph and the Guardian, as well as TV shows including ITV2's OMG! with Peaches Geldof.</div>
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She also worked as a model and, just last week, attended a launch for Tesco's F&F clothing range in London.</div>
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<img alt="Peaches Geldof and Thomas Cohen" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74095000/jpg/_74095825_bba6f4fa-b422-4aa1-8bed-1e5ffd317f8c.jpg" height="351" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Geldof married Thomas Cohen, lead singer of the band SCUM, in 2012</span></div>
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Yates's death came after she split with Bob Geldof and formed a relationship with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, who then died in 1997.</div>
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"I remember the day my mother died, and it's still hard to talk about it," Peaches told Elle in 2012.</div>
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"I just blocked it out. I went to school the next day because my father's mentality was 'keep calm and carry on'," she said.</div>
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"So we all went to school and tried to act as if nothing had happened. But it had happened. I didn't grieve. I didn't cry at her funeral. I couldn't express anything because I was just numb to it all. I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16."</div>
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<img alt="Peaches Geldof, Rosario Dawson and Pippa Middleton at London Fashion Week" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74095000/jpg/_74095827_e566071f-172a-4529-bad3-631cd255caf3.jpg" height="351" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Geldof was a regular face at London Fashion Week, and is seen here with Rosario Dawson (second left) and Pippa Middleton (centre)</span></div>
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Geldof said she had experimented with drugs as a teenager, but was "never that wild".</div>
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She was previously married to rock musician Max Drummey but the pair separated in 2009 after a six-month marriage.</div>
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She leaves her husband and sons; father Bob Geldof; sisters Fifi Trixibelle and Pixie; and younger half-sister, Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof.</div>
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Winner Nina Davuluri said: 'I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America.' Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images</div>
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The <b>Miss America</b> pageant has crowned its first winner from an Indian background – an aspiring doctor who plans to use the $50,000 (£31,000) prize money to fund her studies – sparking a flood of racist criticism on social media.</div>
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"I'm so happy this organisation has embraced diversity," 24-year-old <b>Nina Davuluri</b> said in her first press conference, moments after winning the crown in Atlantic City. "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."</div>
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But within minutes of winning the title, <b>Davuluri</b>, whose talent routine was a Bollywood fusion dance, was the target of racist social media comments.</div>
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If you're #Miss America you should have to be American," said one on Twitter.</div>
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"WHEN WILL A WHITE WOMAN WIN #MISSAMERICA? Ever??!!" asked another.</div>
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<b>Davuluri</b>, however, brushed aside the negative comments.</div>
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"I have to rise above that," she said. "I always viewed myself as first and foremost American."</div>
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Her grandmother told the Associated Press that she cried when she saw the news on television.</div>
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"I am very, very, happy for the girl. It was her dream and it was fulfilled," 89-year-old V Koteshwaramma said by phone from her home in the city of Vijaywada, in southern India.</div>
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In the run-up to the pageant, much attention was given to Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail, an army sergeant believed to have been the first contestant ever to openly display tattoos. She has the Serenity Prayer on her rib cage, and a smaller military insignia on the back of one shoulder.</div>
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Vail won a nationwide "America's choice" vote to advance as a semi-finalist, but failed to make it into the top 10.</div>
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In a Twitter message on Sunday before the finals began, Vail wrote: "Win or not tonight, I have accomplished what I set out to do. I have empowered women. I have opened eyes."</div>
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The pageant pitted 53 contestants – one from each state, plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands – in swimming wear, evening gown, talent and interview competitions.</div>
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And although Twerker extraordinaire <strong>Miley Cyrus</strong> has been at pains to maintain her relationship with hunky fiancé<strong> Liam Hemsworth</strong> is as fruity as any VMA show – in a rather public slap in the face she has unfollowed her husband-to-be.</div>
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It comes as the gorgeous Australian was forced to deny reports of “sexting” crude messages to Hollywood actress January Jones.</div>
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The social media clanger is strong message to Liam – as active Twitter user Miley must have known exactly what she was doing - we don't reckon her finger slipped. Liam, 23, still follows the former Disney star.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wrecking Ball singer Miley’s relationship with Liam has been more colourful than anything her foam finger has seen – with the couple reportedly breaking up multiple times in the last year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Six months ago it was rumoured Liam got “hot and heavy” with Mad Men star January at a pre-Oscar bash. Just two weeks ago the Hunger Games actor reportedly sent saucy texts to the X- men actress.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The romantic text said: “I want to f**k you” – according to US weekly. Lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to Hollywood heavyweights Miley Cyrus' hunky fiancé Liam was told to distance himself from the former Disney star - for the sake of his career after that VMA show.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The young couple got engaged in June 2012 after meeting Cyrus on the set of The Last Song in 2009.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Apparently gorgeous actor Liam is "mortified" by his wife-to-be's VMA performance with Robin Thicke and has been warned to stay away from any association with the star.</span><br />
