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2 days ago
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11 Celebrities Who Died Right In Front Of Their Fans
On Dec. 8, 2004, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — formerly of the legendary heavy metal band Pantera and widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time — was doing a club show with his new band, Damageplan. Only 90 seconds into their first song, Nathan Gale, 25, a six-foot-three, 250+-pounds man with a shaved head, strode through the crowd and onto the stage. Fans watched in horror as Gale, at point-blank range, raised a pistol and shot Abbott in the forehead. Pandemonium broke out as Gale killed two more people and took a hostage, inching toward the exit with the gun at the hostage's temple. However, before he could escape, a police officer shot him dead. Adding to the horror of it all, this happened on the anniversary of John Lennon's murder, when he, too, was shot and killed by a troubled fan. So why did Gale murder Abbott? It later came out that Gale, a former Marine with mental health issues, held Abbott responsible for the breakup of his favorite band, Pantera. In 2016, Irma Bule, 26, was an Indonesian pop singer specializing in Dangdut, a popular music genre in her country. A mother of three, she was not yet a nationally known singer but had a following in the Karawang area of West Java. For performers like Bule, who were still looking to go national, singing in rural areas wasn't especially lucrative, and net only $20 per concert (plus tips from the crowd). However, if they performed on stage with a snake, the pay jumped up to $25. Another Dangdut singer, Yeyen, told local media. "If there are snake dancers, there will be more audience. Therefore … we have snake dancers." Bule had performed with snakes onstage for three years, but the snakes were normally nonvenomous and/or had their mouths duct-taped closed. On the night of her death, the snake she was asked to perform with was neither nonvenomous nor duct-taped. Bule's show began as it always did, with her dancing and singing, until — in a flash — the snake bit her. Footage online shows Bule crouched at the side of the stage just after the bite, with the snake handler tending to her. Forty-five minutes later, she was dead. In the category of "Yikes! That Would Never Fly Today!" we have William Ellsworth Robinson, an American magician of Scottish descent who captivated audiences using the persona of "Chung Ling Soo," a Chinese conjurer. To sell the lie, he never spoke English on stage and wore face paint to pass as Chinese. That's bad enough, but it gets worse — his entire act was almost entirely stolen from an actual Chinese magician named Ching Ling Foo. (He didn't even try to hide the theft — he changed only two letters of his name!) The two magicians had a major rivalry, and honestly, there's probably a movie there, but this post is about dying in front of your fans so... On March 23, 1918, during a performance at the Wood Green Empire in London, Soo (the fake Chinese magician, to be clear) tried to perform his most famous act, the "bullet catch," which involved catching a bullet fired at it went terribly wrong. A malfunction caused a real bullet to be fired, striking Robinson/Soo in the chest. Breaking character and speaking English onstage for the first time, he exclaimed, "Oh my God. Something's happened. Lower the curtain." He died the following death shocked the public, revealing that the "Chinese" magician was, in fact, a white dude from America. His commitment to his stage persona was so complete that many were unaware of his true identity until his untimely demise. (From the vantage of 2025, you'd think a white guy in yellowface would be pretty obvious, but maybe not 100+ years ago.) On June 10, 2016, 22-year-old Christina Grimmie — the talented young singer who'd placed third on Season 6 of The Voice — had just finished a performance in Orlando, Florida, and was holding a meet-and-greet inside the venue. She was in good spirits as she worked through the line of fans, signing autographs and taking selfies. The joyful night took a horrific turn, though, when it was 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl's turn to meet Grimmie. According to a fan behind Loibl: "The one guy in front of us was walking up to meet her. Her arms were open, waiting to greet him with a hug. Then there was a sound of three pops, like balloons. People had brought balloons to the show, and the security guards were popping them, so at first I thought it was that." The sounds weren't balloons — Loibl shot