Top 5 Famous Last Word

Death haunts even the beautiful: "All is Vanity"

5. "I am not the least afraid to die."
Said by Charles Darwin (Father of atheism)
-Died of natural causes.

4. "Please don't let me fall."
Said by Mary Surratt (First woman executed by US Federal Government. Accused of having connections to the assassination of Abraham Linchon)
-Executed by hanging.

3. "No, you certainly can't."
Said by John F. Kennedy (In reply to the statement: "You certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President.")
-Assassinated by gunshot.

2. "Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose."
Said by Marie Antoinette (After stepping on her executioner's foot)
-Executed by guillotine.

1. "Dammit... Don't you dare ask God to help me."
Said by Joan Crawford (After her housekeeper began to pray aloud)
-Died of heart attack and pancreatic cancer.

5 Recommended Movies for 9/13 - 9/19

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf












The Bad Seed













Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion










102 Minutes That Changed America












Grey Gardens

To 5 Songs of the Week: 9/13 - 9/19

1. "I Gotta Feeling"
by The Black Eyed Peas


2. "Down"
by Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne



3. "Party in the U.S.A."
by Miley Cyrus



4. "Run This Town"
by Jay Z, Kanye West, and Rihanna



5. "Use Somebody"
by Kings of Leon

Top 5 Villians in Film

5. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close)
Glenn Close brilliantly played Alex Forrest in the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction. In the movie, Alex Forrest is a single career woman apparently looking for long term commitment, but poor Dan (Michael Douglas) doesn't know that. He's in for the ride of his life.



4. "Baby" Jane Hudson (Bette Davis)
Child star Baby Jane Hudson's jealousness over her sister gets violent in the 1962 film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. Jane deprives her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche of food and friends after she discovers that Blanche is trying to put her in a mental institute. She goes as far as to kill someone to keep Blanche locked away. She manages to do this all while trying to relaunch her career.





3. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)
In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, the slasher genre was born all thanks to the creepiness of Anthony Perkins portrayal of momma's boy Norman Bates.







2. Leatherface (Gunnar Hanson)
Fear was realized when Leatherface first appeared on screen in 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. My favorite scene is the sledgehammer scene, of course. Leatherface has been portrayed by numerous people throughout the series' sequels and remakes.








1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
Even though he's only on screen for 16 minutes, Anthony Hopkins struck fear into us that we had never before The Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins even won an Oscar for his portrayal of Lecter.

Top 5 Tragic Celebrity Deaths

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."
-Marilyn Monroe

5. Anna Nicole Smith (1967 - 2007)
Poor Anna Nicole, all within a few months her daughter was born, her son died, and so did she. On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Attempts to resuscitate her failed. She was pronounced dead at 2:49 PM. (Note: the Photo shown is supposedly of Anna Nicole Smith either dead or dying.)



4. Judy Garland (1922 - 1969)
Who would've thought Judy Garland, the star of the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz, would die of a drug overdose. Well she did. By early 1969, Garland's health had deteriorated. She performed in London at the Talk of the Town nightclub for a five-week run and made her last concert appearance in Copenhagen in March 1969. She married her final husband on March 17 in London, and only a month later on June 22, she was found dead of a "self-overdosage of Barbiturates".


3. Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)
"The King of Pop dead at 50", we all say the headlines only months ago. The news was consumed by the death of music's greatest performer. It also overshadowed another Farrah Fawcett's tragic death which occurred earlier that same day. At 12:22 PM a call was made to 911 about an unresponsive man. Nearly 51 minutes later, Jackson arrived at the hospital were all attempts to save his life failed. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Jackson's death a homicide and stated that Jackson died from the combination of drugs in his body, with the most significant drugs being the anesthetic propofol and the sedative lorazepam. He personal doctor Conrad Murray is currently under investigation for his death.

2. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
Actor, singer, and soldier: Elvis was awesome. However, the King of Rock and Roll was in a downward spiral most of the 1970s, battling a drug addiction, but that struggle came to an end in 1977 when Presley was found unresponsive on the floor of his suite by fiancée Ginger Alden. Attempts to revive the singer failed. Death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at the Baptist Memorial Hospital.




1. Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
Marilyn Monroe, the sexiest woman and the greatest screen actress to ever live unfortunately died too early. On August 5, 1962, LAPD police sergeant Jack Clemmons received a call at 4:25 a.m. from Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe's psychiatrist, proclaiming that Monroe was dead at her home in Brentwood. Many theories, including murder, circulated about the circumstances of her death and the timeline after the body was found. However, most agree that Monroe died of a drug overdose. The official cause of death is listed as "probable suicide".



Coincidences:

• All of the celebrities listed above died of drug-related causes.
• Both Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were days away from going on tour when they died.
• All pictures shown are the last know taken of the celebrities.
  

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