Category Archives: Health

Glen Campbell diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

By doris | Published: June 22, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – Country music legend Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and plans to put out his final album this summer. Campbell’s representative Bobbie Gale made the announcement Wednesday. The disease is in its early stages. The 75-year-old’s wife Kim also talked to People magazine and said they [...]

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‘Grease’ actor Jeff Conaway has died

By doris | Published: May 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles (CNN) — Actor Jeff Conaway, who was in the TV series “Taxi” and the movie “Grease,” died Friday morning, his manager said. While pneumonia was the cause of death, the doctor who treated him for drug addiction for years says it was his dependence on prescription painkillers that eventually [...]

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Comatose Jeff Conaway struggles to stay alive

By doris | Published: May 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE.com) — After a long history of health problems and addiction, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway fell into a coma a week ago in Los Angeles. The latest crisis for the troubled actor, 60, came as a surprise to those closest to him. “He seemed fine early last week,” his manager of [...]

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Mary Tyler Moore recovering after brain surgery

By doris | Published: May 14, 2011

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Actress Mary Tyler Moore had a four-hour brain operation to remove a benign tumor and is “recovering nicely,” her spokeswoman said on Friday. The beloved actress, 74, had elective surgery to remove what is known as a meningioma, or benign tumor of the lining tissue of her brain. [...]

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Bret Michaels Able to Rock “Apprentice” Finale?

By doris | Published: May 1, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS/ AP) When it comes to competing on “Celebrity Apprentice” or rocking out on stage, former Poison frontman Bret Michaels doesn’t give up without a fight. It turns out the die-hard rocker’s highly anticipated return may be just around the corner – even after he suffered a brain hemorrhage last week. [...]

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Annette Funicello rushed to hospital after house fire

By doris | Published: March 10, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.com Annette Funicello is one lucky lady. The former lead Mouseketeer was one of three people rushed to the hospital Thursday for possible smoke inhalation after her suburban L.A. house caught fire. The blaze at the Encino, Calif., home started in the early morning hours and was first reported around 7:21 a.m. [...]

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Comedian Mike DeStefano dies

By doris | Published: March 7, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Comedian Mike DeStefano, who finished among the top five finalists last season in NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” has died. His representative at 3 Arts Entertainment confirmed DeStefano died Sunday in New York City. The representative wouldn’t disclose DeStefano’s age or the cause of death. Us Magazine reports DeStefano was 44.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital with no blood flow in leg, rep says

By doris | Published: March 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital Wednesday after suffering a shutdown of blood flow to her left leg, according to her publicist. Gabor’s press representative, John Blanchette, told CNN that Gabor has been sent to UCLA Medical Center. Blanchette said he had [...]

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Liz Taylor celebrates 79th birthday in hospital

By doris | Published: February 28, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for Elizabeth Taylor says the two-time Oscar winner will spend her birthday watching the Academy Awards in a Los Angeles hospital room, where she’s recovering from treatment for congestive heart failure. Sally Morrison says Taylor will be rooting for “The King’s Speech” to win Hollywood’s highest honor. [...]

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Max Wilk, Playwright, Showbiz Journalist and O’Neill Center Dramaturg, Dead at 90

By doris | Published: February 24, 2011

Full Story at bews.Yahoo.com Max Wilk, a novelist, a nonfiction chronicler of show business subjects, playwright, screenwriter — and a dramaturg for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for more tham 25 years — died Feb. 19 at his home in Westport, CT, the O’Neill Festival reported. Mr. Wilk was 90. [...]

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