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Janis Joplin

Published: 10/4/10

Friend Says Janis Joplin's Spirit Visits the Hotel Room Where She Died

By  Chris Epting - AOL News
Friend Says Janis Joplin's Spirit Visits the Hotel Room Where She Died

(Oct. 4) -- In my latest book, "Hello, It's Me - Dispatches From a Pop Culture Junkie," I include an essay about what it was like to spend a night in rooms where famous rock stars died. But I had never spent any time in those rooms with friends of the deceased. Until the other night. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Janis Joplin, shown here at the San Jose Pop Festival in 1969, died in 1970 from a drug overdose. "She died in that corner over there, by the side of the bed." Don Hoyt motioned with one hand but kept staring straight ahead, as if he wanted to avoid looking. But that's ...

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Published: 09/7/10

New York's John Hall: A Rocky Reelection Road for a Rock Legend

By  Walter Shapiro - Politics Daily
New York's John Hall: A Rocky Reelection Road for a Rock Legend

THIELLS, N.Y. -- John Hall -- once the bare-chested guitarist for the 1970s band Orleans and the only rock musician ever elected to Congress as a Democrat -- was asked whether his entertainment background helped inoculate him from the anti-incumbent frenzy sweeping the nation. "Somewhat," he said, pausing to contemplate my question. "But now that I've been in Congress for three-and-a-half years, some people say that I've gone Washington." Talk about political heresy: a Democrat in a tough reelection race in 2010 actually volunteering that maybe he has changed because of his service in ...

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Published: 07/7/10

Grace Slick Is Neither Graceful Nor Slick -- She's a Klutz!

By  David Moye - AOL News
Grace Slick Is Neither Graceful Nor Slick -- She's a Klutz!

(July 7) -- Grace Slick has a shocking secret: She's the biggest klutz in the world. It's a secret that the former Jefferson Airplane singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has been hiding during her 40-year showbiz career, but one that is finally catching up with her. "I am the biggest klutz in the world," she admitted to AOL News. "I went to an art store recently to pick up some art supplies, and I slammed into some metal sliding and broke my left arm in three places and hurt my leg as well." Lucy Nicholson, AFP / Getty Images Rock 'n 'roll star Grace Slick at her induction in Hollywood's ...

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Published: 06/3/10

Where Stars Fall, Shrines Often Rise

By  Chris Epting - AOL News
Where Stars Fall, Shrines Often Rise

(June 3) -- It was a huge recent story: the death of former child star Gary Coleman. He died after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center on North 500 West in Provo, Utah. Why does it matter exactly where he died? Because at some point, someone, somewhere will no doubt make a pilgrimage to the site. It's just what some fans are drawn to -- the exact death locations of celebrities, especially those who leave this world too soon or in spectacular fashion. In some cases, small, fan-created shrines on a sidewalk are the only sign that something ...

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