SF News Porn Community Mourns of the Loss of Erik Rhodes, Dead at Age 30 The gay porn community lost one of its last true "stars" early this morning with the passing of Erik Rhodes, a.k.a. James Elliott Naughtin. He died in his sleep, reportedly, at
SF News Beloved Haight Street Bulldog Dies At Age 11 Jake, the 11-year-old English bulldog who sat outside Bladerunners Hair Studio for the past decade, has passed on to a better place. Jake's owner guardian, David Wilson, the owner of Bladerunners, says Jake
SF News Bay Area Singing Twins Die Within Hours Of One Another The Miller Twins, two performing young girls who grew up in the Bay Area performing on local TV show The Hoffman Hayride and others, just died in their home in South Lake Tahoe
Arts & Entertainment Whitney Houston, 48, Has Died [Updated] Say it isn't so... the once amazing Whitney Houston has died at age 48 of causes that are not yet being reported, as publicist Kristen Foster has confirmed to the AP. Sadly, because
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: R.I.P. Etta James The great Etta James has died, ladies and gentlemen, at the age of 73. She was a tough, loud, dirty old broad who brought some much needed sex into the sounds of the
SF News R.I.P. Warren Hellman, Banjo Player and Billionaire Local billionaire and philanthropist Warren Hellman has died at age 77. The cause was complications from leukemia. He's well loved of course for creating and bankrolling the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, and fear
SF News Well Known Skateboarder Peter Starrs Dies In Motorcycle Accident 24-year-old skater Peter Starrs has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred near the 101-80 connector ramp in S.F. early Saturday. According to the CHP (via the
SF News Local Legend and Pioneering Trans Performer Vicki Marlane Dies at 76 Beloved local legend Vicki Marlane died this morning at 7 a.m. of an undisclosed illness. She was 76. Nicknamed "The Lady With the Liquid Spine" for her trademark, sultry flexibility while lip
SF News Pioneering Environmentalist Kay Kerr, Founder of Save the Bay, Dies at 99 We'd like to bring your attention to an obituary of particular local importance: Catherine "Kay" Kerr, wife of a one-time chancellor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the early environmental activism group Save
SF News Pat Cody, Co-Founder of Cody's Books, Dies at 87 Patricia Cody, who with her husband Fred co-founded Cody's Books in Berkeley in 1956, died Thursday at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She was 87. The Codys settled in Berkeley after meeting at Columbia
SF News Another Child Star, Gary Coleman, Dies Before His Time We don't know the full details just yet, but we'd heard that former child star Gary Coleman was hospitalized in Utah after falling in his home, and he has now died at the
SF News August Coppola, Brother of Francis, Creator of Tactile Dome, Dies at 75 August Coppola, who served as dean of the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State and who created the famed Tactile Dome at the Exploratorium, died last week at his home in
