oh no! there's very sad news to report ... actor patrick swayze passed away earlier today at age 57 after losing his two-year battle with pancreatic cancer ... we knew this day was coming but that fact doesn't make it any less sad :( i just talked to my mom - we watched dirty dancing so many times together back in the day (he was so damn handsome) it's hard to believe he's really gone (i loved him in ghost too) he for sure will be missed by MORE

oh what a super sad day - legendary star bea arthur passed away peacefully today here in los angeles at the age of 86 (thankfully surrounded by her family) oh i'm so very upset - i know she was old and lived a great life but i'm still at a complete loss for words - i loved her - she was so damn funny! who didn't adore her on the golden girls or maude (a spin-off of my favorite show of all-time all in the family) two of the best television shows MORE

oh this is so very sad & tragic - i still cannot believe british actress natasha richardson died today at the age of 45 - after enduring a serious head injury on a ski slope up in canada earlier this week (this is why i've never gone skiing - or ever will) yesterday there was so much speculation about what her condition actually was - so i was holding out hope that there might be a slim chance of recovery but today she was taken off life support MORE

oh no! this very sad news totally just bummed me out - legendary actress, singer and sex kitten eartha kitt passed away today at the age of 81 from colon cancer - she lived a very full life - and was still kickin' even in her later years (she just filmed a PBS special six weeks ago which will air in february) i had the good fortune to see her on broadway a few years ago (2000) in the wild party and she was phenomenal! (there's a clip of her doing MORE

good morning! last night when i got home i heard the sad news about legendary '50s pinup girl bettie page passing away at the age of 85 - i kind of expected it after hearing she had been hospitalized last week after suffering a heart attack - sadly she never regained consciousness but at least she's most likely in a better place now - and she definitely lived a full life - i didn't know that much about her until i saw the biopic the notorious MORE

hey everyone - there's sad news to report - yesterday legendary hollywood actor and philanthropist paul newman passed away at the age of 83 from lung cancer at his connecticut home which he had been fighting since being diagnosed last year - shortly thereafter he announced his retirement (i'm not able to work anymore...at the level that i would want to. you start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your MORE

oh no - there's sad news to report that i heard right when i woke up this morning - comedian and actor bernie mac (born bernard jeffrey mccullough) passed away due to complications from pneumonia at the young age of only 50 - i heard he was in a chicago hospital (admitted august 1st) but i thought everything was fine like his publicist said but unfortunately it was his time to go - he was totally hilarious (i loved the bernie mac show) and will MORE

oh today is a super sad day - earlier today i heard of the passing of estelle getty and my heart just sank :( she died this morning three days before 85th birthday - i knew she had been sick over the last few years suffering from lewy body dementia (not good times) at least she's in a better place and no longer in any kind of pain or anguish but ms. getty is so missed already - there's been an outpouring of posts today on the web - everyone loves MORE

oh there's sad news to report tonight - legendary comedian & counterculture figure george carlin at age 71 passed away earlier this evening at a santa monica hospital from heart failure - he was admitted today complaining of chest pains and then died around 6pm - gosh he was so fucking funny - i remember when i was a kid - my dad had a record of one of his stand-up routines that included his infamous & hilarious bit about 'the seven words that MORE

hey everyone - oh there's a bit of sad news to report - a dog named oscar (aka the 'met bar' dog) over in london became a four-legged friend to many celebrities over the years - his owner dennis gill would sell a magazine called the big issue on the street benefiting the UK homeless population and then asked celebs to take a picture with the bandana wearing german shepherd - the two became quite famous on the local scene - just have a look at a MORE

sad news this weekend in hollywood - legendary oscar-winning actor charlton heston passed away yesterday at the age of 84 with his family by his side - he had an amazing run - plus was quite good looking back in the day - below is a shot of mr. heston as 'moses' in the ten commandments with anne baxter (who passed away in 1985) i loved him in the original planet of the apes back in 1968 - that updated version from a few years ago totally sucked! MORE