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Patrice Lumumba Malcolm Oneal , usually credited as Patrice O'Neal, was an American stand-up comedian, radio personality, and actor. He was known for his cutting, often confrontational crowd work during which he often played couples against each other.

Comedian, radio personality and actor Patrice O’Neal passed away at the age of 41 on Monday night. He suffered a stroke in October and never returned to good health.

When I was younger, i used to jam to the sounds of Heavy D! Such a shame when any musician (or person for that matter) passes away and takes their talent with them! If you're a fan, I threw in some of my fav videos from Heavy D inside. R.I.P.

He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow.

Costumed metal band Gwar is planning to continue its North American tour, despite the recent loss of guitarist Cory Smoot.

Leonard Stone, who played the fast-talking father of Violet Beauregarde in 1971′s ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ died of cancer on Wednesday just shy of his 88th birthday.

For 33 years, the CBS Sunday night newsmagazine ’60 Minutes’ ended with Andy Rooney providing his wry and sometimes cantankerous observations on topics ranging from religion to his messy office. And now, just a month after retiring from the show, Rooney has died at the age of 92 after failing to recover from “serious complications” following minor surgery two weeks ago.

This morning, Cory Smoot, the lead guitarist for the sci-fi/fantasy metal band GWAR who played the role of character Flattus Maximus, was found dead by his bandmates. His age is unknown.

Former Weezer bassist and painter Mikey Welsh is dead at the age of 40.

According to this post at Slate.com, Moammar Qaddafi might be dead, done in by a NATO airstrike on April 30. If so, President Obama and Team America have done in Public Enemy No. 1 and the guy who held that spot in 1986 in the span of two days!

While President Barack Obama was organizing a targeted operation to kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, it appears that former President George Bush was taking care of his own business in Texas - well, sort of. In this hilarious video from Funny or Die, Will Ferrell reprises his Dubya impersonation once again to make a special address from the Sizzler Steak House, where, after gathering his mea

Checking CNN.com and this story appears at a little after 9pm: A senior U.S. official tells CNN Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. President Obama will address the nation regarding bin Laden's death.