Dead in 2006

[Father Demon]

DETROIT (AP) - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road, a publicist said.

The death of Proof - whose real name is Deshaun Holton - was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records.

According to the cops, Proof fired first, critically wounding a man with a gunshot to the head.  Then Proof was shot--they don't know by whom, but don't seem to think it was the man Proof wounded--and he later died at some kind of clinic.

In other words (if the official account is accurate), good riddance.

Good call, Dio

May 30, 2006

By BEN SCHMITT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


The man who shot and killed Detroit rapper Proof acted in self defense and will not face murder charges, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.

Mario Etheridge, 28, shot Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton, after Proof allegedly shot and killed Etheridge's cousin, Keith Bender Jr., a U.S. Army veteran.

"The evidence clearly shows that Mario Etheridge acted in lawful self-defense of another when he shot Deshaun Holton," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.

The C.C.C. club on 8 Mile was the place where Proof, 32, a close friend of Eminem and a member of the rap group D12, was shot three times in the head and chest after a fight about 4:30 a.m. April 11 -- more than two hours after the club was required by law to close.

Before his death, Proof, shot the 35-year-old Bender, police said. Bender died a week later.

Etheridge, who prosecutors said shot Proof, was charged last month with gun felonies, but not with the killing. Police said Etheridge, a bouncer at the bar, shot Proof after the rapper shot Bender in a fight over a pool game.

[rjs246]

"I think we're gonna need some more FBI guys."

The fact that this gem went unnoticed for over a day should force you all to seriously reconsider your lives.

[Diomedes]

Shut up already.

[rjs246]

Shut up already.

Die hippy scum.

[Diomedes]

That's two in a row.  You're like Great White, rehashing old songs for a bored audience.  If we're lucky, we'll burn in a fire before you get a chance to grace us with another tired Jerk line like "Burn."

[rjs246]

Oh look who's getting their blood up. How adorable. I was merely pointing out the obvious. If such a tangental and hilarious reference to Die Hard can go unnoticed for over a day on this board you have to come to the conclusion that none of you have a sense of humor.

I know that you love to throw yourself in the way of all attacks on CF, but that old song and dance is just as tired as my pleas for you all to hang yourselves. So pick your poison. I don't plan on letting your boring asses off the hook that easily.

[Diomedes]

That was a Die Hard reference, huh? 

Movies suck.

[rjs246]

You guys are great at proving my points.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Steve Mizerak

[MadMarchHare]

My wit is so underappreciated here.

[SunMo]

You guys are great at proving my points.

since when is Dio "you guys"?

[Diomedes]

Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnik.

Welnick had replaced Brent Mydland, who died of a drug overdose in 1990. Mydland had followed Keith Godchaux, who died in a car crash shortly after leaving the band. And Godchaux had replaced the band's original keyboard player, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died at age 27 in 1973.

Dangerous job, Grateful Dead keyboardist.

[Geowhizzer]

Special effects pioneer Arthur Widmer dies

[MadMarchHare]

Candidates for the 2006 Darwin Award

[Susquehanna Birder]

Eric Gregg

I know QB Eagles covered this in the other thread, but I figured this belonged here, too.