I almost forgot to post about everything going on this weekend.

Here are some links which tell you chronologically what happened this weekend.

It started with

Head Up – Eyes Open – Freedom To Speak,

which led to

An Open Letter To Kathleen Fasanella

and

Kathleen Fasanella Incubates More Than Fashion.

Then, some links were found on delicious, which were detailed in

Kathleen Fasanella Has Crossed The Line.

Just as I thought things were going to get back to normal, another delete key is pressed and

Kathleen Fasanella And Her Fashionable Dogpiles

was written to finish things off.

Is it done now? Who knows. I did learn one thing this weekend, though. Every time a delete key is pressed someone in the apparel industry learns a little bit more about their peers in the industry.

Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.

Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2002 and saw the disease return last July after going into remission in 2003, died Sunday at his home in Encino, according to his publicist, Roger Neal. Travalena also was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003 but had been in complete remission since then.

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He is survived by his wife Lois; sons Fred and Corey and a granddaughter, Sophia.

Funeral services will be private

A public memorial service is being planned.

Rest In Peace, Fred.

Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television’s biggest stars on “My Little Margie” and “The Gale Storm Show,” has died at age 87.

Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a convalescent hospital, said her son, Peter Bonnell.

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Storm’s first husband died in 1987, and the following year she married former TV executive Paul Masterson. He died in 1996.

Storm and Bonnell had three sons, Philip, Peter and Paul, and a daughter, Susanna. Storm is survived by her children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Rest In Peace, Gale.

The OxiClean guy…

Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, FOX News confirms.

Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Police said there were no signs of forced entry to May’s residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.

Mays, 50, was on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday, MyFOXTampa.com reported.

Rest In Peace, Billy.

How much longer will it be until we are made to be the laughing stock of the international community? While many people in our country worry about what car they’re driving, or where they are going to purchase their equestrian apparel, the rest of us are worried about the direction our country is taking.

No, I am not saying that buying a car or owning horses is bad, just pay attention. That’s all I’m asking.

I was so caught up with the news I almost forgot to post this…

Michael Jackson died today.

Jackson, 50, died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

Rest In Peace, Michael.

Farrah Fawcett has died after a long battle with cancer.

Fawcett, 62, died at John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica at 9:28 a.m. Thursday morning with her longtime love, Ryan O’Neal and her friend Alana Stewart by her side.

Her death brings an end to a 3 year battle with anal cancer which later spread to her liver.

Fawcett, a native of Texas, is the daughter of James Fawcett and Pauline Evans.

She attended University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a degree in Microbiology, but still wanted to be an actress.

Rest In Peace, Farrah.

Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died, her husband said Wednesday. She was 57.

Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005, he said.

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In addition to her husband, the Ohio native is survived by her parents, two brothers and three children.

Memorial and funeral arrangements are pending.

Rest In Peace, Dr. Fitzgerald.

Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.

McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

Bragman didn’t give a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a “multitude of health problems the last few months.”

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Besides his wife, Pam, McMahon is survived by children Claudia, Katherine, Linda, Jeffrey and Lex.

Rest In Peace, Ed.

President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in to law today. So what is the purpose of this law?

The new law bans candy and fruit flavors in tobacco products, and it limits advertising that could attract young people.

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act also allows the FDA to lower the amount of addiction-causing nicotine in tobacco products and block misleading labels such “low tar” and “light.” Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings.

The law won’t let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco outright.

Quick quiz.

01. Name two tobacco products you have seen in the last 90 days on television. (You do not have to include any products which contain candy or fruit flavors in your answer).

02. Name two tobacco products you have seen in the last 90 days in print. (Once again, you do not have to include any products which contain candy or fruit flavors in your answer).

03. Name two tobacco products that you know of, which contain candy or fruit flavors.

Exactly who is this law really going to protect?

Bueller? Bueller?

Before too long they’ll be regulating the production of office furniture because you know, those chairs can spin awfully fast and you might actually be productive while sitting at a desk.