Entertainment
Secret Service Dog Hurricane’s Handler Reveals Ceremony Honoring K9 Before He Passed
Secret Service Dog
Hurricane’s Final Day Explained By Handler …
Ceremony on South Lawn, Flight on Freedom 1
Published
TMZ.com
Hurricane — the Secret Service dog that took down an intruder outside the White House in 2014 — may be gone … but, the Service honored his heroism one more time before he passed.
Marshall Mirarchi — Hurricane’s handler and close pal — stopped by “TMZ Live” to talk about the heroic Belgian Malinois … and, he got teary-eyed early remembering the dog he had for most of his adult life.
Marshall then lays out Hurricane’s last day … saying he took him back to Washington, D.C. so he could see his old workspace — the White House — one more time.
Marshall says Mirarchi got to see the members of his old team once more … all of whom Marshall says were as attached to Hurricane as he was.
Mirarchi says the old team surprised him and Hurricane at the airport … and, when they went to the White House, the Secret Service presented the man and his dog with a plaque in honor of Hurricane’s years of service.
ICYMI … Hurricane stopped an intruder on the White House lawn in 2014 — sustaining injuries while fighting off a man named Dominic Adesanya. President Barack Obama and his family were inside at the time.
Hurricane suffered injuries in the attack that led to his retirement in 2016 … though in his retirement he helped train other service animals.
Marshall’s not letting Hurricane’s memory fade, BTW … he’s started a charity effort to subsidize veterinary care for retired police and military dogs — it’s called Hurricane’s Heroes, and he talks about it in depth during our conversation.
Hurricane was 15.
RIP
MMA’s Guilherme Vasconcelos
Cause Of Death Revealed
Published
Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos — an MMA fighter who competed in the UFC and Bellator, and dated Demi Lovato — died by suicide, according to newly-released documents.
TMZ Sports obtained the case report from the October 15 incident … which state cops were dispatched to an Illinois home around 9 AM after a woman reported finding Vasconcelos in the garage.
After reviewing security camera footage … cops determined Vasconcelos took his own life the night prior around 11:45 PM — and was not discovered until the following morning.
A search of the house recovered several vials of anabolic steroids, with two mostly empty and two unopened. A suicide note was not discovered.
According to a toxicology report … it yielded only one positive finding — caffeine.
Over the course of his MMA career … Vasconcelos racked up a record of 10-6. He and Lovato were first spotted together in 2017 during New Year’s Eve festivities after several months of dating.
Guilherme’s uncle, Walter, mourned the loss of his nephew at the time … saying, “We were looking forward to your visit for Christmas, which will no longer happen. Life is fleeting, and we woke up to this devastating news. What a time we live in.”
RIP
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Justin Bieber
Snaps at Paparazzi
… So Disrespectful!!!
Published
BACKGRID
Justin Bieber was getting snapped and then he snapped … unloading on a paparazzi for saying something the pop star felt was disrespectful.
Ya gotta see the heated interaction between Justin and a photog … with the Biebs snapping at the guy, set off by the dude saying “Thank you.”
Justin asks the photog — who is not a TMZ cameraman — why he’s thanking him … and explains why it’s disrespectful to do so.
Bieber was heading back to his SUV with Hailey Bieber after grabbing breakfast at Beverly Glen Deli in Los Angeles … and paps were waiting for him.
Justin told the guy to stick to taking pictures and letting him do his thing … with no need to thank JB for anything.
We don’t usually see this kind of reaction from Justin … so it’s pretty interesting.
Justin and Hailey hanging out in public is noteworthy too … the couple was dogged by break-up rumors last month but they squashed it and now they’re out together.
Takeaways from Tallahassee — It’s party time!
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