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DJ AM Private Funeral/ Memorial September 2nd, 2009

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) is laid to rest at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, CA.

Besides family, guests included best friend Travis Barker, who wore a dark, pin striped suit and shades, Seth Binzer, who was in the band Crazytown with Goldstein, and Hayley Wood, Goldstein’s ex-girlfriend, whom he was distraught over losing.

[Above Photo: Travis Barker hugs Hayley Wood]

I have heard reports that ex-fiance Nicole Richie attended, as well as Joel & Benji Madden, but have yet to see any proof of this.

Other celebrities also buried at Hillside Memorial are Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, David Janssen, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Milton Berle, George Jessel, Allan Sherman, Vic Morrow, Jeff Chandler, Moe Howard, Dinah Shore, and Shelley Winters.

A public memorial for Goldstein is planned for Thursday evening at the Hollywood Palladium. The official invite reads: “The format of the evening will be in the style of an open 12-step meeting.”

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The camp where Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters were held

Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters were held captive in this makeshift camp in the backyard of Phillip Garrido.

The backyard of the home in Antioch, CA was where Dugard was kept from the world for 18 years. In that time, convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido molested Dugard, impregnating her twice.

The outdoor living space where she and her daughters were kept was hidden behind a garden on the property. There were tents, an old man-made swimming pool and a broken swing set.

So, at some point the swimming pool and the swing set were functional. How did neighbors not hear the splashing around of children? Laughter? Squealing? Crying? Anything?! They reportedly knew their neighbor was a sex offender, I just find it very hard to believe that nobody heard anything! There were no walls, only boards and such, surely not enough to sound proof the area. Were the neighbors deaf?

Sheesh.

[Photograph: James Breeden/PacificCoastNews.com]

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Jaycee Lee Dugard was held by Phillip Garrido

Jaycee Lee Dugard was a sex slave and bore her abductor’s children during the time she was held captive from 1991 until Wednesday.

Sex offender Phillip Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy, 54, held Jaycee, now 29, captive in their backyard, possibly a shed, and used her as their sex slave for years. She was taken from a bus stop when she was 11-years-old.

Jaycee had two children by Phillip. Two girls who are now 11 and 15. Neither of which have ever been seen in public, nor have they ever been to a doctor or a school.

Neighbors say they had no idea that Jaycee, who went by Alissa, lived at the Garrido’s home. A hidden backyard was found within the residence backyard, where Dugard and her children are suspected to have lived in a group of sheds hidden from outside view. A vehicle matching a description to a vehicle at the crime scene was found on the property.

Thanks to a diligent parole officer this case has been solved, 18-years later. Garrido was on parole from kidnapping and rape charges in 1971.

From Chicago Tribune:

Authorities with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Division of Adult Parolee Operations report a parolee agent helped crack the 18-year-old kidnapping case while following up on a tip that Garrido was seen with two small children on the campus of UC Berkeley. The diligent questioning of the parolee officer led Garrido to reveal the kidnapping of Dugard.

Dugard has since been reunited with her mother, which I can imagine was quite emotional. What a crazy, sad story. The poor parents, oh my gosh, and of course all the children involved. What an absolute nightmare. Let’s hope the Garrido’s suffer for what they have done. They should just throw them in the street and let the public stone them to death. I tell you what, if we did that in this country there would be a lot fewer sex offenders sneaking around in the shadows.

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Jaycee Lee Dugard photos

Jaycee Lee Dugard, an abducted child in 1991, has been found after 18 years.

Jaycee, now 29-years-old, walked into a police station in Antioch, California Wednesday and claimed she was the real Jaycee Lee Dugard.

She has since spoken with the FBI, who believe her story is true.

Jaycee’s parents are elated that their daughter is alive after all these years, although at this time, they have yet to have been reunited with their daughter.

Stepfather Carl Probyn, who heard Jaycee scream as she was being abducted, said the family had assumed the worst. “I had personally given up hope. I had just hoped for a recovery.” He added that the family held onto the hope that Jayvee’s abductors would be caught one day. But now that Jaycee may be alive he says, “I’ve actually won the lotto.”

A press conference is set for today at 6:00 PM EST.

Jaycees abductors are reportedly in custody. They may be Philllip and Nancy Garrido, who reside at 1554 Walnut Ave., Antioch, CA. Police records indicate that a search warrant has been issued for that address. Both have been charged with kidnapping to commit rape with their bail set at $1 million.

Below: a composite photo of what police Jaycee Lee Dugard may have looked like. It’s really not too far off!

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Lisa Lapore and Fiore’s ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman

Lisa Lapore, murdered model Jasmine Fiore’s mother, along with Fiore’s ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, on the Today Show this morning.

Lapore says she is relieved that Jenkins is dead, but says that it is “a mixed reaction. It brings some closure to what’s going on.” She adds that she is relieved that “he’s no longer a threat.” But, that it doesn’t necessarily make her long journey ahead any more bearable. “We still have a long process of closure.”

The poor woman, I cannot fathom how she kept it together throughout the interview. Seriously, I would be completely unfit for a television interview. She must still be numb.

As for Robert Hasman, he says he is “happy that Ryan killed himself.” But he too, must be numb. He adds, “Um, I really don’t know how I feel right now. I kind of have mixed emotions.”

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Jasmine Fiore Playboy pictures/ photos

Jasmine Fiore, murdered Playboy model and aspiring personal trainer, pictures.

Her killer and husband, Ryan Jenkins, is still at large an believed to be in Canada.

Police have searched a room at the L’Auberge Del Mar hotel in San Diego, where the couple were staying just before Fiore’s death. The manager said the couple seemed perfectly happy and that he doubt she was murdered in the hotel because the walls are thing and no one reported a disturbance.

