Dr. Jack Kevorkian poses with his “suicide machine”

(Fox)__Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who championed
physician-assisted suicides, died early Friday after being hospitalized
with kidney problems and pneumonia.

The 83-year-old Kevorkian, who said he helped some 130 people end
their lives from 1990 to 1999, died about 2:30 a.m. at William Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., close friend and attorney Mayer Morganroth
said.

An official cause of death had not been determined, but Morganroth said
it likely will be pulmonary thrombosis.

(AP)…After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died. He was 60 years old.

Conaway, who is perhaps best known for his role as Kenickie in the 1978 iconic film “Grease,” fell into a coma after the reported overdose and was taken to a hospital on May 11. He never woke up.

On Thursday, Radar Online reported that the family of the star, who had a long and public battle with drug addiction, was looking to take him off of life support. Doctors
had previously told the family that no brain activity was detected from the star.

Jeff Conaway in Grease

Actress and playwright Lisa Edelstein IS best known  for having starred, since 
2004, as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the Fox-TV network drama House, M.D. She
announced this month that she will not return for the eighth season of the
show. Lisa has lent her voice to several animated  Fox programs including
King of the Hill and American Dad. she recently won the Peoples Choice
Award’s Best Drama Actress in a TV series for her portrayal in House.

Lisa Edelstein with House co-star Hugh Laurie.

Zsa Zsa Gabor has slipped into a coma after being rushed to an L.A. hospital
yesterday for emergency stomach surgery to repair a infection caused by a
feeding tube. Her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt said the 94-year-old
film star has been unresponsive since 2 a.m. this morning.

Jerry Lewis at the MDA telethon, 2010

(AP)- After 45 years promoting treatment and a cure for children he calls
“my kids,” comedian Jerry Lewis announced Monday he is retiring as host
of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon that has become
synonymous with his name. Lewis, 85, issued a statement through the
association calling it “time for an all new Telethon era.””As a labor of love,
I’ve hosted the annual Telethon since 1966 and I’ll be making my final
appearance on the show this year by performing my signature song, `You’ll
Never Walk Alone,”‘ Lewis said of a shortened six-hour primetime broadcast
scheduled for Sept. 4. Lewis, a Las Vegas resident, has in recent years
battled a debilitating back condition, heart issues and the crippling lung
disease pulmonary fibrosis. He said he’ll continue serving as national
Muscular Dystrophy Association chairman, as he’s done since the
early 1950s.

From left to right: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis at the
1976 MDA telethon held the at the Sahara in Las Vegas. Sinatra was
the one who orchestrated the reunion of Martin and Lewis.