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Gojira		#121	[-]
Feb 26 12 7:20 PM More My Recent Posts	I just hope they didn't bury cats and servants with her...these wacky royals....
Spoiler II		#122	[-]
Feb 27 12 1:43 AM More My Recent Posts	Not to derail the thread too much but i always find it amusing that many metal and punk bands that were around in my youth who were considered morally reprehensible, satanic garbage and poor role models (bands like IRON MAIDEN or MOTORHEAD for example) are still touring and inspiring new audiences while some of the most safe and goody goody pop acts of the 80's (like Houston and Michael Jackson) are dead and not just dead but dead of DRUG OVERDOSES! We live in a world where Lemmy and Iggy Pop have outlived Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. These are truly bizarre times we live in,my friends. Kids,don't listen to your parents and the media about who is a good role model based on what sort of material they are putting out.
Monstroso Sabroso		#123	[-]
Feb 27 12 9:33 AM More My Recent Posts	A little intentional irony tastes pretty good here. The real thing. Thanks, Spoiler.
atenolol		#124	[-]
Feb 27 12 9:35 AM More My Recent Posts	Spoiler II wrote: Not to derail the thread too much but i always find it amusing that many metal and punk bands that were around in my youth who were considered morally reprehensible, satanic garbage and poor role models (bands like IRON MAIDEN or MOTORHEAD for example) are still touring and inspiring new audiences while some of the most safe and goody goody pop acts of the 80's (like Houston and Michael Jackson) are dead and not just dead but dead of DRUG OVERDOSES! We live in a world where Lemmy and Iggy Pop have outlived Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. These are truly bizarre times we live in,my friends. Kids,don't listen to your parents and the media about who is a good role model based on what sort of material they are putting out. ------------------------------- Good point. Although, drugs aside, what sort of role model was Michael Jackson? Or Elvis? Your point also reminds me of the plot of MARLOWE in which a "family" actress is being blackmailed for having an affair with a gangster. As one character puts it, "America's sweetheart shacking up with public enemy number one." If I remember correctly, a popular female singer back in the fifties did have a publicized affair with a gangster.
Michael Elliott		#125	[-]
Feb 27 12 10:14 AM More My Recent Posts	The gangsters of the 30s were very close with Hollywood. Of course, there's the Thelma Todd murder, which many believe was by gangster Luciano. Something that was brought up by Spoiler was brought up by Dr. Drew and others. The pot, cocaine, whiskey, beer and other drugs that those rock stars were doing didn't kill the majority of those who took them. The drugs that are killing people are the ones they're getting legally from doctors.
Gojira		#126	[-]
Feb 27 12 10:39 AM More My Recent Posts	Indeed, wasn't that the case with Heath Ledger?
Joe Karlosi		#127	[-]
Feb 27 12 10:55 AM More My Recent Posts	I know what Dr. Drew meant and it is interesting. However, there were plenty of clebs (and not just rock stars) who died from 'illegal drugs' too. As far as I'm concerned, drugs are drugs - illegal or prescribed. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Michael Elliott		#128	[-]
Feb 27 12 2:47 PM More My Recent Posts	Seriously, name a celeb in recent memory who died from an illegal drug overdose. There's no need to buy crack from a pimp on 42nd street when you can get a better high legally from your doctor. Lohan, Hilton and countless others have been walking a tightrope for ages but they move on while those doctor friendly folks are dropping over. Dylan has been sick the last five days and it's f&&&&*** scary because every doctor tells you to give him something or not to give him something. One says you can mix A and B while the other says just to give B and then wait 12 hours for A. One tells you never to mix while the other tells you to mix both AND then add another thing to it. Last Edited By: Michael Elliott Feb 27 12 2:49 PM. Edited 1 times.
Joe Karlosi		#129	[-]
Feb 27 12 2:58 PM More My Recent Posts	Michael Elliott wrote: Seriously, name a celeb in recent memory who died from an illegal drug overdose. There's no need to buy crack from a pimp on 42nd street when you can get a better high legally from your doctor. Lohan, Hilton and countless others have been walking a tightrope for ages but they move on while those doctor friendly folks are dropping over. So do you suggest people keep walking those other tightropes in an attempt to begin a new current trend? What's the point if doctor prescribed drugs are more the rage now as opposed to then? Whether this or that happened then or now, it's really irrelevant. All of it is dangerous. Just ask John Belushi. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Wich2		#130	[-]
Mar 22 12 6:53 PM More My Recent Posts	News (not hardly a newsflash, sadly) that coke contributed to the singer's death by drowning.
ScareBear		#131	[-]
Mar 23 12 12:09 PM More My Recent Posts	Bless her heart.
rockinrichard		#132	[-]
Mar 24 12 3:57 AM More My Recent Posts	Michael Elliott wrote: Seriously, name a celeb in recent memory who died from an illegal drug overdose. Amy Winehouse? (she supposedly died of alcohol poisening, but her heroin addiction was a major contributing factor. It was reported that she bought a half-ounce each of crack cocaine and heroin, totaling £1,200, the night before she died). Mike Starr, from rock group Alice In Chains, took anti-anxiety medication, methadone and probably more before his recent death. He was a long-time addict. Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh died from a suspected drug overdose in a Chicago hotel room. Last Edited By: rockinrichard Mar 24 12 4:29 AM. Edited 6 times.
