Randy Travis in surgery after stroke

Country music star Randy Travis suffered a stroke while at a Texas hospital and was in surgery late Wednesday (Thursday, NZ time) , the singer’s publicist said. Publicist Kirt Webster said that the 54-year-old Travis suffered the stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness

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Randy Travis remains in critical condition

Country singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilise his weakened heart. Travis’ publicist, Kirt Webster, said in a news release Tuesday that the singer underwent the procedure after checking into the hospital Sunday with viral cardiomyopathy, a heart condition caused by a virus.

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Country Legend Randy Travis Facing More Legal Problems – This Time He’s Being Charged With Simple Assault

Country singer Randy Travis has once again having a “Run In” with the law.   A few weeks after being arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, Travis was cited in a simple assault case Thursday after a disturbance with another man outside the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. (In February, Travis was found parked […]

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Drug overdose killed DJ AM, official says

Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein’s death last month was an accident caused by “acute intoxication” from a combination of cocaine and prescription drugs, the New York medical examiner said Tuesday. Goldstein’s body was found August 28 in his New York apartment with a crack pipe nearby and a half bag of crack cocaine and prescription drugs in the home, a police source told People.com.

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Woman’s life in danger after chimp attack

A woman has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a pet chimpanzee attacked her at a friend’s home in Stamford, Connecticut, police said. Charla Nash, 55, had just arrived at her friend Sandra Herold’s house when the chimp, named Travis, jumped on her and began biting and mauling her, causing serious injuries to her face, neck and hands, according to Stamford Police Capt. Rich Conklin, who said the attack was unprovoked

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Police shoot, kill chimp that attacked woman

One woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries to her face, neck and hands after a pet chimpanzee attacked her at a friend’s home in Stamford, Connecticut. The victim, in her 50s, had just arrived at her friend’s house when the chimp, named Travis, became irate and attacked, according to Stamford Police Capt. Rich Conklin

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