Fussin' and Feudin' Alert: Tanya's olive branch to Glen rejected

Publication: National Examiner

Date: 28 Nov. 2011

 

Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell used to date back when Reagan was president, but it did not end well. (Neither did the Reagan presidency, but that's a story for another day.)  In any case, the hatchet is not yet buried and the low rent Examiner wants us to know about it. Here are the headlines.

• Tanya begs ex-love Glen
• "Let's make up!"
• "No way" - he says

Meanest story nominee: Glen Campbell's final battle

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 18 July 2011

The news of Glen Campbell's Alzheimer's diagnosis is two weeks old now, first put on the cover by the National Enquirer, but the low rent Examiner decides to re-hash the story and call it Campbell's "final battle", so I'm giving this the "Not Long 4 This World" label, even though the mentally debilitating disease does not necessarily mean a shorter life, just a much less pleasant one. In this "exclusive", the low rent Examiner promises to give the "tragic reason behind shocking Alzheimer's confession".

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

And the camera noses in to the tears on his face: Glen Campbell diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 4 July 2011

The National Enquirer has published a front page story that singer Glen Campbell, 75, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. They add the detail that he sobbed when he heard the news.

To be honest, if I was in his situation, I'd cry, too.

Campbell actually broke the news in an interview with People, but the Enquirer was the first to put him on the cover.

Best wishes to Mr. Campbell, his friends and family, from a fan.

They fought the law alert™: Celebrity mug shots

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 14 February 2011

A lot of crime stories in the gossip rags this week, none of them involving Joran Van Der Sloot, for a change. The low rent Examiner goes with a collection of old celebrity mug shots, including Phil Spector, Glen Campbell, Wynonna Judd and Lisa Robin Kelly, who played the pretty but slutty older sister to Eric Foreman on That 70's Show.

Because of the inclusion of Spector and Campbell, this fulfills the low rent Examiner's Hey Old Timer Gossip content requirement for this week.