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Heart attacks. Plane crashes. Car crashes. Drug overdoses. Murder. Over the years, these have become some of the most common causes of the often shocking deaths in the music industry. On a lighter note, some might argue that even ham sandwiches have been involved.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/29/phil_spector_sentenced_19_years_to_life_1 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:54:48 EST Entertainment News 124459@http://www.starpulse.com/news Music producer Phil Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/13/phil_spector_convicted_of_murder Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:09:35 EST Entertainment News 118166@http://www.starpulse.com/news Music producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of second-degree murder after a six month retrial in Los Angeles. Jurors, who were handed the case on March 26,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/05/ex_phil_spector_girlfriend_alcohol_made_ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:02:14 EST Entertainment News 102765@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman who dated Phil Spector for four years testified Tuesday in his murder retrial that liquor transformed the legendary music producer into "a demon."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/18/ex_cop_called_back_to_testify_against_ph Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 101191@http://www.starpulse.com/news A retired New York cop has been called back to court for Phil Spector's murder retrial after a Los Angeles judge rejected pleas to ignore his testimony. The music mogul's lawyers argued

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/19/hotel_sues_phil_spector_over_100_000_unp Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:43:01 EST Entertainment News 90500@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles hotel is suing Phil Spector, his wife and agent for failing to pay more than $100,000 in accommodations for lawyers

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/29/new_defense_team_for_music_producer_phil Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:00:50 EST Entertainment News 82669@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Spector made a brief court appearance Friday in which his new lawyer said he could not be ready for the music producer's murder retrial until September at the earliest.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/09/death_of_spector_witness_will_not_affect Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:07:34 EST Entertainment News 73725@http://www.starpulse.com/news The death of a woman who testified against Phil Spector at his murder trial last year won't affect the music producer's upcoming second trial, prosecutors claim.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/23/phil_spector_still_looking_for_a_new_lea Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:04:34 EST Entertainment News 65052@http://www.starpulse.com/news Music producer Phil Spector was back in court on Monday to tell a judge he's still searching for a new lead lawyer to defend him at his retrial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/27/judge_declares_mistrial_in_phil_spector_ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:21:14 EST Entertainment News 61489@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The murder trial of music producer Phil Spector ended in a mistrial Wednesday because of a deadlocked jury.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/10/phil_spector_s_wife_threatened_with_cont Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:54:38 EST Entertainment News 59316@http://www.starpulse.com/news Phil Spector's young wife has been told she faces a contempt of court charge if reports she's planning to prematurely speak out about her husband's murder trial are true.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/05/lana_clarkson_chased_fame_but_found_it_o Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:36:53 EST Entertainment News 58625@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Spector spent only three hours with actress Lana Clarkson before she died, but during his five-month murder trial he and the public have come to know her as an ambitious dreamer who chased fame only to find it in death.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/28/phil_spector_trial_testimony_ends_after_ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:24:34 EST Entertainment News 57767@http://www.starpulse.com/news The final day of testimony in the Phil Spector murder trial ended on Monday after 77 witnesses had taken the stand. Judge Larry Paul Fidler wrapped up proceedings, which began in April, at Los Angeles Superior Court, after the music mogul's defense team presented the jurors with a string of desperate emails tragic actress Lana Clarkson wrote before her death in February 2003.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/27/phil_spector_s_lawyer_quits Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:31:55 EST Entertainment News 57601@http://www.starpulse.com/news Troubled music mogul Phil Spector's lawyer has quit over "a difference of opinion". Bruce Cutler has revealed he is no longer representing Spector as the record producer's murder trial winds down in Los Angeles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/21/music_producer_phil_spector_won_t_take_w Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:18:22 EST Entertainment News 56745@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The defense tentatively rested in Phil Spector's murder trial Tuesday without calling the music producer to testify on his own behalf.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/15/judge_rules_spector_defense_violated_evi Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:02:35 EST Entertainment News 56047@http://www.starpulse.com/news The judge at the Phil Spector murder trial has ruled the defense violated evidence regulations with a surprise testimony about how actress Lana Clarkson lived for "several minutes" after she was shot. Judge Larry Paul Fidler objected to the defence not giving the prosecution fair warning of evidence given by forensic scientist Michael Baden on Tuesday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/14/spector_still_producing_despite_murder_t Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:20:33 EST Entertainment News 55768@http://www.starpulse.com/news Legendary music producer Phil Spector is continuing to work during his murder trial. Spector is recording solo newcomer Hargo's debut album in the evenings after his weekday appearances in a Los Angeles court, where he has pleaded not guilty to the fatal shooting of Lana Clarkson at his Alhambra, California mansion in February 2003.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/10/clarkson_publicist_rules_out_suicide Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:15:41 EST Entertainment News 55428@http://www.starpulse.com/news The publicist who once represented tragic actress Lana Clarkson has ruled out claims she killed herself at music producer Phil Spector's California mansion - because she was preparing for a major comedy project.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/10/judge_allows_fifth_woman_to_testify_spec Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:48:02 EST Entertainment News 55373@http://www.starpulse.com/news A fifth woman will be allowed to testify that Phil Spector threatened her with a gun at the music producer's murder trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/09/jurors_in_spector_murder_trial_visit_man Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:52:14 EST Entertainment News 55292@http://www.starpulse.com/news ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) - Jurors visited Phil Spector's mansion Thursday to get a firsthand look at the place where actress Lana Clarkson died four years ago.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/07/hollywood_director_michael_bay_testifies Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:38:05 EST Entertainment News 54785@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The director of this summer's blockbuster ''Transformers'' was called by prosecutors as a rebuttal witness at Phil Spector's murder trial on Monday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/02/phil_spector_s_daughter_testifies_as_def Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:39:54 EST Entertainment News 54127@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Spector's daughter took the witness stand Wednesday as the defense's case wound down in his murder trial, but the judge only allowed her to testify that he is right-handed and stopped questioning that suggested he was an attentive father.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/25/spector_judge_refuses_to_drop_case Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:14:41 EST Entertainment News 53107@http://www.starpulse.com/news The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial has rejected a bid by his defense team to have the case dismissed. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler said there was "more than enough" evidence to allow the murder charge to be presented to the jury.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/25/michael_bay_denies_snubbing_lana_clarkso Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:32:57 EST Entertainment News 53040@http://www.starpulse.com/news Moviemaker Michael Bay has disputed claims he snubbed actress Lana Clarkson at a party two days before her death, insisting he cannot remember the encounter. Clarkson, who was shot dead at producer Phil Spector's California mansion in February 2003, was reportedly devastated by the fact Transformers director Bay didn't remember her.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/24/spector_prosecutors_rest_their_case Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:12:43 EST Entertainment News 52879@http://www.starpulse.com/news Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder trial have finally rested their case three months after the trial began. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detective Richard Tomlin was the prosecution's last witness - he claimed the music producer's defense team failed to hand over a white object allegedly taken from the crime scene.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/19/spector_trial_hears_contradictory_blood_ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 52378@http://www.starpulse.com/news A forensics expert has testified at the Phil Spector murder trial that the kind of gunshot wound that killed actress Lana Clarkson can cause blood to splatter more than three feet. Defense witness James Pax's testimony at the Los Angeles Superior Court hearing on Wednesday contradicted prosecution claims that blood cannot travel that far.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/spector_aamp_clarkson_had_drugs_aamp_alc Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:30:00 EST Entertainment News 52194@http://www.starpulse.com/news The jury at the Phil Spector murder trial has heard how both the music producer and shooting victim Lana Clarkson had drugs and alcohol in their systems at the time of the actress' death. The Los Angeles Superior Court trial heard from two toxicologists, both defense witnesses, on Tuesday, who told the jury Spector had ingested anti-depressant Prozac and anti-seizure drugs Topamax and Neurontin, as well as alcohol.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/12/ex_spector_lawyer_could_face_jail_time_f Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:50:51 EST Entertainment News 51178@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former attorney for Phil Spector could face jail time if she refuses to testify at the music producer's murder trial about a possible piece of evidence allegedly withheld by a defense expert.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/spector_forensics_expert_heads_for_china Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:49:15 EST Entertainment News 51146@http://www.starpulse.com/news Phil Spector's legal team has been dealt a blow in the record producer's ongoing murder trial - one of their leading witnesses has left America. Forensics expert Henry Lee was billed as the secret scientific weapon of Spector's defense, and he was expected to testify on the producer's behalf.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/playwright_witness_in_phil_spector_murde Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:28:07 EST Entertainment News 51026@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Lana Clarkson chased Hollywood fame but found only rejection in her later years, a playwright who hired and fired her just before her death testified in Phil Spector's murder trial Tuesday.

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