Grimmie three times at point-blank range. Grimmie's brother tackled the shooter, and the two fought before Loibl broke away and shot himself. Grimmie was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead less than an hour after offering Loibi that learned that Loibl was obsessed with Grimmie, spending his free time watching videos of the singer and poring over her social media accounts. He believed they were soulmates, so to make himself more attractive to her, he underwent Lasik eye surgery, got hair plugs, and lost 50 pounds. When he was told it was unlikely they'd ever be together, Loibl became angry and defensive. Somewhere along the way, he decided on this new, horrible course of Mohandie — a clinical, police, and forensic psychologist — told BuzzFeed News that social media can create an unnatural obsession for some fans. "There is all this social networking stuff that is happening right now and to an unstable person that can really complicate into them thinking they do have a relationship with this person. They read more into it because of their misperceptions." When Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman arrived at the Polo Grounds in New York on Aug. 17, 1920, he was having one hell of a season, batting .303 with 97 runs scored. That wasn't out of character, though. Chapman had hit .300 twice before and to this day holds the single-season record for sacrifice bunts. It was rumored that Chapman, who was newly married to a pregnant wife, planned to retire when the season ended to focus on his family. Tragically, while facing Yankees' submarine pitcher Carl Mays, he was hit in the head with a fastball. This was before batters wore helmets, and the ball met Chapman's head with a sickening thud. The impact was so strong that the ball bounced into play, and Mays threw it to first, believing it must have hit Chapman's bat. A dazed Chapman stood, asked someone to call his wife, and added: "I'm all right; tell Mays not to worry." He then collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, where he died the next day. Following the incident, many felt Mays had hit Chapman on purpose for crowding the plate, and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb even suggested someone should do the same to Mays. Chapman's death led to some changes in baseball. Beforehand, pitchers were allowed to dirty up the ball with soil, licorice, or tobacco juice. That was forbidden after Chapman's death, as it reduced the visibility of the baseball and made it harder to see (and thus evade).A minor leaguer died the next season in the same manner, but even so, batting helmets weren't used widely until the 1950s. Barbara Weldens, 35, was an up-and-coming French singer-songwriter who had already won several prestigious music awards. Her fans loved her emotional lyrics, haunting voice, and theatrical stage presence — often performing barefoot. On July 18, 2017, Weldens was performing at a packed church during the Léo Ferré Festival. After finishing a particularly powerful song, Weldens smiled, soaking up the crowd's applause, then suddenly collapsed. At first, some audience members thought it was part of the show — a dramatic flourish. But Weldens didn't move. Paramedics arrived quickly, but it was too late. An autopsy determined that Weldens had been electrocuted; she was performing barefoot as usual, and when her foot made contact with a defective piece of electrical equipment, it sent electricity shooting through her body. Owen Hart may have been born into a legendary wrestling dynasty (his dad was Stu Hart; his brother was Bret "Hitman" Hart), but he was a star in his own right and at the center of some of the biggest '90s storylines of the WWF (now the WWE). However, on May 23, 1999, during the WWF's Over the Edge pay-per-view event in Kansas City, Missouri, his life (and those storylines) ended. Hart was set to make a dramatic entrance as his superhero persona, the Blue Blazer, by being lowered from the arena rafters into the ring. Tragically, a malfunction occurred, and Hart fell a long distance — approximately 78 feet — landing chest-first on the top rope. He was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead not long after arriving; the cause of death was internal bleeding from blunt force trauma, resulting in a severed aorta. The incident was not broadcast live, as a pre-recorded segment was airing at the time. The audience in attendance witnessed the fall, though, and the frantic attempts to save his life afterward. Despite the tragedy, WWF owner Vince McMahon decided to continue the live broadcast after a 15-minute widow, Martha Hart, was