The Dearly Departed: Celebs We Lost In 2009
Posted on Dec 31, 2009 @ 07:07AM - 3 comments
From the talented, but tragic King Of Pop, to the angelic actress who became a 70s icon with her golden locks, to the young starlet who was anything but clueless... the world lost some of its most well-known and well-loved stars this past year.
PHOTOS: The Dearly Departed: Celebs We Lost In 2009
As we prepare to ring in the new year, RadarOnline.com takes a look back at ‘The Dearly Departed: Celebs We Lost In 2009.’
The Dearly Departed: Celebs We Lost in 2009
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 @ 06:11PM - 2 comments
Here are some of the celebrities that left us in 2009.
Danny Gans' Kids Speak Out: Our Dad Was Not A Drug Addict
Posted on Nov 26, 2009 @ 02:15PM - Add a comment
His official cause of death was an overdose from the prescribed painkiller Dilaudid, but Danny Gans' three children want his fans to know the Las Vegas superstar was not an addict.
Read All The Details Of Gans' Last Day
It is their first Thanksgiving without their impressionist dad, and the three teenagers -- Andrew, Amy and Emily -- sat down with Las Vegas TV station KTNV to talk about the Danny Gans they knew.
The Gans teens are all still reeling from their father's sudden death last May. He was only 52, and was on prescribed painkillers but he never abused them, the three insisted.
Michael Jackson was a huge fan of Danny's and saw the Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year's show several times.
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"He didn't like being on the pain medication because he didn't like the way it made him feel," Andrew said. "So he'd go onstage sometimes, he'd be in so much pain, he'd have to go offstage during a change and get sick because he was in that much pain."
The Gans family, who made Las Vegas their home for the last decade, has moved back to California. Danny's posthumous autobiography, The Voices in My Head, completed the day before he died, was published last month.
Danny Gans Last Hours; Details From the Police Report
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 @ 04:28PM - Add a comment
The story of Vegas entertainer Danny Gans’ last hours was telling of the man behind the spotlight. Happily married with kids, Gans last day was a peaceful one filled with family and fun according to the police report obtained by RadarOnline.com.
Click here to listen to the tragic 911 call
On April 30, Gans came home after a day spent on the golf course around 3 pm. After a massage, he went to the master bedroom to take a shower before talking about dinner with his wife Julia. Around 6 pm, their son went to tell his dad dinner was ready but after hearing his father snoring, decided to let him rest. Julia herself went to bed around 10 pm before waking up in the middle of the night to find her husband uncharacteristically still.
She quickly called 911 and tried to give him CPR until the ambulance arrived. Despite efforts, they were unable to resuscitate Gans.
Danny Gans’ Death; His Wife’s Call To 911
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 @ 09:36AM - Add a comment
New dramatic details emerge on the untimely death of Vegas icon Danny Gans in this 911 call obtained by RadarOnline.com.
It’s May 1, 2009, 3:44am, when his wife Julie noticed he was having trouble breathing at his home in Henderson, Nevada. She tried to save his live by calling 911.
Click here to see the incident report
Despite efforts by paramedics, 52-year-old Gans died.
The Clark County Coroner ruled the death an accidental death, brought on a toxic reaction to the painkiller Dilaudid, which is said to be two to eight times more potent than morphine.
Gans, nicknamed “The Man Of Many Voices” was named “Las Vegas Entertainer of The Year” for the 11th straight year in a row last year.
Gans’ longtime manager and friend Gans was shocked that he was taking the high level painkiller. He said, “It does not make sense.”
Danny Gans' Agent: "Who Gave Him This Prescription?"
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 @ 07:37AM - Add a comment
Danny Gans' longtime manager and friend, Chip Lightman, said he was shocked to learn the late entertainer's chronic back pain was so severe he needed to combat it with hydromorphone, the prescription painkiller that ultimately lead to his death last month.
"Dan wasn't a complainer," he told the AP after the coroner's report was released Tuesday. "If he was in pain, he would just suck it up and go on with the show."
Lightman said that the ease in which Gans brought to his physically-demanding show masked his deteriorating condition.
Danny Gans Death Similar to Elvis Presley
Posted on Jun 10, 2009 @ 07:38AM - Add a comment
Danny Gans and Elvis Presley had something else in common besides dying young and being Las Vegas showstoppers. Both entertainers were linked after their deaths with Dilaudid, a highly addictive opiate nicknamed "drug store heroin."
Las Vegas Coroner Mike Murphy ruled Tuesday that Gans' death on May 1 was caused by toxic levels of the painkiller, officially known as hydromorphone. Murphy characterized it as an accidental death.
Dilaudid, said to be two to eight times more potent than morphine, was Presley’s favorite drug.
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Gans Autopsy “Inconclusive”
Posted on May 11, 2009 @ 04:34PM - Add a comment
Danny Gans, the renowned Las Vegas showman, died suddenly in his sleep on May 1 and the cause of the 52-year old’s death was unknown though he reportedly had trouble breathing. A family member told RadarOnline.com exclusively that the mystery surrounding Gans’ death continues after the autopsy was deemed “inconclusive.”
NEW DETAILS: Vegas Icon Danny Gans Dies Unexpectedly
Posted on May 01, 2009 @ 11:28AM - Add a comment
Las Vegas Icon Danny Gans, 52, died in his sleep early Friday morning at his Henderson, Nevada home, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The cause of death was unknown as of noon EST. He is survived by his wife, Julie, and his three children, Amy, Andrew & Emily .
