Peter Steele Died of Heart Failure

Petrus T. Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962  – April 14, 2010), better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before joining Type O Negative, he played for the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore.
As the frontman for Type O Negative, Steele was known for his vampiric good looks, rich bass-baritone vocals, and a dark, often self-deprecating sense of humor. His lyrics were often intensely personal, dealing with subjects including love, loss and addiction. Steele credited Black Sabbath and The Beatles as his key musical inspirations.
Biography 

Steele was born in Brooklyn, New York of Polish, Icelandic, Scottish and Russian heritage. He stood 6'8" tall. Before Steele began touring with Type O Negative, he worked for the New York City Parks Department, where his job included driving garbage trucks and steamrollers.
When Type O Negative signed with Roadrunner Records, Steele signed his recording contract with a mixture of his blood and semen. More . . .

Iceland Volcano

Iceland fears eruption could spark another
Flights canceled, state of emergency declared in nearby communities

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby. The eruption at the Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced AYA-feeyapla-yurkul) volcano, located near a glacier of the same name, shot ash and molten lava into the air, but scientists called it mostly peaceful. It occurred just before midnight Saturday (8 p.m. EDT) at a fissure on a slope — rather than at the volcano's summit — so scientists said there was no imminent danger that the glacier would melt and flood the area.

TV footage showed lava flowing along the fissure, and many flights were canceled due to the threat of airborne volcanic ash. After an aerial survey Sunday, scientists concluded the eruption struck near the glacier in an area that had no ice. "This is the best possible place for an eruption," said Tumi Gudmundsson, a geologist at the University of Iceland.

Nonetheless, officials sent phone messages to 450 people between the farming village of Hvolsvollur and the fishing village of Vik, some 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, urging them to evacuate immediately. A state of emergency was declared although there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Evacuation centers were set up near the town of Hella, but many people returned to their homes later Sunday. The most immediate threat was to livestock because of the caustic gases the eruption released. Livestock left behind ...

Raimondo Vianello

He was born in Rome, but spent his in his youth in Split, where his father, Admiral of the Italian Navy directed the local naval academy. During World War II, he joined the Italian Social Republic, the fascist puppet state established in northern Italy after the Allied invasion of Italy. He was captured by American troops. In 1958 he met actress Sandra Mondaini, whom he would marry four years later, and with whom he frequently appeared in TV shows during his whole career.

His first famous partner on the small screen was Ugo Tognazzi with whom, starting from 1954, he hosted the satyrical show Un due tre; the show was halted in 1959 after the duo performed an ironical sketch about the then-president of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi. Vianello then moved full-time to cinema, appearing in a total of 79 films between 1947 and 1968. In the 1970s he returned to RAI (the Italian state network, then the only one existing) with a series of Saturday shows which made him and Mondaini extremely popular as hosts and authors of sketches. During his TV career Vianello also hosted quiz shows, such as Zig Zag on RAI and Il gioco del 9 on Canale 5; he also hosted the 1998 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival and, from 1991 to 1999, Pressing, Mediaset's Sunday night sports talk show.
His best-known and long-lasting TV programme, Casa Vianello, was a sit-com shot from 1988 to 2008 and broadcast by Mediaset channels Canale 5 and later moved to Rete 4, in which he and Mondaini performed as themselves.

He died at the San Raffaele Hospital on 15 April 2010 at the age of 87.

Selected filmography

    * Fifa e arena (1948)
    * My Wife's Enemy (1959)
    * Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
    * Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
    * Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
    * Amore all'italiana (1965)
    * For a Few Dollars Less (1966)
    * Seven Times Seven (1968)

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondo_Vianello