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Highlights included some raunchy twerking, a foam finger and more gyrating than a nightclub at 1am.<br />
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According to pals: "Liam really does care about Miley, but her racy new look and sort of ghetto attitude isn’t exactly what he signed up for.<br />
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"He doesn’t really see anything sexy about what she did on stage."<br />
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Radar Online reports: "It’s not just Liam that Miley is pushing away…his entire team is urging him to part ways with her because she’s nothing but negative for his reputation and career."<br />
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Friends say the Australian is determined to become a "serious actor" and Miley's performance embarrassed him - we just hope they kiss and make-up.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Former Disney sweetheart Miley's VMA </span>performance was also slammed as sexual exploitation by a leading parents group.<br />
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The Parents Television Council has called for “heads to roll” at MTV after <span style="color: black;">Miley’s raunchy performance with Robin</span> aired on the family orientated show.<br />
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Miley’s nude latex bikini and sexual moves have angered and bemused celebrities, parents and fellow acts.<br />
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The Parents Television Council also slammed MTV for allowing condom adverts and an explicit movie trailer to air during several commercial breaks.<br />
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In a highly charged statement the group said: “MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate ‘twerking’ in a nude-colored bikini.<br />
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Modestly, she hides her face in the series of snaps (but we're betting she had her tongue out).<br />
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Viewers took to Twitter to <span style="color: black;">express their disgust</span> after watching the performance on television.</div>
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One person wrote: "Miley Cyrus completely embarrassing herself at the #VMA awards. Jesus have some self respect, there's called being sexy, then just darn ugly."</div>
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Another tweeter added: "I really want to go to sleep but I'm really worried Miley Cyrus might be hiding in my closet."</div>
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And another person simply wrote: "Miley Cyrus that was disturbing."</div>
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However, Miley hasn't yet spoken out about any controversy she may have caused but did take time to send her congratulations to One Direction who won the award for Best Song of the Summer for their track Best Song Ever.</div>
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Leaving before the band collected their prize, when they were booed, she tweeted: "Leaving the VMAs. No it's not over. I'm no psychic but congrats @onedirection #songofthesummer."</div>
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Following suit, <span style="color: black;">her partner in slime</span> Robin Thicke was dressed like Beetlejuice employed in Foot Locker.<br />
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Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-26941494459741180692013-07-22T13:29:00.000-07:002013-07-22T13:29:21.585-07:00Baby Royal: A boy born to Kate<div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">
Kensington Palace announced moments ago: "The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy"</div>
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The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.</div>
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Duchess and the baby were "doing well" and would stay in hospital overnight.</div>
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An ornate easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace is displaying the news in line with tradition.</div>
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A bulletin - signed by the Queen's gynaecologist Marcus Setchell - was taken by a royal aide from St Mary's to the palace under police escort.</div>
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The document said: "Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm today.</div>
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"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well."</div>
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The Kensington Palace press release said the Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.</div>
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"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news," it stated.</div>
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The Prince of Wales said he and the Duchess of Cornwall were "overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild".</div>
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"It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy," he added.</div>
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"Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future."</div>
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Prime Minister David Cameron Tweeted: "I'm delighted for the Duke and Duchess now their son has been born. The whole country will celebrate. They'll make wonderful parents."</div>
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Tweeted: "Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Good news to make the whole country smile."</div>
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And Labour leader Ed Miliband, also Tweeted: "Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I wish them and their son all happiness and good health."</div>
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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said: "I am sure that people across Scotland will be absolutely thrilled to hear the news of the birth of a baby boy to the Royal couple and will want to join me in wishing the proud parents many congratulations."</div>
Isi68http://www.blogger.com/profile/11919781100746992043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604614137988349702.post-41883020422549583892012-07-14T10:01:00.002-07:002012-07-14T10:01:53.813-07:00Sage Stallone - Sylvester's Son Dies Of Overdose<span class="hf3-case"><br /></span>
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Stallone. His compassion and thoughts are with Sage's mother, Sasha.
