McSkillet, Popular YouTube Personality, Dies in High-Speed Crash

McSkillet, one of the more popular personalities on YouTibe, caused a wrong-way car crash on Thursday that killed himself, a woman and her 12-year-old daughter in San Diego.

News about the horrific incident only went public on Saturday afternoon.

The 18-year-old viral star, born Trevor Heitmann, was reportedly driving his black McLaren 650S at close to 100 miles per hour south into oncoming traffic in the northbound carpool lane near University City on the I-805 highway.

The vehicle struck a 2010 Hyundai SUV, causing it to burst into flames.

An unidentified 43-year old woman and her child died in the accident.

The California Highway Patrol confirmed the fatal crash took place on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. on August 23.

All three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, with The San Diego Medical Examiner reporting that Heitmann died due to “blunt force trauma.”

Heitmann is a wildly beloved presence on YouTube.

He has close to 900,000 subscribers on his channel.

The teenager first rose to popularity as a player of Counter Strike: Global Offensive, a first person video game.

He was later known for trading “skins,” which are digital files used to customize the appearance of the game’s players.

Incredibly, and very disturbingly, this car accident took place about 30 minutes after Heitmann also crashed his sports car into a gate at Ashley Falls Elementary School, San Diego Police have said.

After crashing through the gate, Heitmann exited his car and smashed a window at the school.

This is a photo from the scene of the deadly crash::

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the crash impacted almost a dozen automobiles caught in rush hour traffic, with “multiple vehicles on fire,” CHP Officer Mary Bailey told the newspaper.

One individual was reportedly seriously injured but is expected to survive.

“People were running around … and someone was on the ground,” an eyewitness told this publication of what transpired on the highway, adding:

“They were trying to help him, he was raising his hand, and they were just surrounding him.”

It’s unclear right now whether or not McSkillet intentionally drove the wrong way down this road.

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Ed Schultz: Former MSNBC Host and Radio Personality Passes Away at 64

Ed Schultz has passed away.at his lake home in Minnesota.

The former MSNBC host and radio personality died from natural causes.

Schultz was 64 years old.

Schultz began his career in Fargo, broadcasting the news on both TV and radio in the 1890s.

Eventually, he began work as a commentator and host at MSNBC.

He was known for his progressive values, particularly as he championed the rights of workers.

He was a passionate defender of middle class and working class Americans, and used his show as a platform on which to espouse those values.

The Ed Show was broadcast on weekday afternoons until its cancelation in 2015.

In 2016, Ed Schultz puzzled some with his controversial choice.

After years of verbally excoriating Russian President Vladimir Putin, he went to work for the American version of RT, Russia’s state-controlled media and Putin’s personal propaganda machine.

But Schultz objected to the characterization, and explained his choice.

“RT completes the picture of the events in the U.S. and around the globe,” Schultz said. “Giving viewers access to a range of stories, voices and opinions, and a real opportunity to speak their minds.”

There are certainly plenty of arguments in favor of keeping an eye on how even hostile foreign governments are presenting the news.

Ed Schultz married his current wife, Wendy Schultz, in 1998.

Just a few years before his death, he revealed her struggle with ovarian cancer.

Wendy is the mother of Ed’s six children.

It was in seeking medical treatment for his mother during her battle with Alzheimer’s in the 1990s that his political leanings swung towards the left.

Ed has stated that he and his sons are gun owners, but that he supports certain gun control regulations.

He has stated that he does not believe in abortion because of his Christian beliefs, but he has also acknowledged that Roe v Wade is the law of the land.

Ed passed away on Thursday, July 5 of natural causes.

His death came as a shock to people who had followed his career for years or even decades, going back to when he was a sportscaster in Fargo.

Ed had friendships on both sides of the political aisle. Standing up for working Americans should not be considered partisan.

Ed Schultz will be sorely missed by his friends and loved ones.

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Joey Boots Dies: Howard Stern Personality Was 49 Years Old

Bad news: 2016 has stolen yet another celebrity from us.

Joey Boots is dead.

Joey was known for his work on the Howard Stern Show — he was very popular as one of the Wack Packers, and for shouting “Baba Booey!” on the show — and he also had his own podcast.

