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She Sang on One of the Most Famous Disco Songs Ever

Alfa Anderson of Chic has died at age 78

(Newser) - The name Alfa Anderson may not be of the household variety, but it's a safe bet most people have heard her sing. Anderson—who has died at age 78—can be heard on "Le Freak," a song by the group Chic that is one of the most...

RIP to One of Baseball's Greatest Players


Baseball's
Greatest
Base Stealer
Dies at 65
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Dec 22, 2024 12:01 AM CST

Baseball's Greatest Base Stealer Dies at 65

Rickey Henderson changed the game while he played

(Newser) - Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died at age 65, per the AP . Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were "shocked and heartbroken by his passing," but did not specify a...

Notorious DC Drug Kingpin Dies in Federal Custody

Rayful Edmond was 60, died of unknown circumstances

(Newser) - Rayful Edmond, a drug kingpin once believed to control about a third of the cocaine trade in the nation's capital during the crack epidemic of the 1980s, has died in federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Tuesday. Edmond, 60, was known at the height of his criminal empire...

Conan O'Brien Lost Both His Parents This Week

They died within 3 days of each other at their Massachusetts home

(Newser) - This has been a devastating week for Conan O'Brien and his five siblings. Their parents, who had been married for 66 years, died at their home in Brookline, Massachusetts, within three days of each other, Us Magazine reports. Dr. Thomas O'Brien, 95, died on Monday and Ruth Reardon...

The Amazing Kreskin Dies '10 Days From Retirement'

Famed TV mentalist was 89

(Newser) - The Amazing Kreskin is no longer with us. The mentalist, a presence on TV talk shows for decades, has died at age 89, his family said in a post on X Tuesday. Born George Joseph Kresge Jr. in New Jersey in 1935, he was inspired to become a mentalist by...

J-Pop Star Found Dead in Bathtub
J-Pop Icon Found
Dead in Bathtub
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Dec 6, 2024 10:00 AM CST

J-Pop Icon Found Dead in Bathtub

Singer and actor Miho Nakayama dead at 54

(Newser) - Miho Nakayama, a Japanese teen idol of the 1980s who went on to become an award-winning actor, died Friday, shocking her management and fans. The 54-year-old was found dead in a bathtub at her Tokyo home on Friday by an acquaintance who went to investigate after Nakayama failed to show...

Fox Contributor Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45
Fox Contributor
Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45
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Dec 4, 2024 4:47 PM CST

Fox Contributor Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45

Surgeon became the patient after brain cancer diagnosis

(Newser) - She called herself the "luckiest unlucky girl." Dr. Kelly Powers, a physician and surgeon who made numerous appearances on Fox News and Fox Business in the leadup to a 2020 brain cancer diagnosis, died of cancer Sunday at age 45. It was just one illness she suffered. She...

My Chemical Romance's Ex-Drummer Found Dead at 44

Law enforcement tells TMZ that Bob Bryar was discovered in his Tennessee home

(Newser) - Bob Bryar, a former drummer with My Chemical Romance who played on the band's career-defining rock opera, The Black Parade, has died, according to the band. He was 44. "The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob's passing," a...

Actor's Resume Includes Police Woman, First Twilight Zone

Earl Holliman appeared in films including Giant and The Rainmaker

(Newser) - Earl Holliman, whose more than 100 film and TV roles included the first episode of The Twilight Zone, has died. He was 96. Holliman's husband, Craig Curtis, said the actor died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. Beginning in the early 1950s, Holliman...

Stage Actor Died 'Doing What He Loved Most'

Canadian Julien Arnold died during a production of A Christmas Carol in Edmonton

(Newser) - A beloved Canadian stage actor was performing in a play of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on Sunday when he apparently died during the show. Julien Arnold, who had two roles in the play showing at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, including that of a ghost, suffered a medical emergency...

She Had a Fateful Friendship With Janis Joplin
She Had a Fateful
Friendship With
Janis Joplin
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Nov 29, 2024 10:00 AM CST

She Had a Fateful Friendship With Janis Joplin

Peggy Caserta has died at age 84

(Newser) - Louisiana-born Peggy Caserta hoped to become a flight attendant, but airsickness left her stuck at a desk job with Delta in San Francisco. There, "she was lucky—or prescient—enough to start a business at what would become ground zero for the counterculture," reports the New York Times ...