Sage was a very talented and wonderful young man. His loss will be felt
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<b>Sage Stallone</b> -- <b>Sylvester Stallone</b>'s son -- has died and sources tell us the cause was an overdose of pills. <br />
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details surrounding the death are still unclear .. but we're told he
was found in his L.A. home by either a maid or his girlfriend.
Paramedics were called to the home and pronounced him dead at the scene.<br />
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Sources tell us authorities are trying to determine if the death was intentional or accidental.<br />
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We're told Sylvester is a "wreck."<br />
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Sage
famously made his film debut alongside his father in the 1990 movie
"Rocky 5" -- playing the role of Rocky's son Robert Balboa. <br />
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He went on to act and direct in several films ... including the 1996 film "Daylight."<br />
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Sage's mother is Sasha Czack.<b></b></div>
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Rodney King in April 2012. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters</div>
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The 47-year-old's body was discovered by his fiancee at his swimming pool in Rialto, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/california" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="More from guardian.co.uk on California">California</a>, early Sunday morning.</div>
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Police pulled King from the water but were unable to resuscitate him. Foul play is not thought to have played a part in the death of a man whose life will forever be associated with one night of brutal violence, and its long-lasting impact on American society.</div>
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In an interview with the Guardian just last month, King acknowledged the role that his beatings played in the narrative of modern race-relations in the US.</div>
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"I'm comfortable with my position in American history," he said.</div>
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The incident that elevated King to a national symbol of racial prejudice occurred on 3 March 1991.</div>
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In the early morning hours of that day, the then-25-year-old was subjected to vicious assault at the hands of four white police officers at the side of a highway in Los Angeles.</div>
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King, on parole for a robbery conviction at the time, was surrounded by officers following a high-speed police chase through the city.</div>
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Lying on ground, he proceeded to be pummelled by the cops, who he later alleged yelled: "We are going to kill you, nigger."</div>
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The attack left King with severe injuries including a fractured skull and damage to internal organs. Three surgeons operated for five hours on his badly beaten body.</div>
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He said of the attack in an interview with the Guardian: "It was like being raped, stripped of everything, being beaten near to death there on the concrete, on the asphalt.</div>
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"I just knew how it felt to be a slave. I felt like I was in another world."</div>
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In all, King received 55 baton blows and six kicks to his body, all of which were captured on video by a nearby resident George Holliday, who came out to his balcony after being woken by sirens.</div>
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He later passed the footage on to a local TV network, from which it was soon taken up by media across the country.</div>
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Four officers were later charged over the beating, but a three-month trial resulted in three of the policemen being acquitted by a majority white jury. A mistrial was ruled for the fourth defendant after jurors deadlocked.</div>
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The verdicts were met with widespread anger in the black community, leading to violent clashes and looting in downtown LA.</div>
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On the third day of the destruction, King made a public statement calling for calm.</div>
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"People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?" he said. But the rioting continued.</div>
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In all, some 53 people are thought to have died in the 1992 clashes, with an estimated $1bn in damage caused to property.</div>
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It marked a nadir in modern American race-relations and left a mark on the country for many years.</div>
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King was also left with permanent scars from the attack. In later life he battled alcoholism and on a number of occasions was stopped by police for driving offences.</div>
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The full details surrounding his death were not immediately clear, but Rialto police said it was launching a drowning investigation.</div>
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Reacting to the news, Rev Al Sharpton described King as "a symbol of civil rights".</div>
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In a statement, the black community leader added: "History will record that it was Rodney King's beating and his actions that made America deal with the excessive misconduct of law enforcement."</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/17/rodney-king-dies-aged-47">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div>
