death

Sad news to report: GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot (aka Flattus Maximus) was found dead this morning by his bandmates as the group prepared to cross the Canadian border on their current tour. MetalSucks.net shared the following statement from GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus):

Tragedy struck Thursday on the set of Sylvester Stallone’s film ‘The Expendables 2′ when one stuntman was killed and another was seriously wounded. The accident happened during a stunt involving a bomb explosion in an inflatable boat at the Ognyanovo dam, about 15 miles outside the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

The news broke fast yesterday about the death of Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi.  People found out in a number of ways.  Social Media was huge once again.  If you were a person in power how would you react to this news?  Check out this candid footage of Hilary Clinton reacting to the news as an aide hands her a cell phone with the news on it.

It was a tragedy today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as driver Dan Wheldon was killed a fiery 15 car wreck, that some drivers said was the worst wreck they had ever seen.

We predict this is one of the oddest stories you’ll see all week: Ex-Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a hotel room last week, and in a strange twist, he might have actually predicted the date and locations of his demise on Twitter just a couple of weeks earlier. On September 26, the 40-year-old artist posted the tweet below, saying, “dreamt i died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack

Mikey Welsh, who played bass with the band Weezer from 1998 to 2001 before going on to a career as an artist, was found dead in the Chicago Raffaello Hotel on Saturday. Hotel staff discovered the 40-year-old’s body in his room at 2:50 p.m. when he failed to complete check-out procedures. An autopsy is being performed, but police say no foul play is suspected.

Last night we all received the sad news that former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs had lost his battle with cancer and died.  He touched many people with his vision of the future including many members of the rock music world.

It was back in August when we got word that former Warrant lead singer Jani Lane had been found dead in his hotel room in California.  The coroner's office has finished conducting it's investigation and have determined an official cause of death.

The man behind the iPad, iPod, iPhone and iTunes has passed away at the age of 56.

Scientists in Switzerland have developed a roller coaster that is designed to kill you.  Talk about taking the ultimate plunge.

Yes that is correct.  Not only does world famous chef Gordon Ramsay have dwarf look-a-like that does porn, but he was also killed and found partially eaten by badgers.

Yesterday, as you know, was the 34th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.  Apparently everyone in the world knew this information except for Michele Bachmann, who thought it was his birthday.