PM News, Lagos: Goldie Died Of Drugs— Sources

Nigeria’s music diva, Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey, popularly known as Goldie, who died Thursday night may have died as a result of doping complications, close sources to her said.

She died last night at Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, and barely few hours after she arrived from Los Angeles, United States of America.

Goldie: shocking death

Goldie’s death was confirmed yesterday by her management via her Facebook Page and Twitter handle. The post reads: “It is with heavy heart that I have to announce to you all that Goldie passed on this night (last night) shortly after arriving Lagos from Los Angeles. May her soul rest in the eternal peace of the Lord… Amin.”

The main cause of her death is still sketchy as at time of filing this report. Goldie was said to have been rushed to Reddington Hospital by close friend, Denrele Edun from her Park View residence after she complained of headache.

But a source close to the music star confided in P.M.NEWS that Goldie died of complications from the use of drugs. “She had complications from the use of dope. I guess things went wrong this time around.”

Another source also told P.M.NEWS this morning that “she had been into this drug stuff for some time now. I believe that contributed to her death.” Goldie, who represented Nigeria at last year’s Big Brother Amplified (BBA) in South Africa, is signed to Kennis Music.

Keke Ogungbe, the President of Kennis Music, confirmed the death of the songstress in a statement this morning. “On behalf of Kennis Music, I’m sad to officially confirm the shocking and untimely passage of Nigeria’s pop star, Goldie Harvey. With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey. Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache at her Park View residence shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award.

“She was rushed to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival. We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance Goldie passed away, the abundance of talent she has exhibited in her but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her. She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters.”

The remains of Goldie, who hails from Ekiti State have been deposited at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital mortuary.

The deceased attended Green Springs Montessori Primary School and St. John’s College, Palm Grove before moving on to the University of Sunderland where she studied Business Management.

She joined Kennis Music in 2010 and had her debut album, Gold. Some of her hit songs are “You Know It”, “JawoJawo” and DTMB (Don’t Touch My Body).

In her music career, Goldie received 10 awards, including Exquisite Lady of the year, Best Female Artiste award and City People Best Female Artiste of the year.

Goldie became the final celebrity to exit the BBA7 star game house in 2012 as the 3rd runner up.

Apocalypse Now?...Meteorite Injures Hundreds After Streaking Across Russia's Ural Mountains (VIDEO, PICTURES)

Hundreds of people have been left injured after a meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Ural mountains.

Fragments of the meteor fell to the ground, breaking windows and setting off car alarms in the Chelyabinsk region while a series of loud bangs caused panic amid initial fears there had been a plane crash.

One eyewitness told The Moscow Times: "It started to explode in the air and then continued to the earth. There are black clouds over the city. Everybody thought war had broken out."
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A government official told Interfax: "The flashes in the lower layers of the atmosphere caused by a meteor shower were recorded above both the Urals and the Volga Federal District, the impact of which caused windows to shatter in the upper floors of buildings."

The majority of injuries were minor, caused by broken glass. According to the Natural History Museum, there have been no recorded deaths due to a meteorite fall.

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Former Big Brother Housemate, Goldie Dead

Former Big Brother housemate, Goldie Harvey is dead. Goldie – real name – died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache at her Park View, Ikoyi, Lagos residence shortly after her arrival from the United States according to an official statement released by the President of Kennis Music, Keke Ogungbe.

The statement further explains, “She was rushed to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.”

Ogungbe describes Goldie’s death as “shocking and untimely”.

He said, We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance Goldie passed away, the abundance of talent she has exhibited in her short but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her.

“She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters. We deeply sympathise with her family and fans all over the world and very grateful to all and sundry, especially, the vibrant Nigerian media for their concern and prompt reportage.”

Goldie has just jetted back to Nigeria after a short visit to the United States of America where she attended this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony.

Meanwhile, the remains of Goldie, who hails from Ekiti State are been preserved at the mortuary of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos. The family will announce the burial arrangements

Her latest musical releases included “Skibo”, Miliki" and "Got To Have It" off her album “African Invasion”.

Goldie was romantically linked to rapper Prezzo.

May her soul rest in peace.

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Man Who Dug Out And Ate His Own Eye Faces Execution Despite History Of Mental Health Issues

How insane does one have to be to avoid being executed?

That's the question asked by longtime capital punishment lawyer Marc Bookman in an essay published this week in Mother Jones about Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas.

In 2004, Thomas killed his estranged wife, his 4-year-old son and her 13-month-old daughter "in the most bizarre case in Grayson County history," Bookman writes.
Andre had cut out the children's hearts and returned home with the organs in his pockets ... he was careful to use three different knives so that the blood from each body would not cross-contaminate, thereby ensuring that the demons inside each of them would die. He then stabbed himself in the chest, but he did not die as he had hoped. In fact, he was well enough to leave a message on his wife's parents' phone explaining that he thought he was in hell, and he managed to confess to the police what he had done before they took him in for emergency surgery.

