death
Page: 24
XXXTentacion‘s mother has taken legal steps to retrieve her late son’s property. The Blast reports that Cleopatra Bernard is asking the State of Florida to return XXX’s 2017 Black BMW i8, the car in which he was fatally shot. The Assistant State Attorney filed the request on Bernard’s behalf, stating investigators have completed processing the vehicle and, […]
Comedy writer Kevin Barnett died unexpectedly this week at the age of 32. According to Variety, the NYC-based comedian died of unknown causes while vacationing Mexico. 20th TV and Fox Entertainment confirmed his death in a statement on Tuesday: Our hearts are broken, as are those of everyone at Rel, at the news of Kevin […]
Early Sunday morning, Masazo Nonaka—known as the world’s oldest man—died at the age of 113. According to Nonaka’s granddaughter Yuko, Masazo passed from natural causes while sleeping peacefully at his home in Ashoro, Japan. Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905 and grew up with seven siblings. In 1936, Nonaka married and eventually had five children of his own. Prior to […]
Two people died this month after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings. According to The Guardian, investigators believe the individuals contracted the disease at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. The patients—a child and an elderly man—were being treated for Cryptococcus, an airborne fungus that’s typically linked to wild bird feces. NHS Greater Glasgow and […]
Saturday has been particularly emotional for Mac Miller‘s fans. More than four months after his unexpected death, the Pittsburgh rapper is receiving a flood of tributes on what would’ve been his 27th birthday. Music figures like Juicy J, Thundercat, Cole Bennett, Hi-Tek, Lil B, and Rex Orange County recognized the day by sharing heartfelt messages on social media. […]
Jermaine Marshall, a former Arizona State basketball star, has died at the age of 28. The athlete’s French professional team shared the tragic news online Friday. “The Club joins the pain of his family and loved ones and gives them all his support to face this terrible ordeal,” Hermine Nantes Basket said in an online statement translated […]
Bob Einstein, who portrayed memorable recurring character Marty Funkhouser on Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died at age 76, according to Deadline. The actor, writer, and producer was reportedly diagnosed with cancer recently. He passed away on Wednesday (Jan. 2) in Indian Wells, California. Einstein first made his appearance in Curb back in 2004, having just recently […]
Last year wasn’t the greatest for aviation safety. According to Reuters, airlines recorded a sizable increase in the number of people killed in airplane crashes. The outlet cites data by Dutch consulting firm To70 as well as the Aviation Safety Network. Both entities confirm there were more than 500 fatalities resulting from passenger airline crashes last year, marking […]
A lion was shot and killed in an attempt to save an intern following an escape from its enclosure at a North Carolina nature conservatory Sunday. Alexandra Black, 22, recently graduated from Indiana University Bloomington, and worked two weeks as a college intern for the Conservators’ Center in Burlington. Black was fatally attacked after the lion managed to flee when a “husbandry team, […]
A woman in Illinois is facing involuntary manslaughter charges after allegedly failing to treat her teenage daughter’s diabetes, leading to her death. According to The Telegraph, 14-year-old Emily Ikue-Rose Hampshire passed away on November 3 from diabetic ketoacidosis. Authorities allege that Hampshire’s mother Amber didn’t provide her daughter with needed insulin and intentionally concealed her […]
