Thursday, September 6, 2007

The 25 Biggest Celeb Scandals Since 1982 - part 6

COURTNEY LOVE'S BABY SHOCKER

Choosing a favorite Courtney Love scandal moment is kind of like picking your favorite Beatles record: So...many... choices! Must...stay...focused! But there is one moment Love-ologists find universally shocking. After a 1992 Vanity Fair article suggested she was knowingly using heroin while pregnant, Love denied it, insisting that she sought medical help and quit as soon as she found out. Three years later, she told Barbara Walters she only used in the first month of pregnancy.

CAREER IMPACT: MINOR On April 12, 1994 — four days after her husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound — Love's band Hole released their most successful album to date, Live Through This. Today, Frances Bean is a healthy 15-year-old, but her mom (who hasn't released a new album since 2004) gets more attention for her yo-yo-ing weight than her music career.

Luciano Pavarotti has died

The legendary Luciano Pavarotti passed away on September 6, 5 am, at home in Modena, Italy. The opera tenor singer had pancreatic cancer since July 2006. After a surgical operation, he was reported to be in the mend but retired from making public appearances. Pavarotti took a turn for the worst when he was admitted into hospital this summer. There were press releases to forewarn the public of the imminient fatality of his illness.
Pavarotti was a pioneer in innovations. He successfully staged concerts with contemporary rockers like Elton John, Sting and Bono in the 1990s. He was one of the few singers who really took care of his vocal cords and they served him well into his advanced middle age. To the “King of the High Cs” - bon voyage.
Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world of opera and across multiple musical genres. Known for his televised concerts, and as one of the Three Tenors, Pavarotti was also noted for his award-winning charity work for raising money on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross.