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3420 W. Slauson Avenue, in South-Central Los Angeles: It was here at 3:18 PM on  March 31, 2019, that Grammy award-winning rapper "Nipsey Hussle" was shot and killed in the parking lot of his The Marathon clothing store.
 
The now-closed store was located in a small shopping center, just west of the corner of Slauson & Crenshaw. Hussle (whose real name was Airmiess Joseph Asghedom) had bought the center in an attempt to give back to the troubled neighborhood where he had grown-up

He had been socializing with local fans in the parking lot, and talking to 29-year-old Eric Ronald Holder Jr. (a failed rapper and  member of the same Rollin’ 60s gang that Hussle had once belonged to), when, a few minutes later, Holder returned and shot Hussle 11 times (and kicked him twice in the head), killing him and wounding two bystanders.

Holder was convicted of first-degree murder in July 2022 and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison

Here is a Google StreetView of the shopping center.
[ Warning: This may be an unsafe neighborhood. ]

Off BIG TUJUNGA CANYON ROAD, Sunland / Tujunga, CA:  actor Mark Salling, who played the bully 'Puck' on TV's popular musical show, "GLEE".

On the morning of January 30, 2018, police found his body in a wooded creek area near Pine Canyon.  He had reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself.  He was 35 years old.

Salling had pled guilty to possessing child pornography, and was soon to be sentenced.  With his career in ruins, and facing four to seven had plead guilty years in prison, he apparently drove his car to this secluded area, parked at the roadside, and hanged himself from a tree near the creek.

The spot is difficult to map precisely.  About 25 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, on a winding mountain road, Google maps the small area where he parked his car as 6357 Big Tujunga Canyon Road, in Sunland-Tujunga, CA. But that changes abruptly to 10619 on the Google map, just a few yards south of the spot.

Bing Maps add more confusion.  They map the parking spot as 4496 Big Tujunga Canyon Road (but changes abruptly to 12500 just a few feet to the south).

It's probably best to stick with the GPS coordinates, which are 34.292229, -118.286290 on both maps.

Here is a Google StreetView of the parking area.

1001 W. Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA: Alan Thicke, the actor who played 'Jason Seaver', the dad on the hit '80s sitcom "Growing Pains", was born in Canada and was an avid ice hockey fan.

On the morning of December 13, 2016, Alan met up with his son and friends for their weekly pickup hockey game at Pickwick Gardens, an ice skating rink in Burbank (which happens to be less than two miles from Warner Bros studios, where they used to film "Growing Pains").

He was playing on the ice around 11:30 AM, when he suffered a heart attack.  An ambulance arrived and took him to the nearby Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead within 30 minutes.

Here is a Google StreetView of the ice rink.

3866 Berry Drive, Studio City, CA: The home of Anton Yelchin, the actor who played 'Ensign Chekov' in the trio of new "Star Trek" movies, was killed in a freak accident on the night of June 18, 2016.

According to initial reports, he had apparently stepped out of his Jeep Grand Cherokee, leaving it in neutral, and was behind it when his SUV rolled down his steep driveway and crushed him against a brick column and an iron gate at the bottom of that driveway.

Yelchin had taken over the role of 'Chekov', the young Russian member of the Enterprise bridge crew (a role originally played by Walter Koenig, in the original '60s TV series), in the 2009 reboot, "Star Trek", and its two sequels, 2013's "Star Trek: Into Darkness" and 2016's "Star Trek: Beyond".

Like his Trek character, Yelchin was born in Russia, but his parents moved to the U.S. when he was a baby.

He was only 27 years old at the time of his death.

(Ironically, Trek's original 'Chekov' actor, Walter Koenig, is still alive and healthy, at age 83.)

Here is a Google StreetView of the driveway where the event occurred.

25800 Pacific Coast Highway, in Malibu: Olympian Bruce Jenner was driving north on PCH around noon on February 7, 2015, when he was involved in a fatal four-car accident.


Jenner (who was in the process of transitioning into a woman at the time) was driving a black Cadillac Escalade SUV, towing a dune buggy, and was being followed by paparazzi.  Reportedly, video of the moment shows that he swerved to avoid stopped traffic in front of him, but couldn't avoid smashing into the back of a white Lexus in front of him.  The impact sent the Lexus into oncoming traffic, where it was struck by a black Hummer.  The older woman driving the Lexus died at the scene.  According to reports, the momentum then carried Jenner's SUV into a white Prius that had been stopped ahead of the Lexus.


Jenner wasn't injured, he apparently wasn't speeding, and tests showed he wasn't under the influence of alcohol.  (Five months later, Bruce reemerged as 'Caitlyn Jenner'.)


Here is a Google StreetView of the spot where the accident happened.








38802 San Francisquito Canyon Road, in Green Valley, CA: where, on January 31, 2015, Ricardo Medina Jr., the actor who had played the red "Power Ranger", in the show's 10th season, was arrested for stabbing his roommate (Joshua Sutter) to death (in the abdomen) with a Samurai sword.


Medina claimed self-defense, saying that Sutter had beaten him up, and that after Medina locked himself in his bedroom (with his girlfriend), Sutter broke into the room.


The next year, he was charged with murder.  In early 2016, as part of a plea deal for a lesser sentence, he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. In March 2017, he was sentenced to six years in prison..











1201 W. Rosecrans Avenue, in Compton, CA: the rear parking lot of Tam's Burgers, where, on the afternoon of January 29, 2015, police allege that Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight ran over two men with his truck, killing one of them, (a supposed friend) Terry Carter.


