Entries from LAist tagged with 'annebancroft'
January 16, 2008
R&B singer Ike Turner, who some consider a father of rock-n-roll, did not go gently into that good night when he died at his home near San Diego in December. In fact, the 76-year-old was high, high, high on cocaine. The coroner reports that he died of "cocaine toxicity." And while it's sad when anyone dies of drug use -- because generally, we figure nobody starts partying with the idea that it's going to......
Continue Reading "Ike Turner: Coke is it"June 8, 2005
Was anyone else watching ABC7 News 11 PM broadcast last night? We're still pondering why --in a day involving 2 high speed police car chases, Anne Bancroft's death and the arrest of two California men with possible links to al-Qaida -- ABC producers decided the top story should be a report about local documentarians now missing in the Namibian desert. Perhaps ABC network told local affiliates to tailor their top news story to tie-in......
Continue Reading "Bel-Air Witch Project?"