KEN SETTLE PHOTOGRAPHED CHRIS CORNELL'S LAST SHOW IN DETROIT

Last night I was watching Autopsy: The Last Hours of...with my favorite Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Hunter. I happened to turn it on right when the episode featuring the sad suicide of Soundgarden's lead singer and guitarist Chris Cornell. 

Dr. Michael Hunter

Autopsy: The Last Hours interviewed our pal Detroit Rock Photographer Ken Settle. Ken photographed that last Soundgarden show in Detroit at the Fox Theater.  

I hadn't realized that Ken Settle was at that last Soundgarden show.  After I finished watching the episode I found Ken online and we chatted a bit about his thoughts about that night.

Ken Settle Photography Official Website

RK Ken, how did you come to be interviewed on the Autopsy show?

KS  A day or two after that show, it became known that I photographed Chris's last show. I started being asked to do interviews about that experience, including Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone, and the BBC for a radio show. 

The producers for Autopsy in researching for the show saw my photos from the show and the interviews that I had done. They asked me if I would do an interview for the episode they were putting together. 

I suggested to them that a good place to shoot the interview would be at The Fillmore Detroit (once known as The State Theatre), because it was the first theatre headlining show that Soundgarden did in Detroit was there. 

Ben Doughty, who was a good friend, and also the general manager at the Fillmore, organized the interview for 8 am on March 21, 2018.

We actually did that interview right on the same stage that Chris graced in the early days, with Soundgarden. 

I still can't think about that show, or Chris, without getting really emotional.

The man put his entire soul into every performance and when you look back at it, it seemed that he was telling his own story in the songs of Soundgarden. 

I STILL feel that Chris showed moments of pure joy on stage that final night like I had never seen him do before. I felt it when I was photographing him. Although some moments he also seemed REALLY very insular and deep into his own thoughts on stage that night as well. It was such a tragedy. A very sad tragedy that we lost him that young. He was a once in a lifetime singer and such a great guy.

After it was on the news that Chris had died, fans came by The Fox Theatre and had a vigil and left tributes to his memory. Here are some photos of that.

RK Thanks for sharing your experience and photos with us Ken!

UNABOMBER: IN HIS OWN WORDS NEW SERIES FEATURES IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS

I just watched this new series about the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski on Netflix but it was produced for the Reelz Channel.  The Unabomber: In His Own Words and I loved it.


The Manhunt: Unabomber series on Netflix is great as well, both together are totally perfect.

Let me say one thing about this case... Linda Kaczynski solved this case!!, without Linda recognizing Ted's writing and attitude, they may never have found him in that shack in Montana. Thank you Linda are you the HERO of this story to me. Though kudos to the FBI and Newspapers that published the Manifesto.

Ted is heard narrating and commenting on certain topics. He laughs all the time and his voice seems awfully high pitched. Kind of surprising to me. He seems like a "fun" guy. It is a great show for my fellow True Crime fans.

Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski Is the “Unabomber.” A man that gave up a promising academic career to carry out a reign of terror that killed three people and injured 23 others all because he believed that industrialization and modern–‐technology were the true evils of society.

A nationwide manhunt searching for the terrorist only known as the “Unabomber” last from 1978 –‐ 1995 until a tip led the FBI to a remote 10×12 foot cabin in the Montana mountains. The tip that took down the Unabomber came from Kaczynski’s younger brother David and David’s wife Linda.

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GEORGE MICHAEL'S LONELY LIFE PREMIERES JUNE 2 ON REELZ

George Michael’s Lonely Life Premieres Saturday, June 2 at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT.

Just finished screening this episode and I realized that I didn't know much about the real George Michael! Watch this documentary it is honest...but what a talented man he was...

Two hour documentary special about the incredible real life story of the pop superstar who sold more than 100 million albums over a career that spanned four decades. From his rise to fame in the pop duo Wham! alongside childhood friend Andrew Ridgeley to 10 number one hits as a solo artist in America, hear Michael in his own words recount the soaring highs and crushing lows of his life.

George Michael’s Lonely Life shows viewers the countless setbacks in Michael’s life from his mother dying to losing his lover Anselmo Feleppa and also his numerous brushes with the law resulting from an addiction to drugs.

Still, the recurring theme in his life was a remarkable resilience and ability to turn potential career-ending moments into massive career boosts and chart-topping new music. But with his life cut tragically short at just 53 years old millions of fans were left wondering what could’ve been.

