Celebrity Deaths

Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008[1][2]) was a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann authored more than 100 scientific articles and wrote a number of books, including LSD: My Problem Child. On January 11, 2006, Hofmann became a centenarian, and the occasion of his 100th birthday was the focus of an international symposium on LSD.

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Will Robinson (June 3, 1911 – April 28, 2008) was a former college basketball coach and scout. Robinson became the first African-American head coach in Division I history when he accepted the position at Illinois State University in 1970.

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Kenneth Keith Kallenbach appeared several times on the Howard Stern Television Show in the early 1990s, and was famous for his ludicrously unsuccessful attempts to blow smoke out of his eyes, which once resulted in his vomiting on camera. During a "Howard Stern Celebrity Bowling Match" (including participants "Grandpa" Al Lewis, Jessica Hahn, Young MC, Pat Cooper, Marilyn Michaels and Frank Stallone), Kallenbach pulled a cooked chicken out of his pants, rubbed it all over his face, then proceeded to light firecrackers taped to his genitals. Show producer Dan Forman then removed him from the studio.

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Daniel Paul Danny Federici (January 23, 1950 – April 17, 2008)[1] was an American musician, most known as the longtime organ, glockenspiel, and accordion player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

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Hazel Court (February 10, 1926 – April 15, 2008) was a British actress known for her roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s.

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