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Obituaries / Jean Renault Lafitte — Lake Eufaula News
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Lake Eufaula News Jean Renault Lafitte died on Thursday, January 1, 2009, at his home near Eufaula.
Jean was born in Beaumont, Texas, on July 14, 1956. A longtime resident of Houston, Texas, Jean graduated from Lamar High School in 1974, and attended the University of Texas and Rice University. A successful career in post-production film editing in Dallas, Texas and Hollywood, California, combined with his love of computers and technology, let to the opportunity for Jean to design and manage the information technology ...
Dec 25, 2008
Obituary: Traci Williams; Actress With Outreach Troupe — Washington Post
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Joe Holley Source:
Washington Post Thursday, December 25, 2008; Page B06
Traci L. Williams, 45, an actress and arts educator with Living Stage Theatre Company from 1985 to 1995 and more recently an administrator with the Church of Scientology, died Dec. 14 of cancer at the Washington Home hospice. She lived in the District.
Living Stage was the community outreach branch of Arena Stage and was led by Robert Alexander.
Ms. Williams, whose stage name was Halima, was a performing artist, writer and educator with the ...
Dec 6, 2008
Anons mark anniversary of a Scientology victim's awful death — Village Voice
Dec 4, 2008
Guard who killed sword-wielder at Scientology center won't face charges — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Author(s):
Harriet Ryan Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A security guard who shot and killed a man wielding samurai swords on the grounds of a Scientology facility in Hollywood will not face criminal charges, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Wednesday.
The decision by prosecutors was in line with the conclusion of Los Angeles police detectives, who determined that the guard, a 64-year-old retired Seal Beach police officer, acted in defense of himself and other guards at the church's Celebrity Centre.
A former Scientologist, Mario Majorski, 48, ...
Nov 25, 2008
A Scientology center's guard kills an Oregon man // The ex-Florence resident's record includes probation, jail time — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s):
Lori Tobias Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A man shot and killed Sunday in front of a Scientology building in Los Angeles was a Florence resident who was on probation for stalking a Lane County judge. Also, he recently had served time in a Florence jail for threatening a tow truck driver. A security guard shot Mario Majorski, 48, after Majorski threatened guests and another security guard with samurai swords at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, Los Angeles police said. Majorski, who had numerous addresses in Los ...
Nov 25, 2008
Man killed at Hollywood Scientology center had made prior threats, police say — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Harriet Ryan ,
James Wagner Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) When he was a UCLA student 15 years ago, Mario Majorski was a committed enough Scientologist that he helped file a federal lawsuit against a professor who called the church a cult. On Sunday, Majorski stormed the church's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood with a sword in each hand. He was shot dead by a security guard who police say had every reason to fear for his life and the lives of hundreds of others gathered on the property. The reasons for ...
Nov 25, 2008
Scientology intruder had been in Lane jail — Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)More: groups.google.com
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Author(s):
Winston Ross Source:
Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The representative, Doug Bushwar, told police he arrived with a can of gas and found [Mario Jay Majorski] standing on the passenger side of his Toyota pickup, which had its flashers on. Behind the truck, there were "small kids' toys lined up in a row on the street," Bushwar told the officer. "He thought this looked very strange," the report said. When Bushwar approached, Majorski became upset and agitated, according to the report, yelling at Bushwar to stay where he was, ...
Nov 24, 2008
Guard fatally shoots man armed with swords at Scientology building — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 24, 2008
Swordsman slain at Scientology center was from out of state, L.A. investigators say — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 23, 2008
Man With Sword Fatally Shot At Scientology Center — KCAL 9 (California)More: cbs2.com , youtube.com
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KCAL 9 (California) HOLLYWOOD (AP) ? Los Angeles police said a security guard at a Scientology building shot and killed a sword-wielding man Sunday. Detective Wendi Berndt said Monday that 48-year-old Mario Majorski of Oregon was shot once as he tried to attack guests with a pair of samurai swords. A Scientology spokesman said Majorski had been a Scientologist in the early 1990s but appeared to have left the church about 15 years ago. Berndt said Majorski was known to the security guards and ...
Nov 23, 2008
Man with sword killed by Scientology guard — ABC 7 (California)More: youtube.com
Nov 19, 2008
Le pouvoir caché — Canal D (Quebec)More: youtube.com
Nov 15, 2008
Scientology protesters gain fans, give tours in Times Square — Village Voice
Nov 14, 2008
Obituaries: Joseph ‘Jody’ Hudson, Cape Region Realtor — Cape Gazette (Delaware)
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Cape Gazette (Delaware) Joseph ‘Jody’ Hudson, Cape Region Realtor
Joseph R. “Jody” Hudson Jr., 59, of Lewes, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at his home. Jody was born March 16, 1949, in Milford, and he was the first of three children born to Joe and the late Faye Hudson.
He graduated from Lewes High School in 1967 and then worked on the family farm until enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard. After his tour in the Coast Guard, Jody came back to Lewes ...