horrified, writing in a book about her husband, "As he lay dying in the ring, he struggled to live for our children and me. After he lost his fight for life, they just scooped him up and ordered the next match out. Where's the humanity?" In the aftermath, Martha Hart filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the WWF, claiming they were negligent and hadn't hired qualified riggers. The WWF settled for $18 million, and she used the settlement to establish the Owen Hart Foundation, supporting various charitable causes. Tommy Cooper was a towering figure in British comedy — both literally (he was a big dude, standing 6′4″) and figuratively. He was famous for his bumbling magician act. Basically, his whole shtick was that his magic tricks always went hilariously wrong, which made what happened on April 15, 1984, during a live broadcast of a variety show extra horrific. Cooper walked on stage to thunderous applause, started performing, and then collapsed backward into the curtain. The audience burst out laughing, assuming it was part of the act. But it wasn't. For several agonizing seconds, Cooper lay on the stage floor, unresponsive. The host, Jimmy Tarbuck, told the show's producer: "This isn't it [part of the act]. 'Now', he said, 'you know how he is.' He's put this in... And...I said, No... this is not him!" The cameras kept rolling — broadcasting Cooper's death live to 12 million viewers. Stagehands eventually dragged him offstage as performers tried to keep the show going. It was later confirmed that Cooper died of a heart there onstage. Nick Zoricic was a 29-year-old Canadian freestyle skier, rising fast in the dangerous, high-speed world of ski cross — a sport that combines downhill racing with motocross-style obstacles (and has been referred to as "NASCAR on skis.") But on March 10, 2012, at a ski cross World Cup event in Switzerland, Zoricic's final race became a tragedy seen by hundreds of spectators. As he approached the finish line at full speed, Zoricic flew off the final jump — but something went wrong. Instead of landing cleanly, he veered off course and slammed into the safety netting and a solid boundary structure just past the finish. He hit the barrier with brutal force, disappearing in a spray of snow. When the snow cleared, Zoricic was lying motionless. Officials quickly waved off the other competitors and rushed to his aid, but Zoricic had suffered severe head trauma. He was pronounced dead a short time incident sparked international calls for greater safety measures in ski cross and other high-speed winter sports, especially since Zoricic's death was the second high-profile skiing fatality in two months — freestyle skier Sarah Burke previously crashed and died during halfpipe training. Japan's Sankai Juku dance company was famous for their version of Butoh, a rebellious dance movement that gave the middle finger to both Western culture and traditional Japanese art. Sankai Juku's version was different, gentle and poetic. They made their American debut at the Olympic Arts Festival in Los Angeles in 1984, then toured the country, eventually stopping in Seattle on Sept. 10, 1985. There, they planned to perform a piece entitled "Jomon Sho," where four dancers hang upside down from a building by ropes attached to their ankles (a metaphor for life and death or something artsy like that). They were supposed to dance while being slowly lowered to the ground, a process expected to take 30 minutes, but after only a couple of minutes — and while still 80 feet in the air — one of the company's most senior dancers, Yoshiyuki Takada, noticed his rope was He tried to carefully reach up and grab the rope above where it was fraying, but it snapped before he could. He fell the long distance to the ground silently, landing with a thud. A doctor in the crowd tried to help, but it was no use — Yoshiyuki Takada was later came to light that they only tested one of the four ropes to be used, and that they'd requested old ropes because new ropes caused the dancers to twist and turn too much. The company stopped performing the hanging outdoor dance after the tragedy, but has since added it back into their repertoire. (The photo above is an example from a more recent performance.) British actor and comedian Sid James was famous for starring in the Carry On films (a massive British comedy franchise comprised of 31 films released between 1958 and 1992). But his life ended on April 26, 1976 — in front of a packed Sunderland Empire Theatre — as he acted onstage in the comedy play The Mating Season. The performance was proceeding as usual, according to costar Olga Lowe. "I came on, said my first lines and he answered as normal. Then I sat on the sofa with him. I said my next line and he didn't answer." James had suffered a heart attack and slumped over on the couch. "I thought it was a gag," Lowe added. "Well, you would with Sid. He was such a rascal... Ten minutes earlier, he had been the same old laughing Sid." Once the gravity of the situation set in, the curtain was dropped. James was 62.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Please don't let it be true' cry fans as Metallica tickets go on sale for major Dublin summer gigs
