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BGregg

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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From A.P.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The 21-year-old son of singer Boz Scaggs has died
of a drug
overdose, according to the musician's publicist.

Oscar Scaggs died New Year's Eve in San Francisco, according to HK
Management Inc.
Circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately known.

Boz Scaggs, 54, recorded two albums with the Steve Miller Band before
embarking on a solo
career in 1968. He achieved success in the late 1960s and 1970s with
hits like "Lowdown,"
"Lido Shuffle" and "We're All Alone."

Scaggs owns a nightclub in San Francisco.

The memorial service will be private.

--
"...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
Psalms 30:5

gjw

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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BGregg wrote:
>
> From A.P.
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The 21-year-old son of singer Boz Scaggs has died
> of a drug overdose, according to the musician's publicist.

Hmmm... Stars and lost children... Eric Clapton lost his 5-year-old son
(in a fall) a few years back. Carroll O'Connor lost his son to a drug
overdose as well, not long ago. Dean Martin's son flew his plane into a
mountain (and Dino seemed to go straight downhill from there.) Art
Linkletter lost his daughter to drugs some time ago...

I'm sure there are more.


Matthew Kruk

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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And god knows how many thousands of non-stars have lost their children
to drugs (including alcohol et al). My guess is that, if anything, the
ratio is lower for "stars".

JSTONE9352

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Jan 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/4/99
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>Hmmm... Stars and lost children... Eric Clapton lost his 5-year-old son
>(in a fall) a few years back. Carroll O'Connor lost his son to a drug
>overdose as well, not long ago. Dean Martin's son flew his plane into a
>mountain (and Dino seemed to go straight downhill from there.) Art
>Linkletter lost his daughter to drugs some time ago...
>
>I'm sure there are more.
>
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Didn't Paul Neuman's son die?

BALKI2

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Jan 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/4/99
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>Didn't Paul Neuman's son die?

Yes, his name was Scott. Two other celebrities who lost children were Mary
Tyler Moore and Judy Collins.

Louis Epstein

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Jan 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/4/99
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BALKI2 (bal...@aol.com) wrote:
: >Didn't Paul Neuman's son die?

:
: Yes, his name was Scott. Two other celebrities who lost children were Mary
: Tyler Moore and Judy Collins.

Talking only drugs here,right?
Else Ennis Cosby would be relevant.

Idwim

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Jan 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/4/99
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Yep he did. So did Art Linkletter's daughter jumped out a window, Jerry
VanDyke's daughter hung herself, Johnny Carson's son died in a jeep wreck,
Roy Roger's daughter died in a bus wreck, Loretta Lynn's son drowned (I
think).

JSTONE9352 wrote:

John Vogel

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Jan 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/5/99
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Matthew Kruk (mk...@netcom.ca) wrote:
:
: And god knows how many thousands of non-stars have lost their children

: to drugs (including alcohol et al). My guess is that, if anything, the
: ratio is lower for "stars".

Amen.

John
jvo...@i1.net


Kathy O'Connell

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Jan 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/5/99
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James Arness' daughter committed suicide after Gregg Allman married Cher.

Idwim (Id...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: Yep he did. So did Art Linkletter's daughter jumped out a window, Jerry

Smiteboy

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Jan 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/5/99
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In article <76t6to$br5$1...@netnews.upenn.edu>, ocon...@pobox.upenn.edu (Kathy O'Connell) wrote:
>James Arness' daughter committed suicide after Gregg Allman married Cher.
>
Damn, if she had only waited 9 days, she'd still be with us.

Smiteboy

"Heard it in a love song....can't be wrong."


Hugo Mertens

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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>Hmmm... Stars and lost children...
> ...

>I'm sure there are more.

And Tim Buckley's son Jeff drowned. But then again, he was famous himself.

Fantomas

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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gjw wrote:
>
> BGregg wrote:
> >
> > From A.P.
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The 21-year-old son of singer Boz Scaggs has died
> > of a drug overdose, according to the musician's publicist.
>
> Hmmm... Stars and lost children... Eric Clapton lost his 5-year-old son
> (in a fall) a few years back. Carroll O'Connor lost his son to a drug
> overdose as well, not long ago. Dean Martin's son flew his plane into a
> mountain (and Dino seemed to go straight downhill from there.) Art
> Linkletter lost his daughter to drugs some time ago...
>
> I'm sure there are more.

>From what I have heard, Diane Linkletter's death was not a spontaneous
drug related accident as her father told the whole world, but a
deliberate long planned suicide. He did not come out looking very good
in the real story, so therefore made it seem like it was a spur of the
moment thing


Elvis

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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Bill Cosby's son was murdered.

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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Idwim wrote:

> Yep he did. So did Art Linkletter's daughter jumped out a window, Jerry
> VanDyke's daughter hung herself, Johnny Carson's son died in a jeep wreck,
> Roy Roger's daughter died in a bus wreck, Loretta Lynn's son drowned (I
> think).
>
> JSTONE9352 wrote:
>

> > >Hmmm... Stars and lost children... Eric Clapton lost his 5-year-old son
> > >(in a fall) a few years back. Carroll O'Connor lost his son to a drug
> > >overdose as well, not long ago. Dean Martin's son flew his plane into a
> > >mountain (and Dino seemed to go straight downhill from there.) Art
> > >Linkletter lost his daughter to drugs some time ago...
> > >
> > >I'm sure there are more.
> > >

Smiteboy

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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In article <76v6kl$h8u$1...@nickel.uunet.be>, "Hugo Mertens" <hugo.m...@village.uunet.be> wrote:
>>Hmmm... Stars and lost children...
>> ...
>>I'm sure there are more.
>
>And Tim Buckley's son Jeff drowned. But then again, he was famous himself.
>
>
>
>
Tim was himself long dead before Jeff drowned, though...drug overdose?

J.D. Baldwin

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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In article <369067...@loop.com>, gjw <g...@loop.com> wrote:

BGregg wrote:
> Hmmm... Stars and lost children... Eric Clapton lost his 5-year-old
> son (in a fall) a few years back. Carroll O'Connor lost his son to a
> drug overdose as well, not long ago. Dean Martin's son flew his
> plane into a mountain (and Dino seemed to go straight downhill from
> there.) Art Linkletter lost his daughter to drugs some time ago...

I thought Clapton's boy was three.

Anne Rice (the "Vampire" books author) lost a son, I believe. Anyone
know the age and circumstances?
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CHEERIE SILVERMAN

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Jan 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/7/99
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Anne Rice lost a daughter to leukemia. Her name was Michelle, she was very young
when she died...four or six years old. I believe it was in the late 70's.

obr...@usa.net

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Jan 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/9/99
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jeff Buckley jewels:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/136820/the1950sportraof/002-0666422-8597457

http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/from=sr-1459552/SID=935948850/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=FRN-BUCKLEY*JEFF/ddcn=SD-7464+57528+2

Tim Buckley:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/124903/the1950sportraof/002-0666422-8597457

http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/from=sr-1459552/RP/CDN/FIND/displaypop.html

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