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TMZ.com:
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper — Dies at 61 from Cardiac Arrest  —  Wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61 ... TMZ Sports has learned.  —  Piper — born Roderick George Toombs — died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood on Thursday night.  He was discovered on Friday.
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Marianne Zumberge / Variety:
WWE Legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper Dies at 61  —  WWE legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper died from natural causes in his Hollywood home on Friday.  He was 61.  —  Born Roderick George Toombs, Piper joined the WWE in 1984 after getting his start with the NWA in the late 1970s.
Discussion: Just Jared
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Hulk Hogan — Roddy Was My Best Friend ... I'll Miss Him  —  RODDY WAS MY BEST FRIEND  —  ... I'll Miss Him  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Hulk Hogan tells TMZ Sports ... he's devastated over the news of his friend Roddy Piper — saying, “I will forever miss him.”  —  “He was my best friend.  He is a legend.”
TMZ.com:
Leolah Brown Booted from Bobbi Kristina's Funeral  —  BOOTED FROM BOBBI KRISTINA'S FUNERAL  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Bobbi Kristina's funeral was interrupted Saturday morning by an outburst from Leolah Brown, Bobbi's aunt, who was swiftly removed from the church with the help of Tyler Perry.
Discussion: RADAR and PerezHilton
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Bobbi Kristina Funeral — Brown Family Suspicious Houstons Will Sneak Pic of Body  —  BOBBI KRISTINA FUNERAL  —  Brown Family Suspicious  —  HOUSTONS WILL SNEAK PIC OF BODY  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Bobbi Kristina's funeral will be yet another family face-off — the Browns are on high alert …
TMZ.com:
Bobbi Kristina Funeral — Invitation Infuriates Brown Family Member
Page Six:
Houston-Brown family at odds over Bobbi Kristina funeral plans
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Wrap
TMZ.com:
Charlize Theron — I've Adopted Another Baby!  —  I'VE ADOPTED ANOTHER BABY!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Charlize Theron's family has grown by one ... TMZ has learned she's adopted a second child.  —  We're told Theron worked with an adoption agency for 6 months to seal the deal.
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee  —  The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …
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Meek Mill — WWE Pissed Off Over Undertaker Entrance Song on Diss Track  —  WWE PISSED OFF  —  Over Undertaker Entrance Song on Diss Track  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Meek Mill can't get a break this week ... after getting trashed for his tepid Drake diss song, he's now in the crosshairs …
Discussion: Pitchfork and PerezHilton
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Trolls Meek Mill Over Diss Track
Discussion: PerezHilton
Debra Birnbaum / Variety:
Andre Benjamin Joins Season 2 Cast of ‘American Crime’  —  “American Crime” has landed its final key cast member, signing Andre Benjamin, Variety has learned.  —  He'll be starring opposite Regina King as the parents of a teenager who gets accused of the show's central crime.
Discussion: all and The Urban Daily
Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:
Scott Disick Attends Friend's Wedding Solo, Appears to Miss Kourtney Kardashian: “Grass Isn't Always Greener”  —  Flying solo.  Scott Disick attended his best friend JJ Corsini's wedding on Friday, July 31, but without a special someone on his arm.  The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star appeared …
Rachel Torgerson / Us Weekly:
RHOA Star Kim Zolciak Wears Waist Trainer to Get Hourglass Figure: See the Pic  —  It's a cinch!  Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak taped a segment for Good Morning America about waist trainers on Thursday, July 30.  During the shoot, she posted before-and-after shots of her glam look …
Tennessean.com:
Last Slide  —  Country singer Lynn Anderson, best known for her classic recording “(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden,” died Thursday night of a heart attack at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  —  She had been hospitalized for pneumonia following a trip to Italy.  She was 67 years old.
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
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