It's always the quiet ones..... Amherst, NY For hundreds of local families, funeral director Michael A. Pellegrino, 45, was the handsome man in the conservative dark suit who expertly guided them through one of life's most trying moments. But on Thursday, April 5th, Pellegrino entered the Seneca Niagara Casino, walked directly to the blackjack dealer's table, pulled out a 9 mm handgun and fatally shot himself in the chest. Pellegrino, left behind no known note before he killed himself, … [Read more...] about A Balanced Individual
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Remembering Triangle Shirtwaist Girls
Today we remember the girls in the Emergency Flight fire. 3/25/1911 RIP. A total of 146 workers died in less than fifteen minutes. This tragedy is noted as the worst factory fire in the history of New York City. It occurred on March 25th, 1911 in the Asch building located at the northwest corner of Washington and Greene streets, where … [Read more...] about Remembering Triangle Shirtwaist Girls
Who’s Your Daddy?
Greetings! DNA samples collected from Anna Nicole Smith and now the Godfather of Soul. Tomi Rae Hynie, who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife, says she stood in front of his open casket and mourned one more time before DNA samples were taken from the late soul singer's body - more than two months after the Godfather of Soul died, the Associated Press reports. Lawyers for Brown's trustees wanted DNA samples to help sort out several paternity claims made against the singer since he died … [Read more...] about Who’s Your Daddy?
Creepy or Cool?
Greetings! Let's start with the full moon. If you haven't stepped out to take a look, do so. It's Technology Week in the garden, and while the tomb of St. Paul recently went on display for public viewing, we were reminded of the inventors working to create video tombstones so that YOU can leave YOUR legacy. Patents are pending on a couple of projects, and developers envision you being able to stroll through the cemetery with a remote, or access the dead from your desktop. The Cassity … [Read more...] about Creepy or Cool?
Great Moments in Television
Greetings! A moment of silence for the passing of a great mind... Inventor of the TV remote dies By SHANNON DININNY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BOISE, Idaho -- Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died. Robert Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made couch potatoship possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday. In his … [Read more...] about Great Moments in Television