Zina Bethune, dancer and actress, killed in possible hit-and-run

Los Angeles Times ^ | February 13, 2012 | Victoria Kim

[EveningStar]

Police are investigating the death of Zina Bethune, a renowned ballet dancer and a longtime teacher of disabled children, who was struck by two vehicles after she apparently stopped to help an injured animal on the side of the street.

[EveningStar]

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[EveningStar]

ping

[Cowboy Bob]

Two down, one to go!

[GeronL]

Celebs usually die in 3’s apparently.

I recommend they all stay home and hide now.

[VA_Gentleman]

Of all the celebrity crackheads, I’m still surprised Flavor Flav outlasted Whitney.

Prayers to the Bethune family.

[GladesGuru]

Those who equate human life with animal life make a grave error.

This woman, arguably, made such a grave error, which sent her to an early grave.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

no good deed left unpunished!

[Larry Lucido]

after she apparently stopped to help an injured animal on the side of the street.

While I recommend caution in any such endeavor, I do hope that she is in the comforting arms of St. Francis of Assisi right now.

And I'm not even Catholic.

[EveningStar]

I see nothing wrong with caring about an injured animal. It has nothing to do with equating human life with animal life.

[bigfootbob]

Died for a ‘possum?

Whew....

‘possum are fair game on roads I travel by the look of things.

[9YearLurker]

Exactly.

[bigfootbob]

Really? At the risk of injury to you by stopping on a motorway...alone?

Opossum are vermin, similar to a wharf rat. Spare me the Buddha moral equivalence argument. Not to mention an injured wild any thing is dangerous and a potential carrier of disease. The gal made a bad mistake and paid for it with her life.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[OrangeHoof]

They swerved to miss a baby duck
Got squashed by an SUV truck
But they drove with pride
In a Yugo...

[Bender2]

Small & tragic world, isn't it... just watched Sunrise at Campobello last night where she played FDR's daughter Anna.

[Coldwater Creek]

Peter Brock died earlier in the week. Several others in the last 10 days or so.

[dfwgator]

First thing that came to my mind.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Peter Brock was up there in years. Since Amy Winehouse’s passing, I think George Michael is now top of many death pool lists.

[dfwgator]

I think George Michael is now top of many death pool lists.

I think Zsa Zsa Gabor probably is on top of the lists......I can just imagine all of the Dead Pool players going...."That b---- is still alive?!?!?!? Die, already."

[old school]

Well, at least she didn’t swerve to avoid a squirrel and kill the occupants of an oncoming vehicle! I don’t swerve for critters. Period!