Oct 29, 2008
Milton Katselas dies at 75; acting teacher and director — Los Angeles Times (California)
Oct 27, 2008
Acting teacher Milton Katselas dies — Variety
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Author(s):
Pat Saperstein Source:
Variety Milton Katselas, the charismatic acting teacher to the stars who also directed for stage and screen, died of heart failure Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 75. Katselas founded the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school in 1978 and coached actors including Michelle Pfeiffer, Gene Hackman and George Clooney. His directing career began with an Off Broadway production of Edward Albee’s "The Zoo Story," and he received a Tony nomination in 1969 for his direction of "Butterflies Are ...
Oct 10, 2008
Anti-Psychiatry exhibit causes stir — Harvard Crimson
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Author(s):
Betsy L. Mead Source:
Harvard Crimson From “Free Tibet” to “Stop the Iraq War,” hordes of protesters milling around Out of Town News is no longer a strange sight for students. But the recent exhibition “Psychiatry: Industry of Death” stopped students in their tracks and drew protests of its own to its 30 Brattle Street location. The much-discussed exhibition, which closed last week, was organized by the Citizens Commission for Human Rights, a group that counts the Church of Scientology as one of its sponsors. According to ...
Oct 9, 2008
Death of a nethead — Gawker
Oct 4, 2008
Gloria Lopez — France 2
Oct 2, 2008
19/20 National: Gloria Lopez (French) — France 3
Oct 1, 2008
Mission: Investigate! — Sveriges Television (Sweden)More: Youtube
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Sveriges Television (Sweden) Tag(s):
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Bo Persson •
Brainwashing •
Cecilia Lind •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clark Carr •
Communications Course •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
E-Meter •
Fair game •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Harassment •
Human Rights Committee (Sweden) •
Håkan Järvå •
Income •
Infiltration •
Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer •
Medical claims •
Membership •
Michael Pattinson •
Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) •
Narconon International •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operation Snow White •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Public funding •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rickard Sulek •
Robert B. "Bob" Adams •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Schools •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Sveriges Television (Sweden) •
Sweden •
Tarja Vulto •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Ulf Brettstam •
Vanna Beckman •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Åsa Graaf Sep 26, 2008
Obituaries: Charles Patrick "Chuck" Neal — Sonoma Index-RegisterMore: link
Aug 25, 2008
Beck still puzzled about Scientology-linked deaths — Channel 3 (New Zealand)
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Channel 3 (New Zealand) Rocker Beck is still trying to make sense of the deaths of two acquaintances that have been linked to his Church of Scientology faith. Theresa Duncan died of a drug overdose in July 2007 after telling friends she feared Scientologists were stalking her for trying to help Beck escape from the Church. Her grief-stricken fiance Jeremy Blake committed suicide a week later. Beck maintains he knew Blake socially but only knew Duncan through a film script she handed him, about a ...
Aug 17, 2008
Obituaries: Jon Alan Stearman — Orange County Register
Aug 13, 2008
Stroke killed singer Isaac Hayes — BBC News
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BBC News Soul legend Isaac Hayes, who died aged 65 on Sunday, was killed by a stroke, US authorities have said. The musician's doctor listed it on his death certificate, while there has been no post mortem, said Memphis sheriff's spokesman Steve Shular. Mr Shular added that Dr David Kraus was treating Hayes, who suffered a stroke in 2006, for high blood pressure. The Oscar-winner was found at home by members of his family lying next to a treadmill which was still switched ...
Aug 12, 2008
Isaac Hayes was no expert Scientologist — Village Voice
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Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice As Rob Harvilla, the Voice music editor, pointed out to us yesterday, there was one really awful detail in the news this weekend about the death of the legendary Isaac Hayes - that the 65-year-old singer was found next to a treadmill which was still running. Chilling. Naturally, there's been some speculation in the press about Hayes and his religion, the wacky cabal of L. Ron Hubbard worshippers at Scientology. Hayes was one of Scientology's high-profile celebrity members, which (supposedly) led ...
Aug 11, 2008
Isaac Hayes' History With Scientology — FOX News
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Author(s):
Roger Friedman Source:
FOX News My friend, Isaac Hayes, died on Sunday, and his passing leaves many unanswered questions. The great R&B star, actor, DJ, performer and family man, the composer of “Soul Man,” “Hold On I’m Coming” and other hits by Sam Moore and Dave Prater like “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby,” also was a member of the Church of Scientology. Isaac was found dead by his treadmill, but conveniently missing from the wire stories was a significant fact: in January 2006, Isaac ...
Jul 30, 2008
Scientology dad sought help for daughter before stabbings — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News A Sydney judge has found a father's association with Scientology did not affect the treatment of his daughter's mental illness before she stabbed him and her sister to death. The 26-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with killing her father and sister in July last year and inflicting grievous bodily harm on her mother. Justice Michael Grove today found her not guilty by reason of mental illness. The court had previously been told the woman was denied ...
Jul 28, 2008
Murder accused mentally ill, court told — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News A Sydney woman charged with the stabbing murder of her father and sister has pleaded not guilty due to mental illness. The 26-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with murdering her father and younger sister at their Revesby home in Sydney's south-west in July 2007. She has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent to murder her mother. The court previously heard the woman was diagnosed with a mental ...
Jul 18, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 14: Death and Resurrection
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