Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died suddenly Friday evening at a Washington-area health club.

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy confirmed the death of his 51-year-old sister, adding "she's with dad."

Kara Kennedy had herself battled lung cancer: In 2003, doctors removed a malignant tumor. Patrick Kennedy said that his sister loved to exercise, but that he thinks her cancer treatment "took quite a toll on her and weakened her physically."

"Her heart gave out," he said.

Kara Kennedy was the oldest of three children. She and her brother Edward Kennedy Jr. helped run their father's U.S. Senate campaign in 1988. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome lists her as a national advisory board member on its website.

Edward Kennedy Jr. himself was a survivor after losing a leg to bone cancer as a child. And Patrick Kennedy had surgery in 1988 to remove a non-cancerous tumor that was pressing against his spine.

In 1990, Kara Kennedy married Michael Allen. The couple have two children: Max Greathouse Allen, 15, and daughter, Grace Kennedy Allen, 16.

Tom Wilson of Ziggy comic fame dies at 80
Published: Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:10 AM Updated: Monday,
September 19, 2011, 11:50 AM
By Grant Segall

The next time your toaster pops, pause to remember Tom Wilson.

The longtime Northeast Ohioan, who died Friday at age 80, helped
create blockbuster characters at American Greetings, especially his
own Ziggy, who struggles gamely with toasters, ice cream cones and
life.

"Tom leaves behind a wonderful legacy in Ziggy, a hard-luck comics
page hero who serves as a reflection of Tom's endearing wit and
optimism in the face of adversity," John McMeel, head of Andrews
McMeel Universal, whose Universal Uclick syndicates Ziggy, said in a
statement.

The bald, round-faced Ziggy, exactly half his creator's age, appears
in more than 500 newspapers, plus books, calendars, greeting cards and
an Emmy-winning Christmas special, "Ziggy's Gift."

Wilson spent about the last eight years in a nursing home in
Cincinnati and died in his sleep from pneumonia.

A coal miner's son, Thomas Albert Wilson was born in West Virginia and
raised in Uniontown, Pa.

"He was born drawing," said a daughter, Ava Wilson-Stewart of
Sebastian, Fla. A local billboard painter inspired him. "He thought
that was the coolest thing he'd ever seen."

Wilson played bass in an Army band, graduated from the Pittsburgh
School of Art and came to Cleveland with his wife, the former Carol
Sobble, in search of work. He later lived in Rocky River, Brook Park,
Lakewood and Cincinnati, with homes in Hollywood and New York.

He spent 35 years at American Greetings and became president of the
creative division, overseeing stars like Strawberry Shortcake and Care
Bears. He launched Hi Brow, an early series of humorous cards, and
Soft Touch, early romantic cards.

"He was a down-home guy," said a former colleague, Tom McGreevey. "He
had a terrific brain."

In 1969, he published a book of wordless, Ziggy-like cartoons called
"When You're Not Around." What was then Universal Press Syndicate
asked him to add words and start a strip in 1971.

After leaving American Greetings, he started Ziggy and Friends, still
based in Brook Park. In the late 1980s, he turned over the strip to
his son, Thomas M. Wilson of Loveland, Ohio.

Wilson exhibited paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the
yearly Society of Illustrations annual show in New York. He
occasionally played the bass privately and loved to listen to jazz.

Survivors include his wife, three children and five grandchildren.
Weil Funeral Home of Cincinnati is handling his arrangements. The
family requests contributions to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

"Handsome" Johnny Barend, one of the most iconic characters from Hawaii's golden age of professional wrestling in the 1960s-70s, died today of natural causes at his home in Avon, N.Y. He was 82.

Barend's career spanned nearly 25 years and he wrestled everywhere from Japan to New York's famed Madison Square Garden.

But family, friends and fans said one of his favorite places was Hawaii.

A fixture in Hawaii during much of the 1960s when Ed Francis and Lord James "Tally Ho" Blears were the promoters, Barend was known for edgy interviews which amused some and terrified others.

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1980s R&B superstar Vesta Williams was found DEAD inside a Los Angeles hotel room.

Reports are still sketchy, but MediaTakeOut.com was told that Vesta and a gentleman CHECKED into the hotel together. Later in the evening, Vesta was found DEAD by a hotel chambermaid and the gentleman was NOT in the room..

Police were called to the scene and are conducting a FULL on investigation as to the cause and circumstances surrounding Vesta's death. Right now they are NEITHER confirming NOR ruling out FOUL PLAY.

For all you YOUNGSTERS wondering who VESTA WILLIAMS was, she made the below shong Congratulations