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A torrent of Twitter messages from entertainers lauded Yauch, 47, as a visionary musical artist, filmmaker and humanitarian.</div>
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"He stood for integrity as an artist. What a loss. He was a very good man," said actor Ben Stiller.</div>
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Yauch revealed in 2009 that he had a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland. As a result, the band canceled its scheduled concerts and delayed the release of an album.</div>
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"I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything," he said then in a video to fans.</div>
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Yauch, a self-taught bassist and vocalist, underwent surgery to treat the tumor that year.</div>
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The Beastie Boys, who blended punk and rap, burst on the music scene in 1986 with the album "Licensed to Ill," which included hits such as "(You Gotta) Fight for the Right (to Party"), an anthem to teen angst; "Brass Monkey" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn."</div>
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The group came together for the first time to play at Yauch's 17th birthday party, its publicist said.</div>
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Yauch was the oldest of the Beastie Boys, an only child who grew up in Brooklyn Heights, according to Current Biography magazine. The band, which also featured Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, sold more than 40 million records.</div>
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The Beastie Boys' success in hip-hop was notable at a time when the music form was dominated by African-American performers.</div>
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Yauch was unable to attend the band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last month. Horovitz read Yauch's acceptance letter.</div>
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<a href="http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/04/remembering-adam-mca-yauch-the-beastie-boys-greatest-hits/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Marquee: Remembering The Beastie Boys' greatest hits</a></div>
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Under an alias, Yauch directed several Beastie Boys videos, including "Intergalactic" and "So What'cha Want."</div>
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Yauch converted to Buddism in the 1990s after visiting Nepal and hearing the Dalai Lama speak in Arizona, he told the Buddhist magazine Shambhala sun in 1995.</div>
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"It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism -- because that's mainly what I've been exposed to -- was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction," the magazine quoted him as saying. "Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism."</div>
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<a href="http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/04/celebs-react-to-the-loss-of-beastie-boys-adam-yauch/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Marquee: Celebs react to the loss of Yauch</a></div>
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The conversion led him to have second thoughts about the bawdy party-boy image the band portrayed in the 1980s, he told the Boston Globe in 1998.</div>
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"I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize it now," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "I said a lot of stuff fooling around back then, and I saw it do a lot of harm. I had kids coming up to me and saying, 'Yo, I listen to your records while I'm smoking dust, man.' And I'd say, 'Hey, man, we're just kidding. I don't smoke dust.' People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people."</div>
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As a Buddhist, Yauch became an advocate for Tibetan freedom.</div>
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He founded the Milarepa Fund, which helped raise money for the effort, and organized charity concerts involving the Beastie Boys and other acts, including the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996. Several similar concerts followed.</div>
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The Milarepa Fund also organized a 9/11 benefit concert for residents deemed unlikely to get aid from other sources.</div>
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Yauch founded Oscilloscope Laboratories, which was active in independent video distribution. Its founder directed the basketball documentary "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot," released in 2008.</div>
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"Adam was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive artist, who I loved dearly," said music impresario Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam, which released "Licensed to Ill."</div>
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"I was always inspired by his work," Simmons said. "He will be missed by all of us."</div>
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Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen, and a daughter, according to the band's publicist.</div>
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While iOS represents photos with a flower icon, Windows 8 lets you choose any photo you want to populate the live tile that lives on the Start screen. And that's just one of many ways you can customize the screen you'll see most. You can move items around, name groups of apps around and name them using the Semantic zoom feature, and pin everything from your favorite people and websites to the Start screen.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131898-1windows-8-start-screen.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131898-1windows-8-start-screen.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">2. Faster multitasking on Windows 8</strong><br />
