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Actor and comedian John Witherspoon has passed away at the age of 77, Deadline reports. “It is with deepest sorrow that we can confirm our beloved husband and father, John Witherspoon, one of the hardest working men in show business, died today at his home in Sherman Oaks at the age of 77,” Witherspoon’s family […]
Former United States Representative John Conyers Jr., the longest-serving African American congressman in history, died at his home on Sunday. He was 90. Detroit police spokesman Cpl. Dan Donakowski believes that his death “looks like natural causes,” NBC News reports. Conyers Jr. was first elected in 1964 after winning his election by a mere 106 votes. His victory propelled him into rarefied air […]
Ayesha Harrison-Jex, the sister of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, died Thursday after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 40 years old. O’Neal’s Inside the NBA co-hosts announced the tragic news Thursday night, explaining why the Hall of Famer was absent from the broadcast. They then paid tribute to Harrison-Jex and expressed condolences to the O’Neal and […]
Thomas Alexander, 66, was pronounced dead on Tuesday after being attacked by a deer that he shot while hunting in the woods near his home in Yellville, Arkansas, Buzzfeed News reports. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Alexander approached the buck that he had just shot, possibly under the assumption that the male deer was dead. Trey Reid, assistant chief of communications for Arkansas’ game and fish commission, says […]
A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. has died of an apparent suicide while being detained at a Louisiana immigration jail, ICE officials announced Wednesday. According to an internal government report obtained by BuzzFeed News, 43-year-old Roylan Hernandez Diaz was found unresponsive inside his cell at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe. Shortly after his body […]
Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday, four days after suffering a brutal knockout in his bout against Charles Conwell, CNN reports. Day was surrounded by his family, friends, and and members of his boxing team at the time of his passing. “He was surrounded by his family, close friends and members of his boxing team, including his mentor, friend and […]
A 10-year-old girl has died after she was flung from a ride during an annual harvest festival in New Jersey, CNN reports. According to a statement from state police, the girl was ejected at 6:18 p.m. on Saturday. They state that the attraction she was on at the time was a Wisdom Super Sizzler ride […]
Cameron Pettit, one of three men charged with selling Mac Miller the drugs that led to the rapper’s fatal overdose, pleaded not guilty on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, the 28-year-old man appeared in federal court with his attorney in Los Angeles. Prosecutors allege that Pettit sold the rapper “cocaine and pills that contained the […]
Samuel Little is now considered the “most prolific serial killer” in American history after the FBI confirmed his connection to at least 50 murders. Last year, the 79-year-old inmate confessed to strangling 93 women between the years of 1970 and 2005. Little was sentenced in 2014 to three consecutive life sentences for murdering three Los Angeles […]
The Riverdale cast took some time to remember Luke Perry during New York Comic Con on Sunday, Deadline reports. Their fellow castmate and TV icon abruptly passed away while Season 4 was in production. During the panel, showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and five of the parent players opened up about the loss of Perry, who played Archie […]
