celebrity deaths

Rapper/actor/producer Heavy D known for many hits of the 90's passed away at an LA hospital today. Sources say a 911 call was made to authorities about an unconscious male on a walkway. When authorities arrived at the Beverly Hills home, the male described on the call was rapper Heavy D.

The murder trial of Michael Jackson has begun, and the physician Dr. Conrad Murray is going to have to make his case. He is accused of killing the pop superstar by administering the drug Proprofol - a drug used as an anesthesia. He is being charged with involuntary manslaughter. Tuesday, opening statements were made from both sides of the case against the doctor. Full testimonies began later Tuesd

Who could forget the timeless voice of Urban/Pop princess Aaliyah? Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, her style of music crossed over from R&B, to Pop. Aaliyah's first single, Age Aint Nothing But A Number was a hit produced by R. Kelly. Aaliyah was a tremendous talent who's life was cut short after she was killed in an airplane accident in the Bahamas.

Apparently lead prosecutors of Dr. Conrad Murray want jurors in his involuntary manslaughter trial to see images of his superstar patient, Michael Jackson, alive and deceased. Motions were filed Tuesday to allow jurors to see video clips from Jacksons movie, "This Is It" depicting Jackson in excellent health with the will to live and share his music with the world...

American blues and gospel singer Marvin Sease died at the age of 64 on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Vicksburg, Miss. The official cause of death is not yet known, but there is speculation that he died from pneumonia. Born in Blackville, S.C., Sease began his career as a gospel singer with the The Five Gospel Crowns...