cocaine's a hell of a drug. tom
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:38:19 -0400 (EDT) >http://www.wxii12.com/entertainment/3625335/detail.html > >LOS ANGELES -- Funk pioneer Rick James has been found dead at his home in >Los Angeles. > >He was 56. > >James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak," died Friday, apparently >of natural causes, police said. > >James died at 9:45 a.m. at a residence near Universal City, said Police >Department spokeswoman Esther Reyes. > >James served two years in prison in the 1990s for two separate incidents >in which he assaulted women while he was high on cocaine. > >After his release in 1996, he suffered a stroke, and was waylaid by hip >surgery and heart failure. > > ________________________________________________________________ andythepooh.com
