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Subscribe to RSSLOS ANGELES -- Two people were found dead Friday night in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide in a room at the Beverly Hilton, police said Saturday, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are held at the posh hotel.
Police responding to a report of a shooting found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds, Lt. Mark Rosen said.
"Both are believed to have been long time residents of the hotel," the Beverly Hills Police Department said in a statement, adding that "there is no known connection to the Daytime Emmy Awards event."
Coroner's officials had yet to begin their investigation, but said the dead are a man in his late 60s and a woman in her mid-50s.
The Daytime Emmy Awards are scheduled to be held at the Beverly Hilton at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, the latest among several other annual galas that are held at the luxury hotel, including the Golden Globe Awards.
Whitney Houston was staying at the hotel in February when she drowned in a bathtub.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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"Check into the Hotel California anytime you like, but you may never leave (except in a body bag).
What the hell is going on with the Beverly? It's now where the rich go to die? Strange!
Maybe they're two really good actors.
pretty soon, the beverly hilton is going to be like the "overlook" hotel in "the shining". hauntings and ghost sitings.
They apparently got the bill for their room.
I'll take quality of life over quantity of life any day - the USA has more hang-ups over things they haven't a clue about. I figure I'll (self) check out around 65yo - 11 years of chronic pain is a 24/7 battle - by age 65 I'll have been merely existing for 20 years, if you think I'm going to stick around just because somebody can't deal with my death - then you are the crazy one.
I wonder what percentage of hotel/motel rooms have had someone take their own life?
PS; if you are healthy and choose to just sit on the computer all day - you are throwing away your life.
You meant "Check out".
It's the only hotel in LA that gives you suicide instructions.
drainbramage
Talk is cheap! Why not save everyone eleven more years of your incessant whining and just self check out now?
Wow Really? Have you ever lived with chronic pain every damn day? Probablt not. It is not somnething that is not fun I can tell you. I would hope that maybe some thing could be done to help.
A. nonymous
what a mean, heartless thing to say to drainbramage!
you have no knowledge of this man or how much pain he is in...
& yet you heap more pain & insult upon this total stranger
evil bully that you are !
Boy what those Beverly hills folks wont do for attention. redrum and ghost can make you money.
"You spent how much on a massage and champagne?"
@A. nonymous-2737997...too damn bad we're not all perfect..like you...STFU!!
This event will probably be the highlight of the weekend, not the Enema's.
A. nonymous:: And what is keeping you from doing what you suggest to drainbramage? In you case, it is brain damage-- and that is something that can't be cured. So check out before it gets worse.
Maybe some day ol smart ass will have the good fortune he deserves and have to live with it as well.
Never say NO to a woman :)
That is what the casemanagers at West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital say plan your own death, because the life given to disable veterans isn't worth living.
Pam-
I don't know what the care from the LA Veterans hospital is like, but I have to say I'm a disabled vet living in ND and I get impressive care from the VA Hospital in Fargo, the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City, and the VA Hospital in Montana. The very fact that I'm alive right now is 100% attributable to all of them.
Maybe the care just sucks at that VA Hospital. I personally know it does at the West Palm Beach VA Hospital. The sad part is, when that Hospital was opened there, they had the very best staff. Now, I won't go back for treatment from them for any reason. Not even my dog.
It just makes a difference of where you live and the folks in charge of your local facility. Some go out of their way for you and some are just there to punch the clock.
Pam -
I hope everyone calls the West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital and the officials above them if they are giving that kind of counseling. I am not a veteran, though I am disabled. That kind of talk is not tolerated in any healthcare and the people spreading that kind of crap should be immediately fired with no alternative. They could have already cost lives. God bless, hon. I pray for every veteran and person involved in these senseless wars.
Really? Your comment appeared pretty sweet and appropriate until you had to add the politics at the end with "senseless." I am pretty sure the men and women who served the multiple wars wouldn't appreciate being told that the war they fought and most likley saw their brothers and sisters killed was a senseless fight - many of them believe and support their nation. I might be a very proud and loud liberal but I cannot call a war senseless when the very men and women in this nation fought and possible died or received injurious physical and/or psychological wounds from it. Yes, I would like the war to be over. Yes, I would like for our troops to be sent home. Yes, I believe we may have had ulterior motives in going to the wars in the first place. But I support the men and women serving the military arm of this nation. The war isn't senseless - the politicans might be misguided but the men and women served their country left something and/or gained something when they went to Iraq and/or Afghanistan. I really do not think I am articulating what I mean to say correctly... I just do not think it is appropriate to tell a veteran and/or veterans that the actions they did were senseless. But I am sorry if I offended anyone.
