Definitions and Basics. In economics, scarcity refers to limitationsâinsufficient resources, goods, or abilities to achieve the desired ends. Figuring out ways to make the best use of scarce resources or find alternatives is fundamental to economics. Scarcity and Choices, at SocialStudiesforKids.com. Think of a thing that you like to have.
Unfortunately for the group, Shannon Hoon, lead singer for Blind Melon, is now dead. He died of an accidental overdose of cocaine and alcohol on October 21, 1995. He was known to have a taste for hard drugs and had been to rehab earlier in the year.
The others in the family who died were Danny Holcombe, 36, Bryan and Karla Holcombe's son; Noah Holcombe, Danny's 17-month-old daughter; Crystal Holcombe, 36, the pregnant wife of Bryan and Karla's other son, John, who survived the shooting; and three of Crystal Holcombe's five children -- Emily, 11, Megan, 9, and Greg Hill, 13 -- to whom John Holcombe was stepfather.