Bookman, who has never represented Thomas, told The Huffington Post he believes the 29-year-old defendant, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005, will eventually be spared from execution. He points out that, while behind bars, Thomas gouged out each of his eyes in two separate incidents, and on the most recent occasion ate his left eye.

Thomas "didn't want the government to read his thoughts, so he ate the eye because he was certain they would figure out some way to put it back in," Bookman writes.

"I'm hoping at this point, someone will take a step back and say it's just not civilized to seek someone's execution when that person is so profoundly mentally ill," Bookman told HuffPost. "He wasn't culpable in the way that someone who is not mentally ill would be."

In order to be found not guilty by reason of insanity, the defense's case "hinges on a defendant's inability to connect his crime with the consequences," Bookman writes. In Texas, a suspected killer whose insanity was caused by voluntary intoxication can't use insanity as a defense.

That's exactly what the prosecution in Thomas' case successfully argued. Grayson County district attorneys said the crimes were likely sparked by Thomas' ingestion of cough medicine, alcohol and marijuana.

Bookman said Thomas' trial attorneys didn't bring up their client's long personal and family history of mental illness.

"As with many of these cases, the defense at trial did not do a particularly great job," Bookman said. "They didn't have much of the evidence of his mental illness. It wasn't until his federal lawyers got involved that these records came to light."

Thomas, as Bookman documents, comes from at least two generations of family members with serious mental health problems.

Maurie Levin, Thomas' lead attorney handling his appeal, said her client has been hearing voices in his head since he was 9 years old.

Thomas said he killed his three victims because he believed he heard a message from God telling him to kill "Jezebel, the Antichrist, and a related evil spirit," Bookman writes. He also notes that even doctors representing the state have diagnosed him as a paranoid schizophrenic.

"I don't think he knew right from wrong," Bookman said. "He has been under the sway of delusions for a large part of his life. At some point he says when he hears voices, he's not sure who's speaking, if it's his voice or if it's someone else's voice."

Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown said there was ample evidence presented at trial that showed Thomas knew what he was doing was wrong.

"He ran away from the crime scene and tried to avoid detection. He took equipment to the scene to cover up what he was doing, and there was planning of the deaths," Brown said. "When he's going away from the scene, he hears sirens and runs away. If you don't know you've done something wrong, then why would you run?"

Brown also said Thomas turned down a plea deal for life in prison.

"He had mental illness, but that's not the standard for exoneration in the case. And his mental illness was caused or at least exacerbated by heavy drug use," Brown said.

Levin said she knows she faces extra hurdles in Texas, a state responsible for 37 percent of all executions in America since 1977, but she's cautiously optimistic her client will stave off lethal injection.

"I have to have faith that any reasonable judge will see the travesty of pressing the execution of somebody as mentally ill as Andre," Levin said.

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One of these men will be the next pope...meet the candidates

1. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana

Cardinal Peter Turkson is the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. He studied at St. Teresa's Seminary in the village of Amisano and later at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York, where he obtained a Master's degree in Theology. He was ordained into priesthood by Archbishop John Amissah in 1975. In 1992, Turkson was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast by Pope John Paul II and then made him Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio in 2003. He is the first Ghanaian cardinal. If elected, he will be the first black pope and pope from Africa.

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2. Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada


Cardinal Marc Ouellet is the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He was previously the archbishop of Quebec and primate of Canada. He is a strong candidate for the next pope, but Ouellet once called the idea of being pope "a nightmare."

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3. Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria


Cardinal Francis Arinze is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni. He was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II. If elected, he will be the first black pope and pope from Africa.

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4. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Argentina


Cardinal Leonardo Sandri was born to Italian parents, but raised in Buenos Aires. He is the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. If elected, he will be the first pope from South America.

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5. Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras


Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa and President of Caritas Internationalis, elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He was a contender for papacy during the last conclave when Pope Benedict XVI was elected. Maradiaga is an advocate of global anti-corruption and the pardoning of debt for poorer countries.

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6. Archbishop Angelo Scola of Italy


Angelo Scola was appointed Archbishop of Milan by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 and was previously Patriarch of Venice. He is a scholar on Islam and Catholic-Muslim dialogue.

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7. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi of Italy


Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian prelate and serves in the Roman Curia as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. He was elevated to cardinalate by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He is described as intellectually brilliant and a great communicator both in and out of the church.

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8. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Italy


Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco is the Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, elevated to cardinalate in 2007. He is considered to be more conservative in his views.

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9. Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Austria


Cardinal Christoph Schonborn is the Archbishop of Vienna and President of the Austrian Bishops Conference, elevated to cardinalate in 1998. He recently allowed a gay catholic to serve on a parish council.

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10. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of Italy


Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone serves as serves as Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo and was previously the Archbishop of Vercelli. He was elevated to cardinalate in 2003.