Did anyone have Casey Johnson?

She was only 30 years old, and it looks like another prescription drug overdose.

That's like 5 high-profile, prescription-medication related deaths in the last year or so: Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, Adam Goldstein, Brittany Murphy and now Casey Johnson.

Yet you never hear about cracking down on the celebrity obsessed doctors out in California (okay, New York, too).

California really does need to get its priorities straight, though. If a celebrity commits a crime, no harm no foul. If he wants another prescription, hey, no problem.

I like California. My favorite uncle is retired in Palm Springs and I LOVE visiting him out there. The average person out there is layed back and a pleasure to hang out with. But the freakin celebrities are worshipped for no good reason. Now some of them are paying the price for it.

He's still going... hopefully for another year at least


I had no idea who she was. She looked like hell for being only 30...

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Oh yeah. But not as bad as Lindsay Lohan looks for 23. I'm 50 and the wrinkles in my forehead aren't as deep set as hers

I never heard of Casey Johnson til yesterday either. It is too bad.

PB, California loves their celebrities and yes I agree. These doctors need to be held accountable. I think, sadly, even doctors get so star struck that they "can't" say no to a celebrity and/or get paid tons of money to supply them their fix.

Just a thought: Most of these stars have more than one doctor which is good for the doctor who can always say, I only prescribed this particular drug and the other doctor can say the same, so basically the blame would be on the victim for not telling the doctor what "other" meds he/she was on.



TIS

There have to be controls placed on the pharmacies, Tis. Threy're called "controlled substances" for a reason. One person shouldn't be able to fill the same controlled substance twice in one month, even if they're from two different doctors (as a starting point).

I had never heard of Johnson, but she was certainly living recklessly, based on the posted bio.

I feel terrible for her father. My God, after the Jets won, only 12 hours earlier, the guy must have been floating on air.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/06/gary-coleman-hospital-ambulance/

i wonder if this is going to lead up to something?

also too with casey johnson she may had died on december 29, 2009, so yea.

I think that little guy has been troubled for a long long time.



TIS

He had a really abnormal childhood, Tis. Between being a "little person," his kidney problems, and the stress of being a child star, it's a miracle he hasn't gone postal yet.

I'll tell ya, that Mister Drummond really screwed those kids up.

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, pizzaboy?

Maybe he sold his soul to the devil for the Jets.

That's as good an explanation for the Jets making the playoffs as any.

did anybody have artie lange? he is not dead though.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/lange-hospitalised-after-stabbing-himself-reports-1532557.story

Mama Biden passes away
RIP

Lange's a cafone, but he's still a very funny guy. He just can't seem to stay off the drugs. And to repeatedly stab himself? Ouch, but that's a lot of self hate.

Gumby creator dies

You know I never heard of Gumby until I moved to California. Years ago I asked my sister if she heard of Gumby and she had no idea either. Is it possible he/it didn't play in Michigan? At any rate, I never watched it, but I think my kids occasionally did. Why, I missed all the fun.



TIS

Did you know Gumby made his debut on The Howdy Doody Show?

No, really? I use to watch Howdy Dowdy though.

"Boys and girls, what time is it?"

it was shown in illinois, but i don't remember what channel it usually would be on...i believe pbs, but idk.

Eric Rohmer dies, Capo strikes first.

Congrats. The new kid on the block takes an early lead.

Congrats Capo

I read a story that Dennis Hopper was supposedly on his death bead. I know he has prostate cancer,but the story mentioned the National Enquirer, so I hesitate to believe it. Although, sometimes they are right.

Anyway, I hope it's not true.

TIS

well with this kind of story they will be right sooner or later...really sucks that this disease is going to take another one away.

One of my favorite R&B singers, Teddy Pendergrass, died yesterday at age 59. He, along with Barry White, was an absolute joy to listen to as they did their romantic ballads in those deep voices.

R.I.P. Teddy, and thanks for the great hours of listening to ya.

Having gone through the same thing he did, (not the car crash) this one hits home.

I didn't know that, JL. Thank God it (obviously) worked well for you.

Some people just get lucky. I was one of them.

I found this a stupid thread from the beginning. A pool about who's dead first and who has the most points, but I don't make any fuss of it.

But congratulating members because they had one correct is way out the line for me. Imagine family of Rohmer reads this? How would you find that? That people voted your mom dies this year, and when it happens: CONGRATS to the one who voted correct....

(I just wanted to say it...nothing more)