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randy savage car wreck
from macho man randy savage posted in pro wrestling by prof_improbable
On the morning of May 20, 2011, former professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage was driving his Jeep Cherokee near his home in Seminole, FL when he had a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle, crashing into an oak tree in front of Bay Pines Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He was brought to Largo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead from "atherosclerotic heart disease." Savage was 58 years old.
view full location details...owl farm
from hunter s. thompson posted in literature by pete_nice
In late 1967, Hunter S. Thompson used the royalties from Hell's Angels to purchase a property and home outside of Woody Creek, CO. He named it Owl Farm, and often referred to it as his "fortified compound" (located down the road from this address).
On February 20, 2005, Hunter S. Thompson died at Owl Farm from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67 years old.
His funeral ceremony was held on the same property on August 25th of that year, when his ashes were shot out of a canon that was mounted atop a 153-foot (47 m) tower shaped like a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button- the symbol used for his "Freak Power" run for sheriff.
view full location details...forest lawn memorial park
from michael jackson posted in music by tacopolis
Eddie Cochran is also buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His body was flown back from Bath, UK where he had died from head injuries sustained during a car accident on April 17, 1960.
view full location details...bell gardens high school
from eddie cochran posted in music by tacopolis
In 1953, Eddie Cochran's family moved from Albert Lea, MN to Bell Gardens, CA.
Cochran attended high school at this location, until he dropped out in his first year to be a professional musician.
view full location details...rowden hill
from eddie cochran posted in music by tacopolis
On April 16, 1960, rock legend Eddie Cochran was traveling in a cab from Bristol to London with his fiancée Sharon Sheeley, Gene Vincent, and Patrick Thompkins.
At about 11:50 pm, the speeding taxi blew a tire just after the viaduct, just before Rowden Hill. The taxi lost control, and slammed into a light post. Cochran attempted to shield his fiancée and was thrown from the car, sustaining massive head injuries.
Cochran was taken to nearby St. Martin's Hospital in Bath where he died the next day. Today, there is a memorial marker dedicated to Cochran at the spot where the accident occurred.
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