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His First CNN Appearance Was on 9/11
His First CNN
Appearance
Was on 9/11
OBITUARY
Dec 31, 2024 9:21 AM CST

His First CNN Appearance Was on 9/11

ABC, CNN anchor Aaron Brown has died at age 76

(Newser) - Veteran ABC News reporter Aaron Brown joined CNN in 2001—and his very first appearance was on the morning of Sept. 11. "Good Lord, there are no words," Brown told viewers as the South Tower of the World Trade Center came down in the terror attacks. Fans are...

Linda Lavin, TV's 'Alice,' Dies at 87
Goodbye to
the 'New Girl
in Town'
OBITUARY
Dec 30, 2024 5:44 AM CST

Goodbye to the 'New Girl in Town'

Linda Lavin, who played a working-class waitress on TV sitcom Alice , dies at 87

(Newser) - Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working-class icon as a paper-hat-wearing waitress on the TV sitcom Alice, has died. She was 87. Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative told the AP . A success on Broadway, Lavin...

Parting With Our Most Famous 'Juliet' Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Actor Olivia Hussey, star of Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet , has died at age 73

(Newser) - Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet, has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, "peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones," a statement posted to her Instagram account...

Gaza Officials: 5 Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike

Israeli military, however, says they were targeting fighters from Palestine Islamic Jihad militant group

(Newser) - An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said early Thursday. The strike hit a car outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory, per the AP . The journalists were...

In Nigeria, Another Deadly Stampede at Holiday Event

At least 10 are dead, including 4 children, after tragedy in capital city of Abuja

(Newser) - Ten people, including four children, were killed in a stampede in Nigeria's capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed by a local church at an annual Christmas event, the police said Saturday. It's the second such stampede in a week in...

Death Toll Rises After 'Dreadful' Attack in Germany

At least 5 are dead, 200-plus injured after suspect drove BMW into Magdeburg Christmas market

(Newser) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised to investigate "in depth" an attack Friday at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, in which a car that plowed into the crowds there left five dead, including a child, and injured more than 200. Appearing at a Saturday presser with Saxony-Anhalt Gov. Reiner...

At Holiday Fair, Stampede Kills Dozens of Kids

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu expresses 'profound sadness' at Wednesday tragedy

(Newser) - At least 35 children have died and six others were injured during a stampede on Wednesday at a holiday fair in southwestern Nigeria, authorities said, per the Guardian . The incident happened at the Islamic High School in Ibadan, in Oyo state, near the economic hub of Lagos. Security forces attended...

Cops Believe Utah Father Shot Entire Family, Then Himself

Sole survivor, 17, has a brain injury

(Newser) - Police believe a father shot his entire family in their Utah home before taking his own life sometime over the weekend. The sole survivor, a 17-year-old boy who suffered a brain injury, was found in the garage by a concerned relative who went to the home Tuesday after not being...

2 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Vacant Building
Pilot: 'We're Out
of Control Here'
Dec 18, 2024 11:15 AM CST

Pilot: 'We're Out of Control Here'

Crash occurred near the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

(Newser) - Two pilots were killed Tuesday in Honolulu when their small cargo plane crashed into a vacant building that had been slated for demolition. NBC News reports the Kamaka Air Cessna 208 was participating in a training flight when the crash occurred around 3:15pm local time. Hawaii's Department of...

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...

Dozens Dead, Hundreds Missing After Boat Capsizes

Vessel on Nigeria's Niger River was headed to food market when it tipped

(Newser) - More than two dozen people died and upward of 100 people, mostly women, were missing on Friday, after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the Niger River in northern Nigeria, authorities said. About 200 passengers were on the boat that was going from the state of...

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
obituary
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 ...

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...

After Baby's Listeria Death, a 72K-Pound Recall

At least 10 other people have fallen ill; Yu Shang Food pulls ready-to-eat meat/poultry products

(Newser) - A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank, and pork hock, federal health officials reported Friday. Yu Shang Food, of Spartanburg, South...

A Civil War Find: 'The Trauma Is Just Unbelievable'

698K men were killed, including 13% of US-born white men in Confederate states, per estimate

(Newser) - Nearly 160 years after the US Civil War, the conflict continues to reverberate, in part due to the "unbelievable" trauma caused. Just shy of 700,000 lives were lost in the conflict, including up to 13% of US-born white men in Confederate states, according to what researchers say is...

Russian Ballet Star, 39, Dies in Fall From Balcony

Preliminary report says death of Vladimir Shklyarov was accidental

(Newser) - A famed Russian ballet star has died after falling off a fifth-floor balcony in St. Petersburg. TMZ reports that 39-year-old Vladimir Shklyarov, named in 2020 as an Honored Artist of Russia, took his fatal fall on Saturday, which has preliminarily been ruled an accident, per Russian state news agency Ria...

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead
K-Drama Star
Song Jae-lim
Found Dead
Nov 13, 2024 11:05 AM CST

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead

Seoul police say there was a note found in the 39-year-old's apartment

(Newser) - Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor and former model, was found dead in Seoul on Tuesday. The 39-year-old's body was discovered in his apartment by a friend who planned to have lunch with him, CNN reports. Police in the city's Seongdong district said there was no evidence of...

He Made Spirit Airlines Into a 'Dollar Store in the Sky'
He Gave Spirit Airlines
Its 'Bad-Boy Image'
OBITUARY
Nov 13, 2024 9:55 AM CST

He Gave Spirit Airlines Its 'Bad-Boy Image'

Former CEO Ben Baldanza has died at 62 of Lou Gehrig's disease

(Newser) - Ben Baldanza, the former CEO of Spirit Airlines who helped pioneer the concept of no-frills flying, has died. The New York Times reports that the 62-year-old, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (aka ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), passed away on Election Day at his home in Arlington, Virginia, according...

Why the 27 Club Myth Perpetuates
Why the 27 Club
Myth Perpetuates
NEW STUDY
Nov 9, 2024 8:00 AM CST

Why the 27 Club Myth Perpetuates

Established in the public consciousness, the myth means deaths at 27 get plenty of attention

(Newser) - The so-called 27 Club , made up of famous people who died at age 27, gives the perception that it's an especially dangerous age for those in the public eye. Time and time again, research has shown that isn't the case. (A 2011 study of 522 musical artists found...

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