Taylor Mitchell (19), who was a singer and song writer, was killed by coyotes while she was hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mitchell was attacked Tuesday, but died of her injuries on Wednesday. Mitchell was on tour promoting her album.

Paul Maynard of Emergency Health Services said Mitchell already was in critical condition when paramedics arrived on the scene and had multiple bite wounds over her entire body.

"She was losing a considerable amount of blood from the wounds," he said.

An official with Parks Canada said they blocked the entrance to the trail where Mitchell was attacked and were trying to find the animals to determine what prompted such an unusual attack.

"There’s been some reports of aggressive animals, so it’s not unknown," said Helene Robichaud, the park’s superintendent. "But we certainly never have had anything so dramatic and tragic."

Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokeswoman Brigdit Leger said other hikers heard Mitchell’s screams for help on Tuesday and called emergency police dispatchers.

Police who were in the area reached the scene quickly and shot one of the animals, apparently wounding it. But the wounded animal and a companion coyote managed to get away.

Lisa Weitz, Mitchell’s manager, said:

"Words can’t begin to express the sadness and tragedy of losing such a sweet, compassionate, vibrant, and phenomenally talented young woman. She just turned 19 two months ago, and was so excited about the future."

Mitchell was an up-and-coming folk and country musician who was nominated for a 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award in the Young Performer of the Year category.

Patrick Swayze died today at the age of 57. Swayze died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 20 months ago in March of 2008. Swayze’s publicist, Annett Wolf, said today:

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months."

Swayze recently filmed an A&E drama called The Beast, and compiled a memoir with his wife.

We are very sad to lose another good Hollywood actor.

DJ AM, real name Adam Golstein (36), was found dead this afternoon in his New York City apartment.

Police say they found a crack pipe, and pill bottles, in the apartment. Despite being drug free for 11 years, it appears DJ AM may have died as a result of drug use.

There is speculation that DJ AM may have started using drugs again as a result of stress from a plane crash he survived in September of last year, and suffered burns from. There is also speculation that DJ AM may have turned to drugs due to the emotional trauma from Hayley Wood breaking up with him in the last week.

A rep for DJ AM just issued the following statement:

"Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found deceased this afternoon in his New York City apartment. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time."

On Agust 25th DJ AM tweeted this on Twitter:

"New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems."

The lyric is the opening line to the famous Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song New York, New York.

DJ AM had also completed 8 episodes for his new show Gone Too Far, which helped drug addicts near death get off drugs before it was too late. DJ AM was one of those who needed intervention, but he went too far.

Click here to see DJ AM’s final interview.

We hope you have found peace now DJ AM.

Edward M. Kennedy, aka Ted Kennedy, died Tuesday night at the age of 77 from brain cancer. Well today it was announced his memoir titled True Compass will go on sale September 14 with the first printing totalling 1.5 million copies. Kennedy was diagnosed in May of 2008. The publisher, Tweleve Publishing said of Ted:

"He worked valiantly to finish the book and make it the best it could be. As always, he was true to his word. The result is a great and inspiring legacy to readers everywhere, a case study in perseverance."

By late Wednesday morning, True Compass was in the top 75 on Amazon.com.

Robert Barnett from Twelve Publishing said:

"Kennedy collaborated with Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of Flags of Our Fathers, but every word is Kennedy’s, according to his literary representative."

"Happily and amazingly, he was in good enough shape to finish it."

"It’s his book. He wrote and approved every word."

If you want people to remember your life, get someone who can write award winning books that make great movies to write a book about you, and for you, then take all the credit yourself. Even a boring, or corrupt, life can be spun into sounding like an incredible life by the right author. For example, there are a lot of gangster books and movies that have become cult classics. If Ted wanted people to remember him badly enough, someone needs to write a book portraying him as a bit of a tough gangster type character on Capital Hill who took care of business no matter what it took, because the stakes were always too high to fail, except for that universal healthcare bill that seems to have lost steam. We’re sure to see a Ted movie after the book, because the Kennedy family is still considered American royalty.

Ryan Jenkins was found dead, and appears to have committed suicide at a motel in Canada today.

Jenkins had been charged in the murder of his wife Jasmine Fiore on August 20. Fiore was identified by her breast implants, because her teeth and fingers had been removed. Fiore’s mutilated body was found in a suitcase inside of a dumpster in Buena Park, California on August 15.

According to the manager of the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, British Columbia, Jenkins checked into the motel on Friday, paid for 2 days, and did check out. Jenkins had been dropped off by a woman who appeared to be in her 20s driving a PT Cruiser. Jenkins did not check out today so the manager and his nephew checked on him, and found him hanging by a belt from a coat rack. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified Jenkins by his finger prints, and are continuing their investigation into Jenkins death to confirm it was a suicide.

Two videos surfaced today of Jenkins and his wife from the past few weeks where Jenkins said:

" I love my life. And I love my wife. I’m the luckiest guy in the world."