METALLICA fans have been crying out for more dates after general sale for their Dublin gigs were nabbed in minutes. The legendary heavy metal band are coming back with a bang next year as they bring their M72 World Tour to Aviva Stadium. 2 Metallica will play two nights in Dublin next summer 2 Tickets for their one-of-a-kind gigs went on general sale this morning The 90's rockers are set perform two The musicians promised to keep their No Repeat Weekend tradition and each show will feature a unique setlist and support line-up - so hardcore fans are in for a treat! Pantera and Avatar will be supporting on Friday, June 19, while Gojira and Knocked Loose are the special guests on Sunday, June 21. Tickets for the gigs went on general sale this morning at 10am, and while some fans managed to nab tickets, others were sadly left with nothing. READ MORE IN METALLICA Fans were able to purchase a two-day ticket as well as single-night engagements. However, disappointed fans took to social media to express their rage when tickets sold out in minutes. While few lucky fans expressed their glee in securing a ticket to the hottest gig of 2026. One fan wrote on Twitter: "Most stressful week of my life trying to get Metallica tickets." Most read in Music Stephen said: "Scoring tickets for Metallica next year has perked me up today." Gabby added: "Easily winning the best daughter award because I just got my dad pit tickets for Metallica." Metallica's The Black Album: A Record-Breaking Journey While Nicky remarked: "Will there be more date added, need these for my mam." Taylor exclaimed: "I can't get Metallica tickets they sold out it 10 minutesss." And Cathal posted: "Metallica tickets already sold out, please don't let it be true." Since opening in April 2023 in Amsterdam, M72 has seen Metallica play to around four million fans. The 2026 world tour will The band will also be performing in Romania , Poland , Switzerland , Italy , Scotland , Wales and Their last show is in London on July 5, 2026. But, will you be attending the rockers big gig in Dublin next summer ?
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pantera Reveals Its Bets on Stocks That Adopted ‘Digital Asset Treasury' Strategy
Crypto investment firm Pantera Capital revealed a series of concentrated bets on a growing class of publicly-traded companies holding large digital asset reserves on Thursday. Among Pantera's portfolio is Twenty One Capital (CEP), a Bitcoin-focused treasury firm led by Jack Mallers and backed by Tether, Softbank and Cantor Fitzgerald, according to a note by general partner Cosmo Jiang. The firm also disclosed it is an early backer of DeFi Development Corp (DFDV), which applies the model to Solana SOL, and Sharplink Gaming (SBET), the Ethereum ETH treasury play supported by Ethereum software firm ConsenSys, per the note. This investment push signals Pantera's broader belief that traditional financial structures are increasingly viable pathways into digital assets, even as spot-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) and other regulated products expand. These firms —what Pantera calls Digital Asset Treasury companies, or DATs — seek to offer crypto exposure to equity market investors without requiring direct ownership of tokens, a play spearheaded by Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR). These stocks unlock crypto access for investors still wary of managing wallets or trading on crypto exchanges, Jiang argued. The companies function as closed-end funds on public markets, potentially limiting supply of the underlying assets — Bitcoin, Solana or Ethereum — and affecting price dynamics over time, he said. The note argued that under the right conditions — market volatility, financial engineering, and smart management — these companies can grow their token-per-share metrics faster than the tokens themselves appreciate, potentially offering more upside than direct crypto purchases. However, as the market is getting increasingly saturated with these offerings, a few analysts raised concerns about the long-term upside of these stocks: MSTR, for example, underperformed while bitcoin rose to fresh record highs this month, 10x Research in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Iconic ‘80s Rock Band Expands World Tour With Exciting Surprises
