Celebrity news
An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays. He died of a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive June 28 at their condo in Tampa. A release from the Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office yesterday said Mays, 50, had last used cocaine days before his death. The report said that although Mays died from heart disease, cocaine use was a contributing cause of death. (AP)
Streisand returns to the Vanguard
Barbra Streisand, who first appeared at the Village Vanguard in New York 48 years ago, will return to the intimate jazz club on Sept. 26 for a single performance. Streisand, who rarely performs concerts, will sing songs from her new album, a collection of jazz standards and classics titled “Love Is the Answer.’’ Her last performance at the club was in 1961 as the opening act for Miles Davis. (Billboard.com)Dolenz’s wife charged
The wife of the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz was arrested yesterday on charges that she defrauded an affordable housing program in New York City. Authorities in the city’s Department of Investigation said Donna Quinter, 54, illegally received $136,866 in government rental subsidies for an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The subsidies were supposed to go to middle-income families living in the city year-round who were in danger of being forced out by gentrification. Investigators say Quinter failed to disclose that she was sharing the apartment with a friend who paid rent. The home also wasn’t her only residence. Since marrying Dolenz in 2002, Quinter has lived with her husband in Bell Canyon, Calif., an exclusive community outside Los Angeles. (AP)
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