Posts Tagged ‘heart-attack’

RIP, Michael Jackson

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

WTF?  Michael Jackson’s funeral is TODAY?  How long has he been dead?  Over two months! I first heard the news that MJ died in, of all places, the ER at the Lahey Clinic .  That was when I was there from having The Panic Attack From Hell .  I really thought I was having a heart attack, and then I’m in the waiting room at the ER, watching one of the plasma tvs they have there, and saw that Michael Jackson had died of a heart attack. What is with people dying of heart attacks when I’ve had

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RIP, Michael Jackson

Ellie Greenwich Dead at 68

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

  Songwriter Ellie Greenwich , noted for co-writing the 1960s hits “Be My Baby,” Baby, I Love You,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Chapel of Love,” and “Then He Kissed Me,” among others, died of a heart attack at age 68 in New York’s Roosevelt Hospital, where she was battling pneumonia. In 1991, Greenwich was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.  “Leader of the Pack,” a Broadway show based on her life, featuring songs she co-wrote, was nominated for Best Musical Tony in 1985. Relat

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Ellie Greenwich Dead at 68

The Kennedy Legacy: Thoughts and Questions

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Many names are instantly recognizable in American history, for better or worse – King, Lincoln, Bush, among others – but one name outstrips them all for sheer romanticism.Kennedy.The Kennedy family name transcends government and politics; the magnitude of the Kennedy mythos approaches legendary status in American consciousness. JFK’s administration during his short tenure in office has frequently been referred to as “Camelot”, painting the Kennedy family as a sort of American royalty. Individu

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The Kennedy Legacy: Thoughts and Questions