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The beauty mogul sadly passed away this weekend.
Evelyn died at her Manhattan home on Saturday.
The Estee Lauder senior corporate vice president and founder of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation has been an inspiration to women worldwide.
In her time working at Estee Lauder, founded by her mother-in-law, Evelyn has helped to develop countless lines in skincare, make-up and fragrance, receiving the Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
As well as her good business sense, Evelyn is remembered for her warmth, generosity and unrelenting work as a philanthropist.
She was “an American icon”, Tommy Hilfiger has said of his former colleague.
In 1992 she founded the pink ribbon breast cancer campaign alongside friend and fashion editor Alexandra Penney, dishing out the bows at Lauder counters with self-examination charts.
Later the same year she also launched the Estee Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign to raise funds, and the following year the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Nearly 20 years on the ribbon has become a ubiquitous symbol of breast cancer awareness and over 65 million have been distributed. Funds raised have helped to open the Evelyn H Lauder Breast Centre in New York.
We don’t have all the details, but he was rushed to an L.A. hospital around noon today and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 PM.
He was 44 years old.
Heavy recently performed at the BET Awards in October
real name: Dwight Meyers
Dr. Conrad Murray: this week the girlfriends took the stand and more audio of Jackson speaking to the doctor. Did Michael Jackson have to die? Dr. Murray is on trial for involuntary manslaughter for the death of The King Of Pop. More audio of Michael Jackson was played to the jury. He was talking to Dr. Murray in a slurred, deep voice telling him I Hurt You Know I Hurt. Meanwhile, was Dr. Murray on the phone talking and texting while Jacksonlay dying? Four different women, including a babymomma, testified texting or talking to Dr. Murray the day Jacksondied. None of the women were Dr. Murray’s wife. Yes, he was married at the time! The babymomma had jurors almost laughing when she testified about meeting Jackson on a separate occasion and showing him her baby bump. Another girlfriend, a waitress, testified that on the day Jacksondied she realized something was wrong when Dr. Murray didn’t answer her when they were talking. He forgot to hang up the phone. Dr. Murray’s next call was to Jackson’s personal assistant. Meanwhile, tabloid photos show Dr. Murray at the beach and getting a pedicure while this case is being tried. Hmmmmmmm! Will Dr. Murrayget convicted of negligence? Prosecutors say Dr. Murray gave Michael Jackson a fatal dose of propofol, but Murray’s lawyers maintain Jackson administered the fatal additional dose to himself.
Results have come back about the death of Amy Winehouse, who died of unknown causes on July 23. According to a toxicology report, the singer did not have any illegal drugs in her system at the time of death. The report did however reveal that there was alcohol in her system. But the cause of death is still a mystery. In the meantime, while the world mourns the singer’s premature death, a tribute and surprise film debut of a Winehouse/Tony Bennett duet is expected to be revealed on the MTV Video Music Awards, which will air Sunday, Aug. 28 on what would have been the singer’s 28th birthday. “It was a thrill to record with Amy Winehouse and when you listen to the recording of ‘Body and Soul, it is a testament to her artistic genius and her brilliance as one of the most honest musicians I have ever known,” Bennett said in the statement.
The Chair of the Sumter South Carolina Tea Party posted — and then quickly pulled — a post on her Facebook page earlier this month that joked about throwing the Obamas out of a helicopter, reports TalkingPointsMemo.com. Shery Lanford Smith posted the joke on her Facebook page on August 11th. The page has since gone “private.” In the joke, the Obamas are on a helicopter talking about how they could make people happy if they threw money out the window. The pilot says: “I could throw both of them out of the window and make 256 million people very happy!” Smith added: “If you’re one of 256 million, PASS IT ON.” Smith reportedly pulled the joke after the Sumter Item contacted her about it.
“It’s just a joke,” she told the Item. “I had no idea it would be an issue.” The Sumter SC Tea Party’s page is now also defunct
SIDEBAR: Bytch please you knew exactly what you where doing and who you wanted to see it. Joke or funny my azz that is straight up bullshyt. How would she feel or the Tea Party members started to come up missing, would you find that as Facebook humour. Oops forgot your educated folks that know what your doing at all times!
Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson Dies from Throat Cancer at 70. *(Via AP/Yahoo News) – Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said Liz Rosenberg, who also was Ashford’s longtime friend. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment, she said. Though they had some of their greatest success at Motown with classics like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand” by Ross and “You’re All I Need To Get By” by Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Ashford & Simpson also created classics for others, like the anthem “I’m Every Woman” by Khan (and later remade by Whitney Houston). Ashford and Simpson’s relationship stretched more than four decades. They met in 1964 in a New York City church; Ashford, a South Carolina native, had come to the city to pursue a dance career. Simpson was a music student, and after connecting with her, they decided to start to write songs together.
Another Jackson family feud is brewing. In one corner there is mom Katherine, sister LaToya and brothers Tito, Marlon and Jackie. They recently announced plans for a tribute concert for Michael Jackson this fall in Wales. In the other corner, there is Janet, Rebbie, Jermaine and Randy, who feel it’s inappropriate to have a tribute concert since there is a criminal trial going regarding Michael’s death. This is the first time in years that Jermaine and Randy have agreed on anything since the two shared a babymomma (Alejandra).
Singer Phoebe Snow died this week. The 60-year old singer was best known for the songs Poetry Man and Never Letting Go. Snow suffered a brain hemorrhage in January 2010 and never recovered. Snow sang the theme for the first season of the TV show A Different World, and was the voice behind many commercials. Snow put her career on hold when her daughter, Valerie Rose Laub, was born disabled. Snow was told her daughter wouldn’t live long, but Valerie lived to be 3-years old and died in 2007.
Did Teena Marie have to die? The 54-year old Ivory Queen Of Soul passed away in her sleep the day after Christmas. Over the past few months, Teena Marie had been having health issues in the form of seizures. A couple of months ago, she suffered a seizure that forced her onto medication. Sources say she hated the way the medicine made her feel. She had a few concerts coming up, and she wanted her energy back. Did she stop taking her medicine to try herbal remedies? Marie’s 19-year old daughter, Alia Rose, found her body, and Marie’s death sent the music world in shock. There will never be another Teena Marie. Her voice was amazing, and she was an incredible writer and producer. She was also a great mother to her daughter. Teena always gave her all in concerts. We had so much fun with her last year in Atlantic City and at the Dell East. Marie was looking forward to getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and releasing a new album. She will be missed, but her music will never be forgotten.
Do you hear me? the Coast Guard officer shouted as the captain of the grounded. Costa Concordia sat safe in a life raft and frantic passengers struggled to escape after the ship rammed into a reef off the Tuscan coast. The dramatic recording made public Tuesday shows Capt. Francesco Schettino resisted orders to return to his ship to direct the evacuation, saying it was too dark and the ship was tipping perilously. The exchange came to light as the death toll nearly doubled to 11 after divers pulled the bodies of four men and a woman, all wearing life vests, from the wreckage. The Costa Concordia had more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board when it slammed into the reef Friday off the tiny island of Giglio after Schettino made an unauthorized maneuver from the ship’s programmed course — apparently to show off the luxury liner to the island’s residents. [...] the recording of his conversation with Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco makes clear he fled before all passengers were off — and then defied De Falco’s repeated orders to go back. The audio, first made available on the website of the Corriere della Sera newspaper and authenticated by the Coast Guard, was broadcast throughout the day on Italian television to a stunned nation. The five bodies discovered Tuesday were adults in their 50s or 60s, each wearing the orange vests that passengers use, indicating they were not crew members, said a Coast Guard spokesman, Cmdr. Filippo Marini. Navy spokesman Alessandro Busonero told Sky TV 24 the holes would help divers enter the wreck more easily. Mediterranean waters in the area were relatively calm Tuesday with waves just a foot high, but they were expected to reach nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) Wednesday, according to meteorological forecasts. The safe removal of the fuel has become a priority second only to finding the missing, as the wreckage site lies in a maritime sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. Smit’s operations manager, Kees van Essen, said the company was confident the fuel could safely be extracted using pumps and valves to vacuum the oil out to waiting tanks.
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