Hannah-6230077
No, you are quite correct. I should not have put senseless. That was a mistake on my part. I also hope that I did not offend with that. Thank you for pointing that out. Bless you. I never meant to degrade anyone by that.
Maybe someone should investigate this HOTEL! How many more have to die!
Hannah, well said.
Pam:: That might be right in the case of the West Los Angeles V A Hospital. That is not the case in every other V A hospital. But then, it is a hospital in California.
Okeeboy - my own grandfather was treated very well also by the VA in SLC. They are top notch. I hope other VAs in other states are just as great! Those who have sacraficed on the altar of our country deserve nothing but the very best!!!
Maybe the Holiday Inn would be a better choice.
kudos to Hannah and Sonya...no explanation needed :-)
as for the couple at the hotel............ LONG TIME RESIDENTS?? of the "posh" Hilton? Guess money really doesn't buy happiness, but it would sure be nice to trade places with an unhappy wealthy person for awhile just so both parties could see what life is like on the other side. Might give a new appreciation for living. I know it sure would give me a break from punching the clock and paying out more than I make to keep my family in a quaint home with food and utilities! I figure one night at the Hilton is possibly what I make in a month!
Sensless war? Ask a military-industry-spoke-person. War lowers the unemployment rate and keeps population growth in check. Makes sense, doesn't it?
how sad...condolences to the families involved...
They must have found out they were actually going to win an Emmy.
Who will ever know WHY unless a note comes out.
Glad BEVERLY HILLS is NOT on a list of places I must see.
R.I.P to the couple.
Who really gives a shiX. I rather watch the paint dry on the wall than listen to a murder suicide sad story.
o no not this again,didnt we get over this trend omg.
well if your going to take yourself out u might as well checkin to a 5 star hotel.
Charge it please :))
Hotel management must surely think they were just trying to skip out on the bill.
Would not surprise me to find out that one was terminally ill and wanted a night or two at the Hilton before he/she passed on, and the partner joined the venture.
The world is getting to be a tougher place for many, and I often wonder how the elderly cope as well as they do, given the major shafting they get.
And it's going to get much, much worse if Obamacare is approved.
Obamacare WAS "approved", you moron. It's the law. Now perhaps you can entertain us all by explaining what "it" is, and how "it" is going to get worse with Obamacare? I'd really like to hear this.
umm...the article states they were LONG TIME residents of the hotel....
So you're OK with insurance companies ripping off their customers because that is what the President's Heath Care Reform Act is about.
sr from Iowa, are you then ok with Congress stealing your Social Security benefits just so they can pay for their pet projects? Are you then ok with your friends and neighbors dying just because they cannot afford to pay a hospital bill? Are you then ok with even your own grandchildren having to choose between paying the rent or paying the medical bills?
I'm not going to ask if you happen to call yourself a Christian........
Never fails, a story with no political overtones and some blockheads have to tie it to the president. Wrong board guys, you are looking for fox. BTW, Medicare and Vetran health care are both "Socialized Medicine" OOOOO, scary. Yet ask the vast majority of vets and seniors and they love it as does the rest of the civilized world, most of which live longer than we do.
ok....now that were complaining about the government instead of talking about the article......which one of you a$$holes is going to actually do something about what youre b*tch*ng about? none of you...so stfu. get so tired of getting on the news and hearing a bunch of panty waists complain. retards
Alverant:: You must be a baby. Insurance companies have ripped people off for YEARS. Even did that under Reagan and Bush and Shrub. Did they do anything about it? NO they didn't-- the insurance companies lined their pockets when they looked the other way.
Hatchet... apparently you failed reading comprehension 101. The police noted they were apparently "long time residents of the hotel". So, they weren't going for a last big fling.
And SUSIE.... Over the years, I have had NO problems with any of the insurance carriers I've used. And that includes my wifes emergency surgery due to hemmoraghing after the birth of our son. Multiple surgeries for her over the years after for other issues, a couple of minor surgeries for myself and of course a hip replacement for me. In total I've had to take MAYBE $1,500 out of pocket, and that dates back to 1976.
Of course if your try to get over on the insurance company, like many do, they WILL come down on you like a ton of bricks.... and rightly so.
