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Lead Singer Of Quiet Riot Found Dead In Home At 52

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 27, 2007

Kevin DuBrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with "Cum on Feel the Noize," was found dead in a Las Vegas home. He was 52.

The cause was not immediately known.

A neighbor summoned police and paramedics Sunday to the house where he was pronounced dead, police and coroner's officials said.

There was no forced entry, and no suspicious circumstances were reported, police Officer Jose Montoya said Monday.
Quiet Riot was perhaps best known for its 1983 cover of "Cum on Feel the Noize." The song, featuring DuBrow's powerful, gravelly voice, appeared on the band's album "Metal Health" - which was the first by a metal band to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

DuBrow recorded his first solo album in 2004, "In for the Kill," and the band's last studio CD, "Rehab," came out in October 2006.

"I can't even find words to say," Quiet Riot drummer Frank Banali wrote on his Web site. "Please respect my privacy as I mourn the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend Kevin DuBrow."

Determination of the cause of death was pending an autopsy and toxicology results, Clark County coroner's spokeswoman Samantha Charles said.

Seinfeld Welcomed Warmly In Israel

Jerry Seinfeld's trip to the Holy Land got so much hype it rivaled news of key upcoming Mideast talks.

The Jewish comic visited Israel for the first time in decades to promote his new animated movie about bees, and he was treated like royalty - literally.

Few entertainers get to meet both the Israeli prime minister and president. Seinfeld saw both, as well as toured the official Israeli Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem - the route taken by visiting world leaders.

Newspapers devoted nearly full-pages to his trip. And references to his humor crept into serious items in the news.

"Yada, yada, yada," said TV political analyst Amnon Abramovitz on Sunday about the Mideast meeting called by President Bush, quoting one of the best-known phrases from Seinfeld's TV show.

The comedian himself seemed awed by his reception. He said it was quite a contrast to his last trip to Israel in 1971 as a 15-year-old volunteer on a collective farm.

"I would be in the fields, and nobody wanted my autograph and nobody wanted to take their picture with me," he told reporters in Tel Aviv. "They just let me hack away at those banana leaves, and no, I didn't meet the prime minister even once."

Pavarotti's Widow Sues Friends

Luciano Pavarotti's widow has sued two friends of the late tenor for $44 million, claiming their comments about her marriage were defamatory.

Nicoletta Mantovani filed the lawsuit last month after warning that speculation about the state of her marriage to Pavarotti would not be tolerated, her lawyer said Monday.

Pavarotti died Sept. 6 of pancreatic cancer at age 71. Soon after, friends close to the tenor told Italian media that he had been unhappy in the marriage, and that Mantovani was fighting his grown daughters from an earlier marriage over his estate.

"Since the comments did not cease - and were, in fact, reiterated - Mantovani had no choice but to file the lawsuit," lawyer Anna Maria Bernini said.

Today's Birthdays

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is 50. Actor Jaleel White is 31.

Source: The Associated Press

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