These Are People Who Have Died

Rick Taub

Rick Taub, the former lead singer for the '70s hard rock group Taub James Howell and Rutherford, was found dead yesterday from an apparent drug overdose.  He was 58 years old.

Taub James Howell and Rutherford scored a number one hit in 1975 with their classic single Beware The Dark My Little One (Fifth Movement) and were a mainstay on the Billboard charts throughout most of the '70s.  After the band disbanded in 1983, Taub embarked on a solo career that was far less successful.  After playing a drug dealer in an episode of Miami Vice, Taub put his musical career on hold and attempted to reinvent himself an actor.  Despite giving an acclaimed performance opposite Phil Collins in the little seen 1991 film It's All In The Gulliver, Guv'nor, Taub's acting career stalled as well.

Following an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in 2005, Taub saw a renewed interest in his earlier musical career.  While there was talk of a Taub James Howell and Rutherford reunion tour, these plans were apparently put on hold following the 2006 death of keyboardist Ian Rutherford.

Police are saying that Taub's death appears to have been the result of an intentional overdose of prescription medication.  Foul play is not suspected.  Police would neither confirm nor deny reports that Taub left behind a suicide note that read "Prog Rock Is The Music Of Evil People."

Larry Dailey

Larry Dailey was, by all accounts, a quiet, unfailingly polite man with no apparent immediate family or close friends.  Neighbors who made the attempt to get to know Mr. Dailey report that, while Dailey was always friendly, he also rarely volunteered any information about himself.  When asked what he did for a living, Dailey would reply "Research and Development," and then quickly change the subject.

His neighbors apparently spent a good deal of time thinking about the late Mr. Dailey.  One woman (who asked not to be indentified for her own safety) said that in the seven years she had lived across the hall from Mr. Dailey, she had never once seen him not dressed in a black, three-piece suit.  She also found it odd that she never saw him carrying any grocery bags up to his apartment.

As she put it, "I mean, what did he eat?  What did he spend all of his time in that little apartment doing?"

Though police declined to comment, it is rumored that no food, furniture, or entertainment material was found in Mr. Dailey's apartment.  According to one police source, the apartment was completely and totally empty except for Mr. Dailey's body.

"In the seven years he lived here," another neighbor who also asked not to be named, "I never once saw anyone visit him in his apartment.  I never once heard a phone ring over there, either.  Guess that makes sense now that I know he didn't have a phone to begin with.  I mean, the guy wasn't married, didn't have no kids, and didn't ever have a girlfriend.  I mean -- well, sh*t, that would drive me crazy.  Seven years without getting any?  Sh*t."

Larry Dailey of Baltimore, Maryland was found dead in his apartment on September 17th, 1999.  It is speculated, though not confirmed, that he was 47 years of age.

While the case's primary investigator, Det. Stuart Gharty,  has been reluctant to release any information, sources in the Baltimore Homicide Unit report that Mr. Dailey had been stabbed three times.

Once for the Son.

Once for the Father.

Once for the Holy Spirit.