Mitsugoro Bando VIII, a famous Japanese kabuki actor and designated as one of Japan’s “living national treasures” died in 1975 while tempting fate. While going to a sushi bar with friends he ordered four livers from the fugu, or pufferfish. The livers of the fugu are extremely toxic and sushi chefs are instructed to carefully
A handyman was shot to death while fixing a sink in a Hollywood apartment complex. 82-year-old Nattie Kennebrew Jr. was charged with murder when he allegedly shot handyman Gerald Ramos multiple times. Kennebrew also attemtped to assault other people in the building as they came to the scene of the shooting, officials said. —L.A. Times,
A hunter drowned in a frigid pond while trying to retrieve a goose he had killed. He apparently had problems after entering the water and called for his wife to get help. Firefighters and other authorities were unable to find the hunter but a dive team recovered his body a few hours later. —L.A. Times 1/5/09
An 18-year-old freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo died of alcohol poisoning after a fraternity party. The teen had alcohol levels between 0.39% and 4.5% in his blood and other bodily fluids, roughly five times the legal limit for presumed intoxication in California. Police said they believe the student’s death resulted from a hazing by
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(This is part 1 of an 8 part series.) The evangelism team went to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade today. Let me show you what I wore: Since we were in the Crenshaw District, a neighborhood that overwhelmingly supported our new President, I, too, wanted to be supportive and inspiring to the crowds that I’d be
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