On This Day In History – Sept 8th
Cars not The Cars, Keith Moon from The Who, Elton John and a pornography star, Janet Jackson off the market then on the market again, and the death of awesome…
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Cars not The Cars, Keith Moon from The Who, Elton John and a pornography star, Janet Jackson off the market then on the market again, and the death of awesome Warren Zevon.
Moon death
44 years ago - In 1978, The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, died in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin, a prescription drug that was supposed to have helped him whoop his alcohol addiction.
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Go deep Linda
49 years ago - In 1973, at an Elton John concert at the Hollywood Bowl, MC and "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace introduced Elton by screaming, "Here he is, the biggest, largest, most gigantic and fantastic man, the costar of my next movie. . . Elton John!"
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He'll rip your lungs out Jim
19 years ago - In 2003, Warren Zevon died of lung cancer . . . two weeks after the release of his farewell album, "The Wind". He was only 56.
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Cars not The Cars
43 years ago - In 1979, Gary Numan released his album "The Pleasure Principle". . . which features the smash hit "Cars".
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Ms. Jackson if you're nasty
38 years ago - In 1984, Janet Jackson became El DeBarge's sister-in-law. Sadly, she had her marriage to James DeBarge annulled a year later.
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