oh no, rick james is dead...

[LastKnight]

bitch

(sorry, its all in good fun)

i hope chappelle does some sort of tribute to him cause he was involved with the show...

Edit: cant find any story on it yet, but its on the CNN breaking news banner.


-LK

[redqueen]

1. You're serious?

How?

[JohnKleeb]

5. found dead in his LA home it seems

theres threads all over the place about it.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Why can't I find it in the news anywhere?

[LastKnight]

6. just saw it on cnn, im looking for a web story now... will edit with link

when i find.

-LK

[JohnKleeb]

2. Yeah I heard

It would be nice if Chappelle sang I am Rick James bitch to the tune of amazing grace, yeah I am nuts, and its sad to hear.

[OMGBearisDriving]

3. i said it before and ill say it again

"I'm dead, biatch!"

[liberalitch]

4. why is he dead? poor health, OD, accident?

he wasn't that old was he?

[ronnykmarshall]

8. He looked great when I saw him in June.

He and Teena Marie were on tour together. The Universal was sold out that night.

Teena must be crushed.

[redqueen]

17. They were touring?

Wow... my sister really liked Fire and Desire as a kid. I wasn't crazy about it... but her singing along to that is one of my fond memories, of which there aren't too many.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Link to story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=1&u=/ap/20040806/ap_en_mu/obit_james

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. He was pretty old. Around 60 IIRC.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

23. 56 according to E! Online

No mention of his death...this is just his bio. He was also a member of "The Mynah Birds," pre-Buffalo Springfield, with Neil Young in Canada, and caught some press for producing a "reunion" album of the original Temptations ("Standing On The Top"...reviewers scratched their heads over Ruffin & Kendricks shouting "We want the funk, we want the punk funk").

:toast:

http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,55137,00.html

Birth Name: James Johnson Jr.
Birthdate: February 1, 1948
Birthplace: Buffalo, NY
Occupations: Writer, Musician, Producer
Claim to Fame: His 'Punk-Funk' style of music, including the song "Super Freak"
Significant Other(s):
Tanya Ann Hijazi
Family:
Father: Deserted his large family when Rick was very young
Mother: Worked in the numbers racket for the Mafia; died of cancer in 1991
Uncle: Melvin Franklin, Temptations vocalist
Son: Tasmin; mother, Tanya Ann Hijazi
Factoids:
1991 He was jailed, together with his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi, for various offenses--including cocaine dealing, assault and torture

[Amaya]

7. What???????

link?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Confirmed. Banner headline at cnn.com

[Aftershock]

12. He's dead???

Nevermind. Banner just popped up on CNN.com. :(

[MirrorAshes]

13. Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

lol

[DrWeird]

14. Rest in peace, bitch.

Heaven is a hell of a place.

[Guy Fawkes]

15. a Google news search brings up NOTHING!

I don't think he's dead...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. here - banner at cnn.

http://www.cnn.com/

[Guy Fawkes]

20. Why is that the only place on the internet that mentions it?

I'm sceptical. Could be a hack job, or just poor reporting.

[parasim]

18. I read somewhere that Chappelle was going to do a biopic

of Rick James.

[VolcanoJen]

19. CNN banner reads:

BREAKING NEWS: Singer Rick James was found dead in his home Friday by his caretaker, a Los Angeles police department spokesman said.

www.cnn.com

[LastKnight]

21. looks like a heart attack possibly. nt.

[Blue-Jay]

26. Heart attack. Hmmm.

Yeah. Probably the blow.

RIP, RJ. Thanks for the grooves. (except for "Party All The Time". That sucked.)

[bbernardini]

24. "I'm dead, bitch!"

Had to do it. :)

[bbernardini]

25. As a friend of mine just said, "Charlie Murphy did it!"

Which makes no sense unless you watch Chappelle.

[Dukkha]

27. now on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5625044

wow. what a surprise. he lived such a healthy life

56 is not old to me. Isn't the average life expectancy 72 now? I know it's lower for African males though.