Buckle up, Metallica fans! The legendary '80s metal band took to Instagram on Thursday, May 22, with a major announcement regarding their M72 world tour. '16 Shows. 9 Countries. 4 No Repeat Weekends. 1 Unforgettable Tour,' the post read, along with an event flier listing the new European tour dates and stops. Additionally, the poster listed Pantera, Avatar, Gojira, and Knocked Loose as supporting acts. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 See the full list of new 2026 dates below: May 9 – Athens, Greece at Olympic Stadium (Gojira, Knocked Loose) May 13 – Bucharest, Romania at Arena Nationala (Gojira, Knocked Loose) May 19 – Chorzow, Poland at Stadion Slaski (Gojira, Knocked Loose) May 22 – Frankfurt, Germany at Deutsche Bank Park (Gojira, Knocked Loose) May 24 – Frankfurt, Germany at Deutsche Bank Park (Pantera, Avatar) May 27 – Zurich, Switzerland at Stadion Letzigrund (Gojira, Knocked Loose) May 30 – Berlin, Germany at Olympiastadion (Gojira, Knocked Loose) June 3 – Bologna, Italy at Stadio Renato Dall'ara (Gojira, Knocked Loose) June 11 – Budapest, Hungary at Puskas Arena (Pantera, Avatar) June 13 – Budapest, Hungary at Puskas Arena (Gojira, Knocked Loose) June 19 – Dublin, Ireland at Aviva Stadium (Pantera, Avatar) June 21 – Dublin, Ireland at Aviva Stadium (Gojira, Knocked Loose) June 25 – Glasgow, Scotland at Hampden Park (Gojira, Knocked Loose) June 28 – Cardiff, Wales at Principality Stadium (Gojira, Knocked Loose) July 3 – London, England at London Stadium (Gojira, Knocked Loose) July 5 – London, England at London Stadium (Pantera, Avatar) Metallica was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. Hetfield, 61, and Ulrich, 61, remain in the band alongside Kirk Hammett on lead guitar and Robert Trujillo on bass. Some of Metallica's notable albums include Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, …And Justice for All, and Metallica (The Black Album). Iconic '80s Rock Band Expands World Tour With Exciting Surprises first appeared on Parade on May 22, 2025
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Metallica announces brand new tour dates across the UK and Ireland
Metallica have announced the UK and European dates for their M72 tour. Extending their already ongoing tour into 2026, this will mark the heavy metal band's fourth year of their record-breaking run of shows. The tour is celebrating their eleventh studio album 72 Seasons. In June, they will return to the UK and Ireland for performances in Dublin, Glasgow and Cardiff, before playing two nights at the London Stadium on 3 and 5 July. They previously performed at the Download Festival in 2023. In May, they will perform across Europe in Athens, Bucharest, Chorzów, Frankfurt, Zurich, Berlin, Bologna and Budapest. As per tradition, the metal icons will continue their ambitious 'No Repeat Weekends' policy. For cities lucky enough to garner two shows, both nights will feature entirely different setlists and supporting acts. These supporting stars include the likes of Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose and Avatar. These two concert stints will include the band's first shows in Frankfurt and Dublin since the 2009 World Magnetic Tour, as well as their return to Budapest and London. The rest of the tour's dates will be one-night only shows. With thir unique circular stage and full-scale production, the tour has already received high praise from critics, with Billboard dubbing it 'an altogether life-affirming experience'. Since first opening in April 2023, the M72 tour has already seen Metallica play to some four million fans. Two-night tickets for the 'No Repeat Weekends' as well as single-night tickets will go on sale at 10am BTS next Friday (May 30), while fanclub presale begins at 11am next Tuesday (May 27). Tour dates and ticket links for all shows can be found here. A portion of proceeds from every ticket will go to local charities via the band's All Within My Hands Foundation. Metallica are currently out on the 2025 North American leg of the tour, having broken a 43-year-old attendance record at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse back in April. Their performance at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on Wednesday 7 May triggered a small earthquake. In March, they also announced an 'immersive' new VR concert film which will be shot in Mexico City.