You liberal, moderate, conservative, and fringe/anarchistic people, please just SHUT UP NOW AND STAY ON THE TOPIC!!! Quit dragging your stupid, pointless, OCD-type obscessions about your political beliefs that NO ONE cares about in here and let us figure out why these people died, what caused them to die, and to feel a bit of remorse for their deaths and for justice to be done for those people. I have a sneaking suspicion that someone made it look like a murder-suicide and that this same someone may have also murdered Whitney Houston. I am calling a serial killer on this one.
XDm9mm...just who the hell are you trying to kid? $1500.00 out of pocket in 36 years? Please! I fractured my ankle and was out way more then that, and surgery wasn't even involved.
you should get better insurance Brian
It might have been a double suicide if only they cold have got some drugs around there.
If this was at a Marriott Courtyard in Ooltewah, Tennessee where an Amway Awards Ceremony and Convention was going on, this wouldn't even had made the headlines.
Amway has an awards convention?
I read of an elderly couple who did just that-- in a hospital room. The wife was terminally ill and was suffering. Her husband put an end to her suffering and joined her in death. He couldn't stand her suffering any longer-- and he wouldn't live without her.
Don't criticize people for what they would do in that case. If this couple were in the same situation I can see his reasoning. They were probably married for years, grew together and couldn't be apart.
RIP, and condolences to the family members.
I once stayed there about 40 years ago. It was a beautiful joint. This is just a sign of the times. It's got nothing to do with the Beverly Hilton. It's got to do with our society gone mad.
Cleaning lady must have been like....damnn....nothing but Rolaids in their pockets. "Cheap bastards (kick to the stomach)"
You know she found them hours earlier and was like, I don't need the ICE coming after me....I quit. LOL
Oh, nooo, Mr Griffin ees not home.
@Sal, thanks. That gave me a good chuckle.
In Stewie's voice..."So, tell me...which country are you from? The one with the drugs, the one with the civil war or the one with the fancy hats?"
And yet another distraction from what is going on in America that is important.
And in other important news for today: Kittens were born to the Bolgers cat, Dummy, today. And Johny B, (name withheld because he is a minor) fell and skinned his knee. More important news and updates to these and other stories to follow.
What three things come immediately to your mind that are more important than this 'story?'
How about instead of reporting about the TWO people who are dead at the Hilton, you report about the TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE. men, women and children, that INVADED our country in the last 24 hours, that you and I will now have to support in one way or another.
BTW. My message is not off topic. If you take the time to read this you will see that I am suggesting that the media is off topic!
Aren't the rest of you sick and tired of having what amounts to FAKE NEWS, events that are of interest to twenty-seven people, rather than the other three-hundred-million of us, served to us every day?
Really? When's the last time you saw native born Americans chasing a contractor's truck in a Home Depot parking lot looking for work? Some Americans might chase a truck for $8 tacos, but the ugly truth is that most of those immigrants are working harder than other people.
Really, AJV? Really!?! How about the MILLIONS of Europeans who invaded what is now called "North America" -- and MURDERED the Native inhabitants just because there was some financial benefit in doing so?
And Tetrapoda brings up a VERY valid point: When was the last time you actually did any of the work those "illegals" do every day? Last year, when the "illegals" decided to melt into the background and leave all those crops rotting in the fields -- AJV, where were YOU? You people want cheap food and merchandise, but you don't want to do anything to bring that food into market or manufacture that merchandise....because those jobs just don't pay the $15-$30 an hour you insist on.
To AJV-1055923, if you do not like the story, then LEAVE! As far as I know, your fringe news is just as distrustful, biased, and full of errors as the lamestream, er, um, I mean, mainstream media! I trust NO ONE and I will not trust someone who can not have a life outside of reporting on whether a war was just or unjust. Seriously, I do not know who is worse in our country, people from the left and the right or the people who populate the middle and the fringe. What you need to do is to get a hobby, get a life, go to this place called outside, and get a woman (or, if you are a woman, get a man), and get the H-E-DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS off of the interwebz! Sheesh!
What flavour was the Koolaid you drank, AJV?
Since we've entered the wars 10-years ago, there's been more people murdered by firearm in the United States each year, than the total amount of soldiers we've lost in both wars.
There's a person murdered-by-firearm on-average every-hour in the United States. This does not include "accidental" shootings, suicides, or murder by other means.
Consider that again: more people murder every-year in the United States by firearm, than we've had killed total in both wars.
Have gun - will shoot. It's the American way.
I own a firearm by the way, but I clearly understand the implications.
A very high persentage of the shooting deaths are gang-on-gang killings, so not a big deal.
