Recent Events 10/09-10/12

Well it is Monday Oct 12th, Columbus Day, but over the weekend there were also a number of events that will make a footnote in history. Celebrity news on the bright side, Sir Paul Mcartney of one of the worlds most successful British rock bands, The Beatles tied the knot for the third time Sunday in London. The rocker married  his girlfriend Nancy Shevell 51, at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, the same location where in 1969 he married his first wife Linda Eastman.


Mcartney 69, was happy and animated as he and his new bride left the building. She wore a  gown designed by Mcartney's daughter Stella. The ceremony was simple in comparison to his last to ex wife Heather Mills which took place at an Irish castle with a huge guest list of A-listers. There were a few notable guests such as his former Beatles bandmate, and only other surviving member, Ringo Starr, Barbara Walters was present as well. Mcartney seemed in really good spirits,
having gone through a very rocky and pubic divorce in 2008.
The ceremony took place on what would have been John
Lennon's 71st birthday. Mcartney still records and plays, however not having the success he enjoyed in the early days of the Beatles. He was responsible for such hits as "Hard Days Night", "Live and Let Die" and co wrote many of the Beatles catalog with John Lennon.

Mickey Welsh
1971-2011

In other celebrity news, former Weezer bassist, Mickey Welsh, 40  was found dead in a Chicago hotel room on Saturday. At this time no official details are being released as to cause of death but a drug overdose is suspected. Also recent cryptic messages from Welsh led his former bandmates to believe he was suffering from depression. Welsh was a band member from 1998   to 2001  before quitting the band due to suffering a nervous breakdown. Welsh had been pursuing his other talent as an painter/artist in the time since his departure.

He was in Chicago to catch his former band who were scheduled to perform Sunday. Recent tweets from him had stated how he was excited to be there to see his friends again and see them perform but that he had also had dreams that he was going to die from a heart attack while in Chicago and needed to complete a will.

And of course today is Columbus Day, the day Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus was said to have discovered the Americas also referred to as New World in 1492.  Many different cultures celebrate today as a holiday by closing schools and federal buildings, having parades and services.