Gays on Aaliyah's plane.Four young gay men were among the nine people killed in the August 25 plane crash in the Bahamas that took the life of R&B singer Aaliyah. Douglas Kratz, 28, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , was Virgin Records America's director of video production and had overseen the just-completed shoot of the singer's "Rock the Boat" video. Eric Forman This article is about the character on the American TV series "That '70s Show". For the character on the American TV series "House", see Eric Foreman. Eric Forman is a fictional character on Fox Network's That '70s Show played by Topher Grace. , 29, was Aaliyah's personal hairstylist, and Forman's best friend--Anthony Dodd, 34, a fellow hairstylist--was assisting him on the shoot. Both men were also from Los Angeles. "Aaliyah just loved Anthony's energy, and she loved the combination of the two of them together," said Eric Ferrell, Aaliyah's personal makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces artist. In a tragic twist of fate, Ferrell, who was busy working with singer Macy Gray in Europe at the time of the accident, had asked friend and fellow makeup artist Christopher Maldonado, 32, to fill in for him on the Bahamas shoot. Maldonado, of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles, was also killed in the crash. "Chris was the only one Aaliyah was comfortable with other than myself," Ferrell said. "He and Eric and Anthony were just really, really amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. people. Very, very talented and lots of fun to be around."--D.A. |
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