Michael Elliott		#133	[-]
Mar 24 12 11:03 AM More My Recent Posts	Alcohol legal. anti-anxiety med legal. I got really, really drunk last night after work as we all went out. Had I been a $%++@+@ to drink what I did and then add on to it countless pills and so on then I deserve what I get.
rockinrichard		#134	[-]
Mar 24 12 11:54 AM More My Recent Posts	If you're under 21, alcohol isn't legal. If you don't have a prescription, anti-anxiety meds aren't legal. Personal responsibility is certainly important, but I don't think someone who does something dumb "deserves" to die.
Crow T Robot		#135	[-]
Mar 24 12 5:50 PM More My Recent Posts	I think the really sad thing here is that Whitney Houston had a drug problem for years and no one, not her aunt, not her mom, not her husband, not anyone who worked for her did anything about it. I can recall the time when she was skin and bones and performed at some concert and they had to digitally fatten her up for the TV broadcast. All the entertainment shows talked about it and interviewed her mom and Dione Warwick and friends of hers. They all denied she had a problem. Here she was, raising a daughter and apparently had some serious drug problems and no one stepped in to stop it. Heck, I would have gone to the courts to try to get her daughter away from that destructive person. How can you take care of a child if you can't even take care of yourself? And here we are, many years later. She had eventually gotten help with her drug problems. But recently there were rumors abound that she was still doing drugs. She was seen partying. Drinking. That too was one of her problems. An again - no one did anything. So she smokes some weed. Takes some cocaine. Then mixes that with legal drugs. Guess her doctors didn't check to see if she was on anything illegal. And in a drugged stupor she slides into a tub of water, and can't even wake up when the water enters her lungs. So she drowns. They say drowning is pretty painful, but guess it didn't even wake her up. So it is a sad turn of events for someone who had a great talent. But I think it is even sadder that those around her who said they cared and loved her just apparently turned a blind eye to all of it. Well, that's my opinion, and we all know about opinions.
TomWeaver999		#136	[-]
Mar 24 12 7:02 PM More My Recent Posts	<< I don't think someone who does something dumb "deserves" to die. << They don't. But when somebody stupidly throws their life away, it sure sticks a pin in the balloon of How Sorry I Feel For 'Em. Some poor six-year-old kid with cancer (or whatever) -- heartbreaking. People who drive 120 for fun, or play Russian roulette, or try to jump from one rooftop to another, or a jillion other ways -- well, on a scale of zero to "pfffffft," all of the above.
TomWeaver999		#137	[-]
Mar 24 12 7:06 PM More My Recent Posts	<< I don't think someone who does something dumb "deserves" to die. << They don't. << Welllllll, let me correct myself: Any thrill-seeker stupid enough to do stuff that endangers the lives of OTHER people, including children: They can "go," with my blessings. To quote Ernest Hemingway, "I'm not able to sweat much from the eyes about the death of a s%+%."
Monsterpal		#138	[-]
Mar 24 12 7:12 PM More My Recent Posts	Oh, that Ernie, shooting his mouth off.
Wich2		#139	[-]
Mar 24 12 10:24 PM More My Recent Posts	>To quote Ernest Hemingway, "I'm not able to sweat much from the eyes about the death of a s%+%."< If we're talking about the sad folly of folks who basically are commiting slow and/or foolish suicide, is a guy who was to stick a shotgun in his mouth (partly many think, because of his lifelong drinking) in much of a place to judge? Last Edited By: Wich2 Mar 24 12 10:26 PM. Edited 1 times.
Michael Elliott		#140	[-]
Mar 24 12 11:48 PM More My Recent Posts	Crow, we basically agree. There's no point in prayer or trying to help after the woman is dead. Those so-called "friends" should have been doing something a few years ago when they actually could have done something. Those "friends" with her knew what she was doing and probably helped her score some drugs. But sorry, if you play with fire then you can't cry once you get burned and especially when you're old enough to know better. Being rich and pampered doesn't mean I should feel extra pity for you. Poor slobs out in the streets or us on this board can't get all the help that someone sitting on $20 million can. I mean, if Tom and I start picking up women together and have our hearts broken, we have to go back to our jobs and keep going as best we can. I understand Houston, Lohan or Hilton might have the same feelings as Tom and I but they also have the chance to take a years vacation in Italy to get over it. I understand Tom and I might kick back a few beers and watch AUTOPSY OF A GHOST whereas those and their "lifestyle" might mean a few lines. And let's not forget the child who God knows how screwed up she'll be from all of this. Since Houston couldn't take care of herself for the past decades I'm a little worried how much went into her daughter (and especially if she's already getting cracked out).

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