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“Soulful Singer Teena Marie Dead at 54”

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The self-proclaimed “Ivory Queen of Soul,” whose many classic hits included “Lovergirl,” Square Biz” and the scorching duet “Fire and Desire” with mentor Rick James, was found dead in her Pasadena home on Sunday at the age of 54.

Marie was the protegé of the masterful funk wizard Rick James, with whom she had a long, turbulent but musically magical relationship.

James, who also had a romantic relationship with Marie and a long friendship, died in 2004. His death shook her so she said she became addicted to Vicodin, which she had been taking for pain, for about a year.

Teena Marie had just celebrated a birthday on Christmas day. Authorities said her death appeared to be of natural causes.

Teena Marie was found by her daughter (Alia Rose) with whom she’s pictured with above.

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“Mark Madoff Commits Suicide”

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Bernie Madoff’s oldest son, Mark, was found hung in his Million dollar condo on Saturday morning. He apparently killed himself with his son in the next room, sources say.

In early morning emails he exchanged with his wife, Madoff wrote that he was ready to end a high-flying life of privilege that hit rock bottom after his father’s Dec. 11, 2008, arrest – exactly two years earlier.

Mark’s wife, Stephanie Morgan – who changed her name from Madoff earlier this year, feared something terrible was imminent. She was vacationing with their 4-year-old daughter in Disney World.

His imprisoned dad, Bernard Madoff, received word of the tragedy inside a federal prison in North Carolina. Although Mark was never charged with any crimes in the Ponzi scheme, there was rampant speculation that he and brother Andrew were aware of the staggering scope of their father’s scam.

The Madoff family have all been estranged since their father’s arrest. It is also reported that Ruth Madoff (Bernie’s Wife) is now living in Florida and has dyed her hair red so not to be recognized in public.

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“Elizabeth Edwards Passed Away Today”

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Update: The estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards died in North Carolina today at 10:15 a.m.

Edwards wrote, “The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered…the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious.”

It was during her husband’s second presidential bid in 2006, that doctors told her the cancer had spread to her bones, and could not be cured.

In 2008, her husband admitted he cheated on her and fathered a child outside of their marriage. “She understands what I understand, which is that I am imperfect,” he said in a statement. “I made a very serious mistake.”

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“Update: Actor Said…”He Saw The Devil In His”

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Mother!!!!

Michael Brea was still yelling “Sinner!!! Sinner!!!” “You never accepted Jesus” as police bust down a door and carried his crazy ass out on a stretcher.

With his Bible clutched in one hand, and a Masonic ceremonial sword in the other, Brea, 31, had just killed the woman who gave birth to him as she was found kneeling in what police say looked like., a final prayer position.

Neighbors said the cops stood outside the door for close to an hour – and even left the scene at one point – before finally entering the apartment only to discover the victim with multiple gashes to her head inside the blood-spattered bathroom.

The actor murdered his own mother with a samurai sword while screaming Biblical passages.

Police received three 911 calls in four minutes after neighbors in the four-story Prospect Heights building heard Michael Brea’s high-decibel harangue and his mother’s shrieks for help.

A scream one neighbor described as one “she will never forget”.

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“Rutgers Student Commits Suicide”

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On Thursday, Sept. 23, Tyler Clementi (pictured above), a freshman at Rutgers University, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge; after his roommate uploaded a sex tape of him making out with another male to the internet.

Fellow freshmen students Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro and Molly Wei, 18, of Princeton have been charged with invasion of privacy for allegedly placing a camera in 18-year-old Tyler Clementi’s room.

Ravi and Wei were charged with two counts each of invasion of privacy for using a camera to view and transmit a live image of the teen during the sexual encounter on Sept. 19.

Ravi was additionally charged with two more counts of invasion of privacy for trying to use the hidden camera to view the same student during another sexual encounter just three days later on Sept. 21.

Days before the suicide, Ravi tweeted: “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude.

Ravi was released on $25,000 bail. He has since deleted his Twitter page. If convicted, both students face up to 5 years in prison.