But yesterday evening, Joey failed to show up to record the podcast.

The guys sent out his fellow Wack Packer, High Pitch Erik, to check on Joey at his New York apartment

When Joey didn’t answer the door, Erik asked a building manager to open it, and that’s when they found him, slumped over in a chair, dead.

What’s worse, an audibly upset Erik recounted the entire event right on the podcast.

You can listen to the audio below, but be warned, it’s hard to listen to:

Joey Boots Found Dead by High Pitch Erik

In a shaky voice, Erik explains how Joey wouldn’t come to the door, and how when the building manager opened the door, they saw his body.

The other hosts don’t believe him at first, it sounds like they thought he was joking, but it’s obvious that Erik was genuinely freaked out.

The clip ends with Erik telling the guys to end the show.

When his body was found, it was cold, and there was no sign of any trauma.

It’s believed that Joey died from natural causes, but of course we won’t know more until he’s examined.

He did suffer from diabetes, but he was only 49 years old.

It really is a shocking loss.

After the news broke that he had died, Howard Stern tweeted a sweet-ish message in his memory.

“Tribute to the one and only Joey B in the new year,” he wrore. “He will be missed.”

Stern also added the fitting hashtag “BabaooeyHowardSternpenis.”

Memet Walker, the staffer for the Howard Stern show, shared a photo of himself with Joey, and his caption read “Joey Boots wasn’t a Wack Packer to me … he was a genuine friend.”

“I’m gonna miss you like hell, buddy.”

Other friends and coworkers echoed the same sentiment: it seems like Joey was well-loved by all those who knew him.

Our condolences go out to those mourning him.

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Stacy Fawcett: Dallas TV Personality Stabbed to Death by Son

Dallas TV personality Stacy Fawcett died last night after her 19-year-old son McCann Utu Jr. stabbed her in her home, reports People.

Known as “Dallas’ Favorite Foodie,” the 45-year-old Fawcett and her youngest son, 17-year-old Josiah Utu, were attacked by McCann early Friday, according to the Plano Police Department.

Police reports indicate that a male suspect called 911 to report that he had committed the murders, and officers were dispatched to the home.

Once there, officers “made entry into the residence and discovered a deceased adult male and adult female along with another adult male who was alive with multiple stab wounds.”

McCann was taken to a nearby hospital and later died from the injuries.

A motive has still not been identified, but The Dallas Morning News reports that McCann “had been troubled for years” following two concussions that severely altered his personality.

McCann suffered the first concussion while playing basketball for his high school and the second during an altercation with another student.

“The McCann I knew, he would never do something like that,” a childhood friend of the trouble teen told the paper. “He loved Josiah, he loved his mom.”

Fawcett was a popular food blogger who also had a segment on Daybreak, a morning news show on Dallas’ WFAA-TV Channel 8. 

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Miley Cyrus: Changing Her Personality For Liam Hemsworth?

It’s been two months since we first learned that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are back together, and while Miley has remained her usual bonkers self on social media, one tabloid is claiming she’s become a very different person at home.

“[Miley] has been cooking and cleaning for Liam, waiting on him hand and foot,” a source close to the couple tells Us Weekly, and while there’s certainly nothing wrong with the singer playing house like some sort of stoned June Cleaver, it’s her alleged reason for becoming domesticated that’s a bit unsettling:

“She wants to make sure she keeps him,” says the insider.

As you probably know, Miley and Liam’s relationship has fizzled out once before, and this isn’t the first report of the 23-year-old changing her ways in order keep it from happening again.

There have even been rumors about Miley getting pregnant in order to “trap” Liam.  

While we seriously doubt she’d ever take it that far, we could see how having endured a painful breakup with the same guy once before might make Miley a bit nervous about the prospect of things ending badly again.

Unfortunately, the source claims that Miley’s even gone so far as to ditch her friends in order to keep Liam happy:

“She either doesn’t answer their calls or says she’s not going out,” says the insider. “Liam never liked that she got crazy, so Miley’s making big changes. She doesn’t want to screw it up.”

Still no official word on whether or not there’s any truth to the rumors of Miley and Liam getting engaged, but if she really is losing touch who she is because of this dude, we’re hoping he never puts a ring on it.

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