Meanest Story nominee: Jeff Conaway - it was MURDER!

Publication: Globe
Date: 20 June 2011

Last week, the Globe asked what killed Jeff Conaway. This week, they supply the answer.

Girlfriend Vicki Lizzi.

Here are the headlines.

Who fed him fatal drugs?
"I did nothing wrong" girlfriend (Vicki Lizzi)

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

Kick a FRESH corpse, why don'tcha? What killed Jeff Conaway?

Publication: Globe
Date: 13 June 2011

People did not put a tribute to Jeff Conaway on the cover, but the Globe does the next best thing and questions the cause of his death.

Stay classy, Globe!

Breaking news: Jeff Conaway dead at 60

Publication: Associated Press

Date: 27 May 2011

Jeff Conaway, the actor who made his name in the movie Grease and the TV shows Taxi and Babylon 5, has died at the age of 60. Younger viewers will probably know him better from the VH-1 reality shows Celebrity Fit Club and Celebrity Rehab.

Conaway's problems with booze and drugs were both epic and public, but none of the Only Ten Magazines That Matter decided it was worth saying these were his Brave Last Days. There was one headline last week that said John Travolta was trying to save his tragic friend, but saving a tragic friend doe NOT count as a death prediction. He could have just been trying to save him from booze, not the grave.

Best wishes to the friends and family of Jeff Conaway from a fan of Babylon 5.

Surprisingly nice headline of the week: Travolta's battle to save tragic "Taxi" star.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 30 May 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Welcome to 2011 tabloid gossip hell, Jeff Conaway!

For those of you visiting the blog for the first time, know that AMI, the company that owns the National Enquirer and four other gossip rags, hates Scientology with every fiber of their being, hating John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Tom Cruise almost equally. So this week, it comes as a surprise that they put up a positive story about Travolta doing his best to help out his Grease co-star Jeff Conaway, whose problems with booze and pain killers have been well documented on all those miserable celebrity rehab shows.

I have no love for Scientology either, but anyone willing to reach out to help a pal from back in the day is doing the right thing in my book.