No double- tapping a button to see your stuff here. Windows 8 lets you thumb through the applications you recently opened fast and fluidly just by swiping from the left edge of the screen. If you want to see all of your open apps at once, swipe from the left edge and then pull your finger back towards the edge to reveal a thumbnail view.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131919-2task-switching.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131919-2task-switching.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">3. People App: Beyond the Address Book</strong><br />
One of our favorite features in Windows 8 is the People app. Why? Because it automatically links duplicate contacts so that there’s only one person for a given name. So, for example, if your friend is on Windows Live, Exchange, and Facebook, you’ll see all of those accounts listed. Plus, you can see your contacts’ latest updates on Facebook and Twitter.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131921-3people-app.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"People app, Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="People" app,="" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131921-3people-app.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="People" windows="" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">4. Windows 8 gives swifter access to Settings</strong><br />
Want to connect to a different Wi-Fi network or the settings for your app? On iOS you need to exit the app you’re using and open the Settings app. On Windows 8 you just swipe left from the right side of the screen and tap settings. There you’ll see network settings, shortcuts for adjusting everything from volume to brightness, and those settings related to the app you’re using. It’s just faster.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131982-4windows8settings.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/131982-4windows8settings.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">5. You can access and attach files in Windows 8</strong><br />
Yes, Android does this already, but Windows 8 does it better. Using the Mail, for example, you can easily attach photos or documents to outgoing emails using Windows 8's well-designed file picker. It's a cinch to select more than one file, whether it's stored on your PC or in the cloud on SkyDrive. The file picker is also open to third-party apps. With iOS, you can't attach anything to outgoing messages within the email app and the file system is hidden.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132002-5windows-8-file-support.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132002-5windows-8-file-support.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">6. Windows 8 lets you snap apps next to each other</strong><br />
Say you want to work on a spreadsheet while rocking out to Slacker. Or you want to watch some videos while cleaning out your inbox. Windows 8 makes it easy with its Snap feature. Building on Windows 7, you can easily resize the window so it takes up one- third or two- thirds of the screen when you place it next to another open program, whether it's with your finger or a mouse. Plus, Microsoft is working with developers to enhance their apps so that you get all the functionality you need even in a smaller window.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132017-6win8snap.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132017-6win8snap.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">7. Internet Explorer 10 Is a super fast browser</strong><br />
Internet Explorer 10 is one of the fastest browsers we've tested. Period. On our home network connection sites loaded almost as soon as we were done entering the URL in the address bar. In a side-by-side test with the iPad 2, our Samsung Tablet loaded with Windows 8 narrowly beat Apple’s slate, loading seven popular sites in an average of 4.3 seconds, versus 4.8 seconds for the iPad. While we wish the tabs were always visible, we like how Windows 8 makes it easy to close all of the tabs you're not using with a single tap.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132043-7-ie10.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"IE 10"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 10="" alt="IE" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132043-7-ie10.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="IE" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">8. Windows 8 is optimized for keyboard use</strong><br />
While you can add a keyboard case to an iPad, Windows 8 is optimized for mouse and keyboard use. Our favorite feature: the ability to search for an app just by typing on the Start screen. Windows 8 also has a ton of keyboard shortcuts, such as Win C for opening the Charm menu, Win D for showing the desktop, and Win Z for opening the app bar. We’re excited to see more designs like the IdeaPad Yoga that combine both touch and keyboard input.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132075-8-windows-8-keyboard.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132075-8-windows-8-keyboard.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">9. Xbox is built in</strong><br />
If you have an Xbox you’ll be glad to know that the Xbox Live Games app (currently in preview mode) presents your 3-D Avatar and lets you keep track of your game activity. You can also download games from the app, since it has a built-in marketplace. For now the selection is very skimpy, but we anticipate the number of Xbox Live games to explode by the time Windows 8 launches. The separate Xbox Companion app lets you stream videos you’ve purchased from your Windows 8 PC or tablet to the console. It works, but right now the quality is only so-so.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132070-9-xbox.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132070-9-xbox.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; position: relative; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;">LAPTOP</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 60px; margin-right: 60px; width: 500px; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">10. Windows 8 supports more devices</strong><br />
