M. Clarke articles

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Most people think Amy Winehouse succumbed to addiction, but according to her brother, she was in the middle of a secret struggle—and it was the true cause of her tragic death.

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Shortly after Gram Parsons died, his friends posed as funeral staff and stole his coffin from the airport.

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Norm Macdonald took the comedy world by storm, even though his problematic jokes saw him caught up in scandal after scandal. Macdonald died in 2021, but his controversial legacy still lives.

HISTORY

Historians have finally deciphered ancient scrolls that reveal Plato’s secret burial place—and his bizarre last words.

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Fleetwood Mac is one of the world's most iconic rock bands, but they've also experienced more than their fair share of explosive drama.

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Maria Anna of Spain was beautiful and powerful—but that didn't ensure her "happily ever after." Tragically, she died in childbirth at the age of 39.

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Throughout Philip Seymour Hoffman's all-too-brief 22-year acting career, his roles were wide-ranging, his love for the craft was well-known, and he was eventually considered to be the best of his generation. But his genius had a dark side.

HISTORY

On the eve of the Battle of the Somme, the stage was set and the tactics laid out perfectly—only for things to immediately go off the rails.

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Agnes Moorehead played the overbearing mother-in-law on Bewitched—but what her real-life son suffered was far worse than anything she did on TV.



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