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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...

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...

Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi Dies at 82
Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi
Dies at 82
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Nov 17, 2024 8:33 AM CST

Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi Dies at 82

Romanian gained fame through students Comaneci, Retton, Strug, and others

(Newser) - Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power in the sport, has died at the age of 82, per the AP . USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Karolyi and his...

In Poker World, They Call What He Did 'the Run'

Legend has it that Archie Karas turned $50 into $50M, then lost it

(Newser) - Not every poker player makes headlines upon his death, but Archie Karas was no ordinary poker player. As PokerNews recounts, Karas drove to Vegas with $50 to his name in late 1992 and went on a streak now cemented into legend as "the Run." The Wall Street Journal ...

After Her Own Rape Kit Languished, She Took Action

Advocate Natasha Alexenko has died at age 51

(Newser) - Natasha Alexenko survived one night of horror and a decade of inaction—two experiences that turned her into "a powerful advocate for ending the national backlog of rape-kit testing," reports the New York Times in her obituary. Alexenko died Oct. 31 at age 51 from complications of amyotrophic...

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...

Hall of Famer Won NASCAR's Grand Slam
Bobby Allison
Fought, Beat Competition
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Nov 10, 2024 11:30 AM CST

Bobby Allison Fought, Beat Competition

Battle with Cale Yarborough was for the good of the sport, Hall of Famer said

(Newser) - Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, has died. He was 86. NASCAR released a statement from Allison's family that said he died Saturday at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn't given, but Allison had been in...

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