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  • 'Columbo' star Peter Falk dead at 83

    06/24/2011 11:38:01 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 73 replies
    Legendary television actor Peter Falk, who was best known for his role as a squinty, rumpled detective in the hit series “Columbo,” has died at the age of 83. Falk died Thursday night at his Beverly Hills home, according to a statement released by family friend Larry Larson. A cause of death has not been released. In 2008, his daughter Catherine Falk, said he had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Falk won four Emmys for his starring role in “Columbo,” a show on which he appeared in 69 episodes. “Columbo” began its history in 1971 as part of...
  • Former Grateful Dead soundman and famous LSD chemist Owsley 'Bear' Stanley dies in car crash

    03/13/2011 7:19:11 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 57 replies
    The Courier-Mail ^ | March 14, 2011 | Brooke Baskin
    A 76-YEAR-OLD man who was killed when his car ran off the road in far north Queensland was reportedly Owsley `Bear’ Stanley, a 1960s counter-revolutionary and the first man to produce LSD en masse. Stanley’s car ran off the road on the Kennedy Highway between Davies Ck and Koah on Saturday. He was also an accomplished sound engineer and the long-time soundman and financier for psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Former Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead tour manager Sam Cutler, who lives in Brisbane, released a statement on behalf of Stanley’s family confirming his death. Stanley became an Australian...