I own guns too. I have never had to pull or use it. One guy that had been threatening me and carried a gun came over to me one day drunk and wanted to be friends. He placed his hand on my shoulder and felt more than my bra strap. I had my legally concealed weapon on a shoulder strap under my blouse. He figured that out and had a heart attack on the spot. He lived and never bothered me again. Guns can be good. Just depends upon the morals and values of the people.
Sal, I agree gangs killings gangs is not so bad. The really tragic part is when innocent victims get caught in the cross fire. We, as a society, should expend resources to eliminate gangs.
Nah raliegh, they just need more ammunition and for us to keep the dope laws in force.
And if murders with knives got the same attention as murders with guns, there would be a huge hollering about how knives are so evil..........
If a gun is responsible for the death of anyone at all, then a spoon and/or fork is responsible for fat people being fat.
raleigh dolly
Yes.
IWonder-932455
How about enforcing all current laws -- and working to eliminate gangs AND the reasons for gangs. By giving gangs more ammunition, the gangs will be better able to kill innocent by-standers who "get in the way" of those very poorly-aimed guns.
Hm agnon, I note that you are in favor of half of what the gangs need and that the letters of your moniker, rearranged, spells agamemnon.
HRdawg, just where are you getting these bogus numbers from?
2011 statistics shows just over 30000 gun related deaths last year, this figure does not take into account intent, merely gun + death, as you know (hopefully) 24 hrs per day times 365 days(what we call a year) = 8760 hrs per year = .292 deaths per hour,
so in the future try not to lie so much or at least educate yourself before you try to advocate stealing my constitutional rights.
how about instead of wasting more money on getting rid of gangs, we spend less money and just get rid of black people? sounds awesome to me!!!!
Amanda:: Just get rid of white people while you are at it. And how about hispanics, Mexicans, Asians and any other you don't like. BTW, I am Caucasian. Maybe if that is your way of thinking we should just get rid of you.
lmao....youre an idiot. cute come back. that is my view. you dont see "caucasians" out shooting each other in the streets so.....stereotypes are there for a reason. and its not that i dont "like" them....but they have quite the habit of ruining everything around them....im assuming just like you.....
The Beverly Hilton.....guests check-in but they don't check-out.
Seems that they did check out.
13th floor
I solved it. It will turn out to be two from the daily Soaps who were about to be written out and the Actors Union did not want to pay out. Had a camera crew, director and sound man and the special effect guy just used live rounds instead of blanks. ACTION! Then they all went out for a late brunch. Just wait.
One less legal gun owner killed with the weapon purchased to protect the family........again..........
And you know this because...you are clairvoyant?
They must have received their bill.
Or day-old egg salad...
Turn down service please....room 1304......
Murder/suiciding much?
Try Zoiberg.....
...I'm not hearing a "no"....
Name Change,
Given all of the recent violence and death in this place, the name ought to be changed to 'The Beverly Hilton House of Horrors Hotel'. Promotional perk: With every room reservation each and every guest will receive their very own monogrammed body bag. Come stay with us soon... you'll be glad that you
dieddid!Peace
I worked at the Bevery Hilton in the Corporate office there when the Hilton's ruled and worked in Corporate there with us. We always had a lot of fun, saw and talked with celebrities and it was a beautiful and prestigious place. People had "class" and were extremely nice to one another - very professional. We need to bring back that sense of style and honor to society in order to respect one another. Demoting one another on a daily basis does nothing but to encourage more of the same. All of us should treat each other with dignity, worth and prestige because we all have been given a life which is a responsibility to oneself and to each other. It's a sad day when lives are taken for nought and it certainly is not the Hilton's fault.
Really!?
People can be silly, smart or stupid. Its not your problem or your concern.
Just enjoy the diversity.
Cominginthedoor................I agree :-)
And when the Hilton's ruled the hotel, the employees were professional and courteous not because it was how they were -- it was because they would have been summarily FIRED had they not been professional and courteous.
Um have you seen the Paris Hilton video on the net? All I can say is it certainly had style and she was full of honor.
Maybe they ran out of OPM?
Is Beverly Hilton Paris' alter ego?
I just made reservations at the Beverly Hilton for; Jerry Sandusky, Donald Trump, Barry O, Mitt R., Rosanne Barr and booked a Suite for the Supreme Court.
You forgot one.......Bitch McConnell
I agree. Let's open it up... we could fill the whole place X's 10 with the Snookies... Kardashians... Harry Reids... Boehners... Newts and on and on... I've reserved every room in the place and have ordered all bathtubs filled and balcony railings loosened -- anyone else want to treat "someone special" to a weekend at the Beverly Hilton?
Yes, But I don't think they could handle the human race!