George Michael’s Lonely Life features interviews from Wham! manager Simon Napier Bell, Wham! photographer Chris Craymer, friend and music journalist Lesley-Ann Jones, biographer Robert Steele, collaborator Toby Bourke, music historian Paul Gambaccini and many more.

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Did George Michael's drug use contribute to his death? Autopsy: The Last Hours of…“George Michael” Premieres Sunday, June 3 at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT. George Michael was one of the most brilliant performers of his generation.

In a career spanning four decades his talent for creating enduring music led him to become one of the greatest recording artists of all time. Following global fame with the pop group Wham! his solo career sent him into the stratosphere and for a time, it seemed, he was unstoppable.

But the death of both his lover and mother along with the pressures of hiding his homosexuality resulted in severe depression. Away from public view this gifted star hid a tortured soul.

A string of lurid headlines documented his battles with addiction until his untimely death at 53 years old. Now, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter investigates what was going on in the singer’s body that caused him to die so suddenly and at such a young age.

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REMEMBERING PRINCESS DIANA: NEW SHOWS ON REELZ NETWORK!

Saturday night, join Kitty Kelley for a Princess Diana special that reveals what life was really like for The People's Princess. Watch Princess Diana: The Kitty Kelley Files Saturday at 9 ET/10 PT.

Then on Sunday night, watch Diana's Death: The Search for the Truth for an all new look at her tragic wreck. Was there something wrong with the car all along? Don't miss Diana's Death: The Search for the Truth Sunday at 10 ET/PT.

TWO DAYS OF ROYAL SHOWS!

SATURDAY
STARTING AT 3 ET/12 PT
NANCY O'DELL REMEMBERS PRINCESS DIANA
ROYAL SECRETS
CELEBRITY LEGACIES: PRINCESS DIANA SPENCER
PRINCESS DIANA: CASE CLOSED WITH A.J. BENZA
DIANA'S DEATH: MYSTERY SOLVED
PRINCESS DIANA: THE KITTY KELLEY FILES

SUNDAY
STARTING AT 3 ET/12 PT
WILLIAM & KATE: THE JOURNEY
CELEBRITY LEGACIES: PRINCESS DIANA SPENCER
PRINCESS DIANA: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
DIANA'S DEATH: THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

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NATALIE COLE STORY AIRS TONIGHT ON AUTOPSY THE LAST HOURS

After falling deep into drug addiction, Natalie Cole turned her life around. But was it too late? Dr. Hunter details how in 2008 her dark past set off an extraordinary chain reaction of medical conditions that ultimately proved fatal.

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… is a documentary series that reveals the truth behind the controversial deaths of global icons and people whose untimely deaths were surrounded by scandal and intense media attention.

Fact and fiction are forever separated through reconstructions of their final hours using crucial medical evidence from the actual autopsies to explain how and why they died while interviews with friends and family shed light on the events that led to death—finally putting an end to the speculation.

The new hour-long episodes focus on the final hours of Steve McQueen, Richard Pryor, Bruce Lee, Janis Joplin, Dennis Wilson and Bernie Mac. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… is produced by Potato, part of ITV Studios.

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AUTOPSY: THE LAST HOURS OF JOHN BELUSHI

New Episode Saturdays 8pm ET/PT

John Belushi was a comedy genius. The gross-out characters he created in Animal House and Blues Brothers were iconic. After a meteoric rise to stardom, 33 year-old he was on the cusp of super stardom.

But on March 5th, 1982 he was found dead died in Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont Hotel. Using information revealed in John Belushi’s autopsy report, Dr. Michael Hunter investigates his final days and hours to reveal the cause of his death.

One of my favorite television shows is Autopsy: The Final Hours. Tonight at 8pm ET Reelz is profiling John Belushi. I have always thought that we have never heard the truth behind his untimely death.
 

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Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… is a documentary series that reveals the truth behind the controversial deaths of global icons and people whose untimely deaths were surrounded by scandal and intense media attention.

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Fact and fiction are forever separated through reconstructions of their final hours using crucial medical evidence from the actual autopsies to explain how and why they died while interviews with friends and family shed light on the events that led to death—finally putting an end to the speculation. The new hour-long episodes focus on the final hours of Steve McQueen, Richard Prior, Bruce Lee, Janis Joplin, Dennis Wilson and Bernie Mac. Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… is produced by Potato, part of ITV Studios.