Category Archives: Killed

Lifetime picks up ‘America’s Most Wanted’

By doris | Published: September 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Lifetime will put John Walsh back to work: The network announced today that it has picked up “America’s Most Wanted.” The show that began its run on the Fox owned and operated stations and then moved to the network will return for its 25th season later this year on [...]

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‘Most Wanted’ host says show may go on on another network

By doris | Published: June 16, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — This week marks the final weekly airing of “America’s Most Wanted” on the Fox network after 23 years and 1,153 fugitives nabbed. “I don’t think it’s hit me yet,” said John Walsh, the host and driving force of what he turned into a nationwide crime watch. “Saturday when [...]

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Remembering the day Lennon died

By doris | Published: December 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Like so many other people of my generation, John Lennon and the Beatles made an indelible stamp on my life. The very first piece of vinyl I actually owned — and hadn’t borrowed from my older brother — was the album “Help!” To this day, I can [...]

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Did ‘America’s Most Wanted’ crack publicist murder case?

By doris | Published: December 4, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com “America’s Most Wanted” apparently still gets serious results. John Walsh, who’s been catching bad guys for years as host of the long-running Fox series, says it was a tip from his show that led Beverly Hills cops straight to the suspected triggerman who slayed Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen.

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‘Double Fantasy’ album that Lennon signed for his killer is for sale

By doris | Published: November 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — An album that John Lennon autographed for his killer just hours before he was gunned down outside his New York City apartment building went on sale Monday for a whopping $850,000. The copy of Lennon’s iconic “Double Fantasy” album, released in 1980 and featuring the former Beatle and his [...]

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Jackson’s mom says son feared for his life

By doris | Published: July 2, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.com Before Michael Jackson’s death, the singer told his mother that he feared someone wanted to kill him, Katherine Jackson told “Dateline NBC.” “He told me several times that he felt that people wanted him gone, wanted him dead,” Katherine Jackson said in an interview airing Friday at 9 p.m. ET. “It’s [...]

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Lawyer: Michael Jackson’s doctor to surrender

By doris | Published: February 3, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Dr. Conrad Murray expects to surrender to Los Angeles authorities this week on charges relating to the death of Michael Jackson, his lawyer said Tuesday. “Dr. Murray is more than ready to surrender and answer to any charges,” attorney Ed Chernoff said. Prosecutors have not announced [...]

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Noted indie drummer dies in fall down elevator shaft

By doris | Published: November 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (Entertainment Weekly) — Thirty-four-year-old Gerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, a beloved fixture of both the New York and Athens, Georgia, rock scenes who played with LCD Soundsystem, !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk), Turing Machine, MSTRKRFT, and The Juan MacLean, died Saturday night in a fall after attempting to crawl out of a broken [...]

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‘Clown video’ raises questions about Anna Nicole Smith

By doris | Published: November 5, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Video of Anna Nicole Smith appearing to mistake a doll for her unborn child was just the reality TV star acting for a camera, a defense lawyer for Howard K. Stern says. Prosecutors presented the tape in a preliminary hearing last week as evidence that Stern [...]

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Canadian folk singer killed by coyotes, park official says

By doris | Published: October 30, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A rising Canadian folk singer was killed by coyotes this week in a national park in Nova Scotia, a park spokesman said Thursday. Taylor Mitchell, 19, was at the beginning of the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked, according to [...]

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