Earlier in the day, Suge Knight had been on the nearby movie set of the biopic, “Straight Out of Compton,” and was told to leave.  The argument continued in the parking lot of the burger joint, when apparently Knight and the other victim got into a fight.


According to police, Knight ran over the man, and when backing up, ran over Terry Carter (who apparently wasn't involved in the fight), killing him.


The gangster rap mogul was arrested for murder the next day.  His lawyer claimed that he was being attacked and was attempting to flee when he accidentally struck the men.


But police said that video of the incident would confirm their charges, and the court, which had originally set a $1 million bail, revoked it, so Knight remaine in jail, pending his trial for murder. Three years later, in 2018, agreed to serve 28 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, and is currently in prison in San Diego.


Here is a Google StreetView of Tam's parking lot.  








95 Saint Thomas Way, in Tiburon, CA: Robin Williams didn't die in the L.A. area.  He passed away in a quiet neighborhood called Paradise Cay, northwest of San Francisco.  But for his fans, I'm posting the information.


Police were called to his home just before noon, on August 10, 2014.


He had hanged himself with a belt, in his bedroom, some time during the night.  He was declared dead at the scene, an apparent suicide.


Robin had been suffering from severe depression, and had a past history of drug addiction, but drugs played no role in his death.


Here is a Google Earth view of the house where he died.  










25600 Hercules Street, in Valencia (Santa Clarita), CA: The street where, at 3 p.m. on November 30, 2013,  star Paul Walker (who starred opposite Vin Diesel in the "Fast & Furious" films), died in a fiery car crash.


He had been attending a charity event (to aid typhoon relief in the Philippines), and went for what was supposed to be a quick spin as a passenger in a friend's red Porsche Carrera GT.  The sports car, which is capable of doing 240 mph, went out of control, smashed into a light pole and exploded into flames, killing both men.

The Porsche wound up as a tangled heap of wreckage, wrapped around a small tree at the side of the road, and was engulfed in flames when authorities arrived.  Paul was pronounced dead at the scene.


    The location is about a mile northeast of Six Flags Magic Mountain.


    Here is a Google StreetView of the light pole that his car struck.
    And this is the exact spot where the car came to rest. 


( The photo on the right shows the tree that Paul's car hit, and which is now full of comments from his fans.  Click on the image to see a large version. )

5445 Brynhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, CA:  The police showed up at this suburban home in Hyde Park around 8:30 PM, on May 19, 2014, after receiving a 911 call from actor Michael Jace.  He was waiting for them outside the house, and told the police that he had shot his wife.

Inside the home, police found the body of April Jace, his wife of 11 years, in a hallway.  She had been shot multiple times.

Michael Jace portrayed an LAPD officer 'Julien Lowe' on the TV series "The Shield", from 2002 to 2008.

He was also a regular on "Southland" (as 'Terrell') and appeared in minor roles in the movies "Forrest Gump", "Boogie Nights" and "Planet of the Apes".  In 1999, he starred as basketball legend Michael Jordan in the TV-movie "Michael Jordan: An American Hero".

He was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was later sentenced to 40 years in prison.

The Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro, CA: It was here, from atop this bridge spanning the L.A. harbor, that director Tony Scott jumped to his death on August 19, 2012.


Tony had directed such hits as "Top Gun", "Crimson Tide" and "Beverly Hills Cop II", and (with his brother, famed director Ridley Scott) ran the production company 'Scott Free'.

The 1,500 feet long Vincent Thomas bridge, which arches over the harbor water between San Pedro and Long Beach, is 185 feet high, and has been featured in several Hollywood movies over the years, including featured in the movies "To Live & Die in L.A.", "Charlie's Angels" and "Gone in 60 Seconds".


It has also been the scene of several suicides.


Reportedly, Scott parked his Toyota Prius on the bridge just after noon, walked to the south side of the span, climbed a fence, and without hesitating, jumped into the water below. He left a suicide note behind in his car.  Divers recovered his body four hours later.


 










9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA: It was here, in room 434 of the Beverly Hilton Hotel (on the 4th floor), that singing legend Whitney Houston was found dead, submerged in a bathtub, on the afternoon of February 11, 2012, one day before the annual Grammy Awards.  She was 48.

Autopsy results later revealed that she had died from accidental drowning, brought on by cocaine use and a heart condition.











12685 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA: It was here, at his hilltop home, on the morning of February 1, 2012, that police discovered the body of "Soul Train" creator and host, Don Cornelius.  He was 75.

Like Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", "Soul Train" was a long-running TV dance show aimed at U.S. teens.  But where American Bandstand focused on Top 10 pop music, Soul Train featured soul and R&B artists.  The show ran for 35 years, and Cornelius hosted the show for 23 of those years.

3600 Barham Boulevard, near Universal City, CA: It was here, at the Oakwood Apartments, on the early morning of March 10, 2010, that actor Corey Haim died of what at first appeared to be a drug overdose, at his mother's apartment, at age 38.

He had battled an addiction to prescription drugs. An autopsy later revealed, however, that drugs did not play a role in his death, which was the result of pneumonia and heart problems.

Corey was best remembered for his lead role in the 1986 movie "Lucas", and as the younger brother in the 1987 teen vampire tale "The Lost Boys". (He and Corey Feldman made a number of movies together, and even appeared in a reality show called "The Two Coreys".)

His mother called 911 after he collapsed, just before 1 AM. He was taken to a Burbank hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

(He was buried in his home town of Toronto, Canada.)

  

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