Out of the box, Windows 8 will support lots more peripherals than the iPad or iOS because it’s built on Windows 7. If you have a USB drive, keyboard, printer, or camera, it should just work. Microsoft’s new OS makes it simple to access these add-ons via the Devices charm. Just swipe from the right side of the screen. And you can add devices from the PC settings menu.</div><div class="media_container image left medium rendered" data-image="{"Url":"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132066-10-devices-support.streams_desktop_medium.jpg","AltText":"Windows 8"}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; left: -15px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 560px;"><img 8="" alt="Windows" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2012/March/120302/132066-10-devices-support.streams_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; float: left;" title="Windows" /></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br />
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</div><ul style="font-weight: bold;"><li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">British-born Jones died in his sleep at his Florida home</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Sixties icon survived by wife Jessica and four daughters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Bandmates Micky and Peter react to shock news</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">American group reformed last year and toured UK and U.S.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">But new tour dates were cancelled amid reports of infighting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">A woman made a 911 call from Davy's home urging the operator to 'hurry' </span></li>
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</ul></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He suddenly passed away in his sleep yesterday morning following a massive heart attack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But photos have now emerged of The Monkees star Davy Jones looking healthy and happy at an autographing session just over a fortnight ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The lead singer of the 1960s group died at his home in Florida at the age of 66 on Wednesday morning.</span><br />
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</div><div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="A picture of health: Davy Jones, who suddenly passed away on Wednesday morning, looked happy as he signed autographs at an event in California just two weeks ago" class="blkBorder" height="802" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/01/article-0-11FAF614000005DC-204_634x802.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">A picture of health: Davy Jones, who suddenly passed away on Wednesday morning, looked happy as he signed autographs at an event in California just two weeks ago</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Stars including Eva Longoria, Boy George and Nancy Sinatra have all taken to Twitter to express their shock and sadness at his passing.</span> <br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And seen in pictures that have emerged of him just a fortnight ago, the singer looked tanned and full of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The singer was appearing at the quarterly 'Hollywood show' autograph session in Burbank, California on 11 February alongside other star greeters including Harry Potter's Tom Felton and American Pie actress Shannon Elizabeth.</span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And he was clearly enjoying himself as fans flocked to see him and receive their own special signature.</span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Greeting fans: On 11 February the lead singer of The Monkees attended the autograph session in Burbank as he joked and laughed with passers by" class="blkBorder" height="522" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/01/article-0-11FAF7C0000005DC-390_634x522.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Greeting fans: On 11 February the lead singer of The Monkees attended the autograph session in Burbank as he joked and laughed with passers by</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In the photos Davy is seen grinning widely as he holds up some signed guitars and joked with passers by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He was also seen signing memorabilia such as CD cases and posters of the group in their heyday as he beamed for the cameras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And he was due to carry out a similar session in May at the </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Dead Mans Curve Hot Rod Event in New Jersey in May, where he was due to hold a private meet and greet for several selected fans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The lead singer of the Daydream Believer group – which also consists of original members Micky Dolenz, 66, and 70-year-old Peter Tork – passed away </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">in Indiantown, where he lived, </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">his publicist, Helen Kensick, confirmed.</span><br />