Neither one checked out of the hotel personally, but Jenkins was spotted leaving alone, Friday morning, WITH A SUITCASE IN TOW. Fiore was never seen leaving, so really, she could have very easily have been murdered at that hotel then dismembered later.

Some are claiming that the couple was spotted Friday evening at a nearby Hilton, where they may have attended a poker party. Some witnesses observed Fiore putting Jenkins down “in a rude way” [TMZ].  So really, some of this is not making sense. Were they really spotted together Friday night? Or had Fiore already been murdered by that point?  We’ll have to wait until more information is made public before we know exactly what happened.

Fiore’s body was found Saturday morning.

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George Sodini photo

George Sodini is the man who unleashed a barrage of gunfire onto an aerobics class at aPennsylvania LA Fitness on August 4th.

Sodini had been planning the bloody attack for some time, and after it was all said and done he had killed three women, injured nine others, and scarred for life dozens.

According to detailed journals he left, he had chickened out on his first attempt to seek revenge against women. The second time he did not.

In his tediously kept journals Sodini claimed that he hadn’t had sex since 1990 and claimed that women would never give him the time of day. He said he was always dubbed “the nice guy.”

His writings contained racists thoughts, and anger aimed at his family – and women.

During his final moments Sodini shot his guns, which were carefully stored in a duffel bag, fifty-two times. The fifty-second shot ended his reign of terror – and his life.

Police found notes in his duffel bag, which also led them to Sodini’s massacre journal which was left neatly at his home on his coffee table.

“Why do this? To young girls? Just read below.”

He mentioned that he wanted his writings to be public saying, “the notes in my gym bag can be published freely . . . I will not be embarased (sic), because, well, I will be dead . . . my voice will speak forever!” “Death lives!”

In all actuality he wasn’t an unattractive man, I just think he was a very sick man, who had no self confidence. Women must have been able to sense something was not right with him, because you would think, judging from the above photo, that he wouldn’t have a hard time meeting women.

Terribly sad and tragic.

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Anyone who was alive in 1984 surely remembers the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial where Michael’s hair caught fire.

After all this time a video has been released showing the catastrophe taking place.

The date was January 27th, 1984. The horrible mistake happened on the sixth take, when the pyrotechnics went off earlier than planned.

Michael is seen dancing down the stairs after the explosion with his hair very noticeably on FIRE. Stagehands and security rushed the stage and put the fire out before Michael seemed to know what was happening.

After the fire was extinguished Michael is seen looking shocked and obviously traumatized, clutching his head with his gloved hand.

This video is a bit disturbing and I found it to be very sad! The creepy music adds to the eeriness of it all too.

Us Weekly claims that this dreadful accident was what caused Michael’s pill addiction, but I am just not willing to speculate on that..

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Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris Katherine Jackson tells the world that she loved her father.

It was definitely the most moving part of the entire memorial service.

Janet lowered the microphone for Paris and she spoke to the crowd – and to the world.

“I – just wanted to say…” she starts out, and Janet tells her gently, “Speak up Sweetheart, speak up.”

Paris continues, “Ever since I was born . . . Daddy has been the best father that you can ever imagine.”

She lowers her head and weeps. And our hearts drop through our stomachs.

So bravely she adds, “. . . and I just want to say that I love him – so much.”

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Farrah Fawcett’s funeral photos and the program from the service.

A poem inside the program is James Joyce’s “At That Hour”:

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below.

They chose a beautiful photo of Farrah for the cover.

[Photos: Louise Barnsley, Pedro Andrade, Gaz Shirley, PacificCoastNews.com/ ©Axelle/Bauer-Griffin.com]

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A coroner has stated that Billy Mays died from a pulmonary embolism not a blow to the head as was once thought.

Mays, 50, was on a US Airways flight Saturday when the plane experienced a rough landing. During that time, something fell from a compartment overhead and hit him on his head. He later joked about it on his Twitter page.

The Oxiclean spokesman died later that same weekend.

But according to a Tampa coroner the preliminary autopsy results show evidence of heart disease, with no trauma to the head. Mays had an enlarged heart and a thickening of the ventricle.

Sad news, but I bet US Airways is breathing a sigh of relief..

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The woman considered to be a suspect in the shooting death of Scott Ruffalo is claiming he died while playing Russian Roulette.

Shaha Adham, 26, turned herself in Monday after a warrant for her arrest had been issued.

Police knew Shaha and ‘person of interest’ Brian Scofield, 29, were there that night because they were on surveillance video at the condominium.

Adham’s attorney, Ronald Richards, says that his client is innocent and that Scott was under the influence of cocaine when the incident happened. He also claims Scott was a frequent user of the drug and liked to play with firearms while loaded.

Richards said,

“We expect the coroners report to show the shooting was a result of the victim’s chronic playing of Russian Roulette and his dangerous playing with firearms while under the use of controlled substances.”

“My client was a good friend of the victim and is very sad for the loss of his family. However, she played no role whatsoever in his accidental death.”

He added that Adham was there when Scott supposedly shot himself.

“I can confirm that my client was present when Mr. Ruffalo shot himself. She was picking up some keys.”

The investigation is ongoing.

I am very suspicious about this story being as she was supposedly there, and witnessed a horrifying event, but yet failed to go to police or call 911 immediately after? Or even days later..?

Hmm..something’s fishy.

[UPDATE: Shaha has been cleared as a suspect. Although she fled the scene, police believe it was because she was traumatized. Her attorney stated, "There will be no criminal filing at this time regarding this matter, and Shaha Mishaal Adham will hopefully rebuild her tarnished reputation."]

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