alcoholism

RADAR EXCLUSIVE: Richie Sambora Checking Into Rehab


Posted on Apr 28, 2011 @ 01:55PM - 9 comments

By Radar Staff

Bon Jovi star Richie Sambora is checking into rehab, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Sambora is coming off a highly successful tour with Bon Jovi and is checking into a facility for exhaustion and to regain his sobriety.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Doris Roberts -- Lindsay Lohan 'Had A Lot Of Chances To Get It Together'


Posted on Nov 14, 2010 @ 05:45AM - 3 comments

In an exclusive interview with the ever-funny and candid Doris Roberts, the 80-year-old comedic diva tells RadarOnline.com that Lindsay Lohan has "had a lot chances to get it together."

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"She's so young and she has everything waiting for her," Roberts said of Lohan's on-going battle with cocaine and alcohol abuse. "She can't quite get rid of it. So I pray for her.

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"It's a tough battle," Roberts tells us. "It's a disease honey, it's a disease you cant get rid of. Alcoholism is terrible. It ruins your life and it will ruin her looks. It will ruin everything. Every part of her body.  Certainly her liver, her kidneys and her heart."

Lohan is reportedly making remarkable progress at Betty Ford, a treatment center her mother Dina described on Today as the answer to her prayers for Lindsay.

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RadarOnline.com chatted with Roberts, the doyenne of Everybody Loves Raymond,  in Los Angeles Saturday at the International Myeloma Foundation's 4th Annual Comedy Celebration.

The event helped raise funds for the Peter Boyle Memorial Fund. Boyle, who co-starred with Roberts in Raymond, died in 2006 after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease. He was just 71 years-old.

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EXCLUSIVE: David Carradine's Ex-Wife Dies


Posted on May 03, 2010 @ 01:42PM - 3 comments
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David Carradine’s third ex-wife, Gail Jensen Carradine, has died after a long bout with alcohol-related health issues, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

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Jensen, 60, passed away late last week in a Fresno County, California, hospital after falling and hitting her head.

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Rip Torn's Daughter On Dad's Arrest: "It's Heartbreaking"


Posted on Feb 03, 2010 @ 06:19AM - Add a comment
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Rip Torn’s daughter says she is heartbroken over her father’s recent arrest and his downward spiral into alcoholism.

"It's heartbreaking," his daughter, Angelica Torn, told the New York Post on Wednesday. "But maybe now he's finally going to have to face the truth about himself and his drinking.

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"My father is a brilliant man, but so much has been wasted.

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EXCLUSIVE: David Hasselhoff Released From Hospital After Psych Hold


Posted on Nov 30, 2009 @ 11:35AM - 18 comments
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David Hasselhoff was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at approximately 3 pm PST Sunday, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

EXCLUSIVE: David Hasselhoff Hospitalized On Psych Hold

Although under California law, the hospital could have held him for up to 72 hours for a psychiatric evaluation, he was discharged after slightly more than 48 hours.

As RadarOnline.com has been exclusively reporting, Hasselhoff, who has long battled alcoholism, was taken by ambulance from his home Friday morning. He was experiencing seizures.

Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela Bach was busted for DUI Saturday night



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BREAKING NEWS: David Hasselhoff's 911 Tape Reveals Sad Family Secrets


Posted on Sep 28, 2009 @ 01:54PM - 10 comments

Since his burger-eating video clearly wasn't enough of a wake-up call about his drinking, David Hasselhoff once again found himself back in the hospital on September 20th after the actor had been drinking for more than 24-hours, sources told RadarOnline.com exclusively.  Now, the 911 tape from the scary ordeal has been released. The tape also reveals how Hasselhoff's 17-year old daughter Hayley is caught in the middle of the ongoing battle between her parents. 

In all, two calls were made to 911 that day.

The original call to the fire department alerting officials of the incident came from a friend of Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela.

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