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<div class="floatRHS"><img alt="All smiles: Davy passed away at his home in Florida following a heart attack" class="blkBorder" height="502" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/01/article-0-11FAF730000005DC-555_306x502.jpg" width="306" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Last picture: Davy passed away at his home in Florida following a heart attack</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">An official from the medical examiner's office for Martin County, Florida, said they received a phone call from the Martin Memorial Hospital informing them that Davy had died.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A spokesman for the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said he was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital in the town of Stuart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The spokesman said they are investigating Jones’s death but said there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A statement released by the Sherriff’s Office said: ' A witness has stated that earlier this morning he was at 9955 SW Fox Brown Road in Indiantown, Florida, with David Jones (He stated Mr. Jones began to complain of not feeling well and having trouble breathing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Martin County Fire Rescue responded and transported Mr. Jones to Martin Health System. Stuart, where he was pronounced deceased. At this time there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. Family has been notified.'</span><br />
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<div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">His bandmate, drummer </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Micky Dolenz, released a statement to TMZ saying he had 'bad dreams all night long' before learning of his friend's death this morning.</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Can't believe it...Still in shock...had bad dreams all night long,' Dolenz said, adding: </span>'<span style="font-weight: normal;">My love and prayers go out to Davy's girls and family right now.'</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bassist Peter Tork released a statement saying:</span> '<span style="font-weight: normal;">It is with great sadness that I reflect on the sudden passing of my long-time friend and fellow-adventurer, David Jones.</span>'</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br style="font-weight: normal;" /></span></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="With his bandmats: From left, Peter Tork, Mickey Dolenz, Jones and Michael Nesmith, seen here in 1966" class="blkBorder" height="769" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108301-11DFFE96000005DC-508_634x769.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">With his bandmats: From left, Peter Tork, Mickey Dolenz, Jones and Michael Nesmith, seen here in 1966</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'<span style="font-weight: normal;">His talent will be much missed; his gifts will be with us always. My deepest sympathy to Jessica and the rest of his family.</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'Adios, to the Manchester Cowboy.'</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Michael Nesmith who didn't join the original members of the group, Davy, Micky and Peter - in reuniting for a 45th anniversary tour last year - also revealed he will 'miss' the pop icon. </span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">He wrote: 'I will miss him, but I won’t abandon him to mortality. I will think of him as existing within the animating life that insures existence.'</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The 911 call that was made to call an ambulance to Davy's home can be heard below. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The woman on the phone is heard telling the operator that she needs an ambulance and urged 'hurry'. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">She was then heard shouting at other people in the background. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Davy leaves behind four daughters, Talia Elizabeth, 43, and Sarah Lee, 40 from his marriage to Linda Haines, and Jessica Lillian, 30, and 23-year-old Annabel Charlotte from his marriage to Anita Pollinger. </span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Monkee-ing around: Davy joined The Monkees in 1965 along with Micky, Peter and Michael Nesmith and became a television hit" class="blkBorder" height="451" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108301-11F94109000005DC-91_634x451.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Monkee-ing around: Davy joined The Monkees in 1965 along with Micky, Peter and Michael Nesmith and became a television hit</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The pop icon – who was born in Manchester, North West England – married 33-year-old TV presenter Jessica Pacheo, who he met in 2006, in August 2009.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In May 2011, the singer said he was having some of the happiest times he's ever had in his life with Jessica.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He explained: 'We have love. We have friendship. She’s also aware of what I’ve done in music, and the fact that I no longer really need to prove anything.' </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Davy joined The Monkees in 1965 along with Micky, Peter and Michael Nesmith – who did not rejoin the group for their shows last year – and they went on to record a number of hit records including Daydream Believer, Last Train To Clarksville and I'm a Believer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jones was born on December 30, 1945, in Manchester, England. His long hair and British accent helped Jones achieve heartthrob status in the United States. </span><br />
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<div class="imageCaption">Just months before his death: Pictured at the Royal Albert Hall last May with two of his daughters, Annabel, left, next to her Jessica and far right, his wife Jessica Pacheco </div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
