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Christine Chubbuck [a] (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida.. The first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast, Chubbuck shot herself in the head with a gun on July 15, 1974, during WXLT-TV's Suncoast Digest, after claiming that the network was about to present "an exclusive ...
The company was known for using offbeat campaigns, and agreed to feature the Fat Boys in a commercial for the watches on MTV. The video "Brrr, Swatch ’Em!" was aired in December 1984. [17] Swatch again featured The Fat Boys in a 1985 Christmas advertisement created by former MTV creative heads Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert. This commercial ...
Robinson and the Fat Boys were featured in the 1985 movie Krush Groove.The film, loosely based on the early days of the Def Jam record label, also featured Blair Underwood as Russell Simmons (named Russell Walker in the movie), and record producer Rick Rubin, along with Run DMC, Sheila E., Beastie Boys, Kurtis Blow, and a young LL Cool J.
Prince Markie Dee, known for his role in the pioneering hip-hop group the Fat Boys, has died at the age of 52. Dee's longtime friend, Louis Gregory, and SiriusXM's Rock the Bells station (where he ...
Mark Anthony Morales, known as Prince Markie Dee of early rap group the Fat Boys and a hit songwriter and producer for Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and others, has died, according to his manager ...
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Turkish singer Zeki Müren died of a heart attack during a live performance on stage at TRT İzmir Television. Opera singer Richard Versalle died on stage at the Metropolitan Opera during the company's première performance of The Makropulos Case when he suffered a heart attack while standing on a sliding ladder attached to a file cabinet. He ...
He was the original host of Wheel of Fortune, hosted the popular dating show Love Connection for over a decade and also hosted shows Scrabble, Greed and Lingo. He was born in Ashland, Ky., in 1941.