Our Daily Dead

from Fox News
“Troubled pop superstar Whitney Houston — once a bigger seller than Madonna — is running out of cash. Insiders tell Fox New’ Roger Friedman - she is literally broke, with no current income and huge expenses.

Not only that: Whitney’s life is such a dismal mess that, according to sources, her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, is living with Whitney’s brother Gary and sister-in-law, Pat, close to Houston’s home in Atlanta.”

Now come to think of it…perhaps Whitney and M.C. Hammer would have made a lovely couple. M.C., by the way, could not handle life on the outside and has thus re-cast himself as an evangalist.

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Annette Funicello made her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis public in 1992 and then in 1993 established the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders. Much as we saw with our dear departed Richard Pryor MS is taking its toll on Ms. Funicello.

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The good doctor of something or other landed here in the ODD On Deck list because of this wee bit of news from last year:

The Rev. Jerry Falwell was in critical condition Tuesday March 29, 2005 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Va., suffering from respiratory arrest brought about by viral pneumonia.

Rather serious that. One hopes that Tinky Winky was not on call during Dr. Jerry’s visit, but perhaps the whole episode was due to his paralysis over his TeleTubbie decision.

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It looks to us like actor Tom Sizemore has a serious drug problem, and if he doesn’t get it under control, he’s headed for his day of ODDfame. Methamphetamine is a nasty drug. Tom has also been a nasty actor by beating up his girl friend the Hollywood madam, Heidi Fleiss, as well being accused of sexual harassment by a woman who said she was fired in retaliation for making the claim.

Tom’s latest encounter with the justice system occurred when he was discovered trying to give a urine sample using a fake penis. If your curious, you can read about this illicit little device at The Wizzinator. Ain’t technology just great?

You may recall Sizemore from his roles in Blackhawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Wyatt Earp, and Natural Born Killers, but his most famous role is that of the sergeant in Saving Private Ryan.

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The daughter of Judy Garland and Oscar-winning actress Liza Minnelli was hospitalized last year after “falling out of bed.” Pardon us, but exactly what sort of circumstances lead to this kind of boudoir-based potential lethality? We’re in the dark, but we bet there’s more to the story, particularly since Liza has been/is involved in a series of legal troubles, including a suit by her former chauffer who claims she forced him to have sex with her. We choose to not make any asides to a semi-famous portion of Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint about thoughtful family members.

And now we have that Dear Liza has sold Daddy’s house with her step-mommy still in it. Mayhaps it is best to just stay away from Dear Liza.

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