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</div><div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Heartthrob: Davy with daughter Talia from his marriage to first wife Linda Haines, pictured in 1969" class="blkBorder" height="528" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108301-11F96D3F000005DC-373_634x528.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Heartthrob: Davy with daughter Talia from his marriage to first wife Linda Haines, pictured in 1969</div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Last year, the pop/rock group - who were created to appear in their own TV show in the 60s - reformed for a 45th anniversary tour, but they ended up scrapping some dates amid reports of fall outs between the group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">At the time, Micky wrote on his Facebook page: 'Dear Fans and Friends, The Monkee Tour has, indeed, been cancelled but for reasons that I cannot discuss at this time. </span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Paying tribute: Various celebrities including Eva Longoria, Elijah Wood and Stephen Fry, paid tribute to the singer on Twitter " class="blkBorder" height="898" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/01/article-2108301-11F98D75000005DC-308_634x898.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Paying tribute: Various celebrities including Eva Longoria, Elijah Wood and Stephen Fry, paid tribute to the singer on Twitter </div><div class="imageCaption"><br />
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</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I can say that the reasons pertain to business and are internal matters. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Needless to say, I am disappointed but the situation was unavoidable and I want to apologise to all the fans out there who will not be able to experience what was a wonderful show indeed. Regretfully, Micky (sic).'</span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Making a comeback: Jones reformed with the band last year for a UK and U.S. tour, seen here in London in May giving Micky a high five" class="blkBorder" height="554" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108301-11F963C6000005DC-714_634x554.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Making a comeback: Jones reformed with the band last year for a UK and U.S. tour, seen here in London in May giving Micky a high five</div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> </span><br />
<div class="floatRHS art-ins tvshowbiz"><h3 class="wocc"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CELEBS TWEET TRIBUTES...</span></h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">'My heart is sad that my favorite Monkee Davey Jones has passed away! #I'mABeliever' </span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">EVA LONGORIA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">'He was my 1st crush!' <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LISA RINNA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">'Davy Jones leaves a wife, 4 daughters and a great legacy. Gone too soon.'</span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NANCY SINATRA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.4em;">'Listen to "She" and "Daydream Believer", Davy Jones has passed. Very sad news.'</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold;">ELIJAH WOOD</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.4em;">'Davy Jones of the Monkees is dead. He was 66 years old. A little bit of my youth just died.'</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold;">AL ROKER</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">According to The Monkees website, Monkees.com, Jones left the band in late 1970. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In the summer of 1971, he recorded a solo hit Rainy Jane and made a series of appearances on American variety and television shows, including Love American Style and The Brady Bunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jones played himself in a widely popular Brady Bunch episode, which aired in late 1971. In the episode, Marcia Brady, president of her school's Davy Jones fan club, promised she could get him to sing at a school dance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">By the mid-1980s, Jones teamed up with former Monkee Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and promoter David Fishof for a reunion tour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Their popularity prompted MTV to re-air The Monkees series, introducing the group to a new audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In 1987, Jones, Tork and Micky Dolenz recorded a new album, Pool It. Two years later, the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In the late 1990s, the group filmed a special called Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'R.I.P. Davy Jones' is now trending on Twitter with celebrities starting to pay their respects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria tweeted: 'My heart is sad that my favorite Monkee Davey Jones has passed away! #I'mABeliever'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And Melrose Place star Lisa Rinna retweeted Eva's message, writing:</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> 'Ditto! He was my 1st crush!' </span><br />
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<div class="clear"></div><div class="artSplitter"><img alt="Popular: The Monkees throw down their surfboards in a memorable scene from the opening credits of the hit U.S. TV show" class="blkBorder" height="432" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/29/article-2108301-11F96D67000005DC-302_634x432.jpg" width="634" /> <br />
<div class="imageCaption">Popular: The Monkees throw down their surfboards in a memorable scene from the opening credits of the hit U.S. TV show</div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2108590/Davy-Jones-dead-Monkees-singer-looking-healthy-just-fortnight-death.html#ixzz1nrxVGrLJ" style="color: #003399;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2108590/Davy-Jones-dead-Monkees-singer-looking-healthy-just-fortnight-death.html#ixzz1nrxVGrLJ</a></span></div><br />
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