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A Baltimore City police officer died of a drug overdose early Friday, Baltimore County police said. Joseph Banks Jr.,25 years old was off duty and at a motel in the 4400 block of Washington Boulevard in Halethorpe, according to a police report. An officer responded to the 4400 block of Washington Boulevard at about 3:10 […]

Comedian Greg Giraldo died Wednesday (September 29) at age 44 from a reportedly accidental prescription-drug overdose. Giraldo had been hospitalized in New Brunswick, New Jersey, after he overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. According to TMZ, the overdose was not a suicide attempt.

TMZ has obtained the 911 call made on Monday night from somebody concerned that "American Idol" champ Fantasia Barrino had just ingested a "bottle of aspirin."