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Our list of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues with the killing of Marvin Gaye, an influential singer and musician who gained worldwide fame for his work with Motown Records.

He was fatally shot three times by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., on April 1, 1984, at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California, following an altercation after he intervened in an argument between his parents. The wounds were fatal and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the California Hospital Medical Center.

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, we look more into what happened in this bizarre situation.

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Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, we look back at Woodstock ’99.

This event, which recently got the HBO documentary and podcast treatment, there was one death, numerous sexual assaults, arson, and a general mockery of pop culture and toxic fandom at the festival originally known for peace and love.

Woodstock ’99 put the worst of us on display and killed the iconic name of a festival that had been a touchstone of pop culture 30 years earlier.

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Our series of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues with the disastrous Station Nightclub fire in 2003 that killed 100 people during a Great White concert.

Great White was a nationally known band which had a few hits during the hair metal era. In 2003 while playing a concert in West Warwick, RI, pyrotechnics set off during the show caused the club to catch fire and burn down causing a massive loss of life.

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, we discuss this terrible event.

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On the latest DragonKing Dark and this latest installment of the top 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, we look at the November 2015 Paris attacks.

On that Friday night in Paris, the city was hit by a coordinated terrorist attack involving multiple gunmen and bombs.

The heart of the killings came at a concert at the Bataclan theater where concertgoers were taken hostage and 90 people were killed inside at an Eagles of Death Metal concert. The band themselves barely escaped as three gunmen with bombs opened fire that night.

This week, we go back to 2015 and try to make sense of what happened then and since then.

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We continue our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history with a look back at another concert disaster.

This one happened before a concert by The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1979 where eleven fans were crushed to death when the doors to the arena failed to open in time. Like several of the tragedies we’ve looked at so far, this one is compounded by the young age of the victims.

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The 100 darkest moments in pop culture history continues on DragonKing Dark with a look at the shooting death of 25-year-old rapper Tupac Shakur.

To say that 2Pac was controversial would be a huge understatement. But, he was also talented and had a giant impact on pop culture. He was also legit when it came to the violent music he made. This was not the first time he was shot and was caught up in a violent battle between two music companies that didn’t shy away from gunplay.

So, who killed 2Pac? You’ll find out who and why on this week’s DKD.

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The next installment in our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history goes back to March 1993 when Brandon Lee, actor and son of legendary pop culture icon Bruce Lee, was killed on the set of the dark gothic comic book inspired movie The Crow — the inspiration for Sting’s dark character in WCW.

Gunned down in a completely avoidable accident, Lee was about to break through even bigger than where he was — eerily mirroring the death of his father.

I discuss the accident and the aftermath of the untimely and unnecessary death of Lee on this week’s DragonKing Dark.

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We continue with the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history with a look back at what some have described as Woodstock gone wrong.

In 1969, promoters wanted to hold a Woodstock for the west coast headlined by the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Cosby, Stills & Nash, and others. After moving the location several times, it finally ended up at the Altamont Motor Speedway with around 300,000 people on hand.

The security force was led by the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club and things quickly turned deadly with four deaths, lots of injuries, stolen cars, and more.

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Two people were charged with assault for being in a professionally sanctioned boxing match, but how?

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, I discuss the seedy story of Luis Resto and Billy Collins, Jr. Resto and his manager conspired not only to remove padding from his gloves, but also to wear casts underneath.

Collins never fought again and ended up dead less than a year later and Resto’s life was destroyed. But, what about the manager who helped him?

As part of my look at the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, this is their story which was documented in the award-winning 2008 documentary Assault in the Ring from HBO Sports.

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