Category Archives: Death

Calif. man dies at 103; had bullet in his head since 1917

By doris | Published: May 7, 2012

Full Story at content.usatoday.com William Lawlis Pace, of Hilmar, Calif., died Monday at 103. Remarkable feat on its own, but even more remarkable because he lived 95 of his years with a bullet in his head, The Modesto Bee informs the world. In 2006, the Burkburnett, Texas, native, who marked his 103rd birthday Feb. 27, [...]

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Man who dressed as dead mother guilty of fraud

By doris | Published: May 5, 2012

Full Story at Reuters.com (Reuters) – A man who impersonated his dead mother as part of a real estate scam – using lipstick, manicured nails and even an oxygen tank at a meeting – was convicted of fraud on Thursday and faces up to 83 years in prison, prosecutors said. Thomas Parkin, 51, was found [...]

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Jordan Brown, boy accused of murder at age 11, found guilty

By doris | Published: April 15, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS/AP) PITTSBURGH – A judge on Friday found 14-year-old Jordan Brown guilty of killing his father’s pregnant fiancee when he was just 11. Lawrence County Judge John Hodge found Brown delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict, in the deaths of Kenzie Houk and her unborn child in New [...]

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Plane carrying 43 passengers crashes in Siberia

By doris | Published: April 2, 2012

Full Story at WorldNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 8:24 a.m. ET: MOSCOW — Thirty-two people were killed but 11 were rescued alive from a plane crash in Siberia, Russia, an official reportedly said Monday. The ATR 72, a twin-engine, turbo-prop plane, with 43 people aboard, crashed some 18 to 22 miles from the western Siberian city of [...]

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Thai billionaire who founded Red Bull dies at 89

By doris | Published: March 17, 2012

Full Story at World News – Thai billionaire who founded Red Bull dies at 89 BANGKOK — The self-made Thai billionaire who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago has died, state media in Thailand reported Saturday. He was 89. Thai state television broadcaster MCOT said that Chaleo Yoovidhya died of natural [...]

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Old remains of 167 people found in Mexican cave

By doris | Published: March 11, 2012

Full Story at Remains of 167 people found in Mexico cave – World news – Americas – msnbc.com MEXICO CITY — Authorities are investigating a mass grave in southern Mexico containing 167 bodies that may have been dumped there at least 50 years ago, a Mexican official said on Saturday. The remains, found in a [...]

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Green Beret dies trying to save kids from fire

By doris | Published: March 6, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com HOPE MILLS, N.C. – A Green Beret recently home from Afghanistan died trying to rescue his two young daughters from their burning home near Fort Bragg in North Carolina early Tuesday. The girls were also killed in the blaze. Edward Cantrell and his wife escaped from the 2 a.m. blaze by [...]

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Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims

By doris | Published: March 4, 2012

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. (AP) — The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection. One of the most [...]

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Months later, deaths from cantaloupe outbreak continue to climb

By doris | Published: February 23, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com Five months after the first report of listeria infections tied to contaminated cantaloupe, victims of the outbreak continue to die. But just how many isn’t clear. A lawyer representing those sickened says four more people have died after lingering illnesses linked to eating the tainted fruit last summer. But officials with [...]

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NY teen killed by bus had suicide note, police say; family alleges bullying

By doris | Published: January 3, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com A 15-year-old who a witness says jumped in front of a Staten Island bus was carrying a suicide note when she was struck, distraught because she was the target of bullying at her school, according to a relative. Amanda Diane Cummings, a sophomore at Staten Island’s New Dorp High School, was [...]

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Authorities Find Body Believed to Be Mt. Rainier Shooting Suspect

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com The man suspected of killing a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State is believed to have been found dead, according to police. Authorities located a body face-down in the snow without any identification, but believe it to be Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, the sole suspect in Sunday’s shooting, [...]

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Kim Jong Un: The ‘great successor’ remains an enigma

By doris | Published: December 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — As North Koreans face an uncertain future without Kim Jong Il, the world’s attention now turns to his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, whom the ruling Workers’ Party has dubbed the “great successor.” “Kim Jong Un’s leadership provides a sure guarantee for creditably carrying to completion the revolutionary cause [...]

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Craigslist ad victim? Police identify another body

By doris | Published: December 4, 2011

Full Story at USNewsmsnbc.msn.com CLEVELAND — Authorities identified the body of an Ohio man Saturday who could be the third victim of a bogus Craigslist website ad that lured two jobseekers to their deaths. The body of Ralph H. Geiger, 56, was found in a shallow grave Nov. 25 in the same area another body [...]

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Frederik Meijer, Meijer Inc. founder, dead at 91

By doris | Published: November 26, 2011

Full Story at us.Newsmsn.com Frederik Meijer, who built the regional retail powerhouse Meijer Inc. while nurturing his lifelong love of the arts, has died at age 91. The company confirmed his death in a statement Friday evening, saying the billionaire died at the Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids after suffering a stroke in his [...]

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Jackson’s doctor found guilty of manslaughter

By doris | Published: November 7, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.com LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star. The verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray marked the latest chapter in one of pop culture’s most shocking [...]

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Hillary Clinton’s Mom, Dorothy Rodham, Dies at 92

By doris | Published: November 1, 2011

Full Story at People.com Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham, died just after midnight Tuesday in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from the Clinton family. She was 92. Secretary of State Clinton announced she was canceling a trip to Istanbul and London Monday to stay with her ailing mother. No medical information was disclosed. Born [...]

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Retribution a byproduct or warning sign in Libya?

By doris | Published: October 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After months of grinding civil war, with supporters of Moammar Gadhafi slowly yielding territory to anti-Gadhafi rebels, the final battle for Libya’s liberation unleashed an apparent bloodbath. Gadhafi was killed after being captured last week, and the circumstances of his death remain unclear. Human Rights Watch says dozens of [...]

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6 killed, 3 wounded in California salon shooting

By doris | Published: October 12, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com SEAL BEACH, Calif. — Six people were shot to death and three others wounded at a hair salon on Wednesday in a normally sedate Southern California beach community, Orange County authorities said. One suspect was in custody. The shooting occurred at Salon Meritage around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of [...]

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Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has died

By doris | Published: October 8, 2011

Full Story at ProFootballTalk.nbcsports.com Al Davis, the Oakland Raiders owner who was one of the towering figures of professional football over the last half century, has died. The Raiders’ web site has confirmed that Davis passed away this morning. He was 82. In 1963, the Raiders, at the time a struggling franchise in the upstart [...]

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Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies

By doris | Published: October 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. The hard-driving executive pioneered the concept of [...]

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