DJ AM (A. M. Goldstein; March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American disc jockey (DJ). Obsessed with deejaying as a child, Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. His drug problems worsened until a failed suicide attempt in 1997. He became sober, and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous. He began deejaying and joined the band Crazy Town in 1999 before focusing on a career as a solo DJ. In 2006, he accepted a million-dollar contract to perform weekly at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. In 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker formed the duo TRV$DJAM. They were the only two survivors of a Learjet 60 crash later that year. Goldstein hosted the 2009 drug intervention television series Gone Too Far, and appeared to be struggling with his addiction during filming. In August 2009, he was found dead from a drug overdose. The DJ AM Memorial Fund was launched that year for people recovering from drug addiction.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1822:
The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Territory
1918:
Fighting began during the March Days revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in over 14,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Days
1950:
Usmar Ismail began filming Darah dan Doa, formally recognised as the first Indonesian film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darah_dan_Doa
1972:
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many units of the South Vietnamese Army as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive
2009:
Twelve gunmen attacked the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, and held it for several hours before security forces could retake it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Lahore_police_academy_attacks
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
clerihew: A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clerihew
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood — Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good. --Four Quartets https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Four_Quartets
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