'Motorcycle Mary' Was First to Finish Baja 500 Solo

Mary McGee, subject of a new documentary, starred in auto and motorcycle racing

(Newser) - Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer profiled in the Oscar-contending documentary Motorcycle Mary, has died. She was 87. Her family said McGee died of complications from a stroke at her home in Gardnerville, Nevada, on Wednesday, the AP reports, one day before the release of the short film on ESPN'...

He Brought You the Line 'And Don't Call Me Shirley'

Writer-director Jim Abrahams, a parody specialist, is dead at 80

(Newser) - "And don't call me Shirley!" That iconic line from 1980's Airplane! is one of many that can be attributed to writer-director Jim Abrahams, who leaves behind a legacy of laughs following his death Tuesday at age 80, per The Hollywood Reporter . Abrahams, who died of natural...

World's Oldest Man Attributed Long Life to 'Luck'
World's Oldest Man
Attributed Long Life to 'Luck'
OBITUARY
Nov 26, 2024 2:44 PM CST

World's Oldest Man Attributed Long Life to 'Luck'

England's John Tinniswood, who died Monday at 112, outlived wife by 38 years

(Newser) - For nearly nine months, John Alfred Tinniswood held the title of world's oldest man, marking his 112th birthday during his reign. His record-holding status ended Monday when Tinniswood died in a care home in northwest England near Liverpool, where he was born on Aug. 26, 1912, his family said...

Best-Selling Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies

She rose to fame with A Woman of Substance in 1979, died at age 91

(Newser) - Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford has died at age 91 after decades of writing about "bold heroines," reports the Washington Post . The British native died Sunday in her New York City home after a short bout of cancer. Highlights of her career:
  • Her debut novel A Woman of
...

Injuries, Tuberculosis Slowed Star Slugger
Injuries, Tuberculosis
Slowed Star Slugger
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Nov 24, 2024 2:50 PM CST

Injuries, Tuberculosis Slowed Star Slugger

Rico Carty accepted nine MLB offers before the Braves landed him

(Newser) - Rico Carty, a onetime National League batting champion whose baseball career was limited by injuries and tuberculosis, died Saturday. He was 85. Details of his death were not released, the New York Times reports. "Carty was one of the first groundbreaking Latino stars in the major leagues, and he...

Game Show Host Chuck Woolery Is Dead
Game Show Host
Chuck Woolery Is Dead
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Nov 24, 2024 7:45 AM CST

Game Show Host Chuck Woolery Is Dead

He hosted original Wheel , along with Love Connection, Scrabble , and others

(Newser) - Chuck Woolery—the affable, smooth-talking game show host of Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Scrabble who later made a splash as a right-wing podcaster—has died at 83, per the AP . Woolery died at his home in Texas with his wife, Kristen, present, says podcast partner Mark Young.
  • Woolery,
...

Guthrie's Famous 'Alice' Dies at 83
Guthrie's
Famous
'Alice'
Dies at 83
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Nov 24, 2024 6:30 AM CST

Guthrie's Famous 'Alice' Dies at 83

Alice Brock was the Alice of 'Alice's Restaurant'

(Newser) - Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie's deadpan Thanksgiving standard, "Alice's Restaurant," has died at age 83. Her death, just a week before Thanksgiving, was announced by Guthrie on the Facebook page of his own Rising Son Records, per the AP . Guthrie wrote that...

2 Bee Gees Drummers Die 4 Days Apart

Band's original drummer, plus drummer from its disco era, were both in their 70s

(Newser) - Two drummers for the Bee Gees died within four days of one another this month. Dennis Bryon, 76, died last Thursday; on Monday, Colin "Smiley" Petersen died at 78. Petersen was the band's original drummer, and played during the band's "hit ballads" era from 1967-70 on...

He Changed the World of Travel With '$5 a Day' Guides

Arthur Frommer dies at age 95

(Newser) - Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95, the AP reports. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. "My father opened up the world to so...

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