Tagged: karen black

August 9, 2013 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year Karen Black, a well known actress who had contracted cancer, had started a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help cover the costs of treatment.  In a post on the actresses Facebook page it was announced she had passed away yesterday – consumed… Read More

May 5, 2013 @ 1:30 am By Examiner  |  

Actress Karen Black has now raised more than $60,000 from fans who pitched in to help her finance experimental cancer treatment in Europe, with the latest donor reporting on May 3 that he would send up prayers for her to “beat this thing.” But instead… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 4:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Karen Black was a successful, well known actress back in the day.  Her list of films are wide and deep.  Not all of them rose beyond the B film genre but several productions were very successful and lauded to this day.  Easy Rider, The Great… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 5:30 am By ABCNews  |  

Crowd-funding started as a way for independent, mostly unknown artists to appeal directly to the public to fund their film, book album and more, but now a growing number of established celebrities are turning to crowd-funding for their next projects. That’s got some people crying… Read More