SEMINOLE -- Former professional wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage was killed today when he crashed head-on into a tree, possibly after having a heart attack.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Savage, 58, whose real name is Randy Poffo, was killed after losing control of his Jeep Wrangler and crashing into a tree. Barbara Poffo, 56, his wife, was a passenger and was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with minor injuries.
The website of his brother, Lanny Poffo also a former pro wrestler says: "In Loving Memory, Randy Mario Poffo, Nov. 15, 1952 - May 20, 2011."
According to TMZ, Lanny Poffo said Savage had a heart attack while driving.
Hulk Hogan, a longtime nemesis of Savage's, expressed condolences on his Twitter account.
"I just pray that Randy's happy and in a better place and we miss him," Hogan wrote. "We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This is a tough one."
3:30 PM, May. 27, 2011 | 1Comments (1950-2011) LOS ANGELES Jeff Conaway, who starred in the sitcom "Taxi," played swaggering Kenickie in the movie musical "Grease" and publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction on "Celebrity Rehab," died Friday. He was 60.
The actor was taken off life support Thursday and died Friday morning at Encino Tarzana Medical Center, according to one of his managers, Kathryn Boole. He was taken there unconscious on May 11 and placed in a medically induced coma.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Friday 27th of May 2011 03:26:31 PM
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James Arness, the actor best remembered as the rugged lawman of the American frontier on "Gunsmoke," died on Friday at age 88.
Arness died of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, Calif., said his business manager, Ginny Fazer.
The actor was in relatively good health but had "just been fading" in recent years, Fazer told Reuters. "No disease, nothing untoward, he just got tired, I guess."
Arness was best known for his long-running TV role playing Marshall Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. By the time the show went off the air in 1975, "Gunsmoke" made history as TV's longest-running dramatic series. The feat went unmatched until NBC's "Law & Order" tied the CBS Western's record in 2010.
"James Arness will always be remembered as one of the biggest stars in the history of television, playing an iconic role on the medium's longest-running prime-time drama ever," CBS said in a statement.
By the end of his career, Arness seemed almost indistinguishable from Matt Dillon in the audience's mind.
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Next to Zsa Zsa, Cheney should be in this chronology of the "departed".
Cheney undecided on heart transplant operation
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Harmon Killebrew
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Throw the Machoman Randy Savage in.
Wow. Not the Machoman.
SEMINOLE --
Former professional wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage was killed today when he crashed head-on into a tree, possibly after having a heart attack.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Savage, 58, whose real name is Randy Poffo, was killed after losing control of his Jeep Wrangler and crashing into a tree. Barbara Poffo, 56, his wife, was a passenger and was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with minor injuries.
The website of his brother, Lanny Poffo also a former pro wrestler says: "In Loving Memory, Randy Mario Poffo, Nov. 15, 1952 - May 20, 2011."
According to TMZ, Lanny Poffo said Savage had a heart attack while driving.
Hulk Hogan, a longtime nemesis of Savage's, expressed condolences on his Twitter account.
"I just pray that Randy's happy and in a better place and we miss him," Hogan wrote. "We miss him a lot. I feel horrible about the ten years of having no communication. This is a tough one."
"He had so much life in his eyes & in his spirit," Hogan said.
http://www2.tbo.com/news/sports/2011/may/20/18/ex-wrestler-macho-man-randy-savage-killed-in-car-a-ar-208854/
I loved these promos when I was a kid.
'Taxi,' 'Grease' star Jeff Conaway dies at 60
3:30 PM, May. 27, 2011 | 1Comments
(1950-2011)
LOS ANGELES Jeff Conaway, who starred in the sitcom "Taxi," played swaggering Kenickie in the movie musical "Grease" and publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction on "Celebrity Rehab," died Friday. He was 60.
The actor was taken off life support Thursday and died Friday morning at Encino Tarzana Medical Center, according to one of his managers, Kathryn Boole. He was taken there unconscious on May 11 and placed in a medically induced coma.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110527/ENT11/305270122/-Taxi-star-Jeff-Conaway-dies?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Friday 27th of May 2011 03:26:31 PM
James Arness, the actor best remembered as the rugged lawman of the American frontier on "Gunsmoke," died on Friday at age 88.
Arness died of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, Calif., said his business manager, Ginny Fazer.
The actor was in relatively good health but had "just been fading" in recent years, Fazer told Reuters. "No disease, nothing untoward, he just got tired, I guess."
Arness was best known for his long-running TV role playing Marshall Matt Dillon, the mythical marshal of Dodge City on "Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. By the time the show went off the air in 1975, "Gunsmoke" made history as TV's longest-running dramatic series. The feat went unmatched until NBC's "Law & Order" tied the CBS Western's record in 2010.
"James Arness will always be remembered as one of the biggest stars in the history of television, playing an iconic role on the medium's longest-running prime-time drama ever," CBS said in a statement.
By the end of his career, Arness seemed almost indistinguishable from Matt Dillon in the audience's mind.
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How did he ever get the cowboy hat to fit on that head?