Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Just Say BOO!

 
                      What Is Red Ribbon Week?

-a time of gratitude for all the lives that remain drug free

-a time to pledge to live a safe and drug-free life

-a time to remember those we have lost in the fight against drugs

John Belushi (33)- (01/24/49-03/05/82)
Heroin & Cocaine (Speedball) overdose
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor, and musician.
National Lampoon's Animal House, Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers
 
 
John Bonham (32)- (05/31/48-09/25/80)
Alcohol related asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit
British Drummer, member of Led Zepland band
Most influential and respected drummers of modern rock era
 
 
Michael 'Max' Cantor (32)- (c.1959-10/03/91)
Heroin overdose - became an addict while researching addicts in New York.
American journalist and actor
Dirty Dancing (1987) and Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)
Graduate Harvard University, 1982.
 
Gia Marie Carangi (26)- (01/29/60-11/18/86)
Heroin abuse led to death from AIDS
First American Fashion Supermodel in late 1970's and early 1980's.
 
Dorothy Dandridge (42)- (11/09/22-09/08-65)
Overdose of Imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. Dandridge was Bipolar.
First African American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award
(Marilyn Monroe's favorite actress)
First African American featured on the cover of Life Magazine
Confident sex symbol of the 1950's.
 
Chris Farley (33)- 01/15/1964-12/18/97)
Cocaine and Heroin overdose (Speedball)
Comedian and American actor
Saturday Night Live
 
W. C. Fields (66)- 01/29/80-12/25/46)
Complications of alcoholism
American performer, juggler, comedian, actor
 
Sigmund Freud (83)- (05/06/1856-09/23/1939)
Long term cocaine user and physician-assisted morphine overdose
Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, the "father of psychoanalysis"
 
Andy Gibb (30)- (03/05/58-03/10/88)
Cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine & alcohol abuse
Australian singer and teen idol, youngest of the Gibb brothers of the BeeGees
Publicized affair wVictoria Principal who is said to have manipulated his finances
 
Support Red Ribbon Week
~Say BOO to Drugs
~Help Keep Drugs OUT of our Schools
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm trying to spread the word to everyone to say BOO also to those dreaded drugs. jJust now though I am ROFL at your siggy Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.Thats my kind of humour.Have a great day,thanx for the laugh, besides the great message you are sending around well done great work.Take Care God Bless Kath astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES

Anonymous said...

My daughter's school also does a red ribbon week...I think most of the schools in our area do...I hope it saves lives!!!
Thanks for sharing it all!!!
Ellie

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha...I love your last tag.........LOL.......June:)

Anonymous said...

BOO!!!!!
Lyn
 

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