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  • July 2008

    • The Roles They Left Behind

      newser  |  Radar  |  Jul 18, 08 4:50 PM CDT

      The Roles They Left Behind

      Heath Ledger's posthumous appearance in The Dark Knight prompts Radar to muse on stars whose films debuted after they died, prompting critics to wonder what could have been—or to hold their tongues. Brad Renfro, The Informers . A onetime child star known for run-ins with the law, Renfro completed filming for the Bret Easton Ellis adaption a month before he overdosed on heroin. More »

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      list  • celebrity  • movie  • film  • death  • Heath Ledger  • accidental death  • Brad Renfro

    • Drunk Golf-Cart Driver Charged in Accident

      newser  |  Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Jul 7, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Drunk Golf-Cart Driver Charged in Accident

      A 47-year-old Minnesota man is facing vehicular-homicide charges after a friend fell from the golf cart he was driving while intoxicated Friday and died. The 41-year-old passenger fell backward from the rear of the moving cart after a fireworks display at a campground. He struck his head on a paved road, and CPR attempts failed to revive him. More »

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      alcohol  • drunk driving  • accidental death  • golf cart

  • June 2008

    • Teen Dies in Quarry Jump Rite

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jun 5, 08 7:37 AM CDT

      Teen Dies in Quarry Jump Rite

      A teenage rite of passage made popular in a movie claimed a life yesterday when an 18-year-old high school graduate plunged 65 feet to his death into an Indiana quarry pool, ABC reports. The plunge was featured in the 1979 coming-of-age movie Breaking Away and is routinely copied by local youth, despite the best efforts of law enforcement to stop them. More »

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      accident  • student  • accidental death  • Indiana University  • drowning

  • May 2008

    • Toad Venom Aphrodisiac Kills NYC Man

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 23, 08 9:25 PM CDT

      Toad Venom Aphrodisiac Kills NYC Man

      New York City officials warned people today to avoid a toad venom-based aphrodisiac that recently killed a man, the AP reports. The illegal love drug, often sold as Jamaican Stone or Chinese Rock, is harmful whether ingested or applied to the skin. "There is no definitely safe way to use it,” one official said. Similar drugs have killed at least five New Yorkers since the early 1990s. More »

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      New York City  • public health  • accidental death  • frogs  • aphrodisiacs

    • Singer's Son Runs Over Daughter

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Singer's Son Runs Over Daughter

      The youngest daughter of Grammy-winning Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed yesterday when one of her older brothers ran over the tyke in the family driveway, the AP reports. Several family members witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 5-year-old Maria Sue, who died later at a nearby Nashville hospital. More »

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      murder  • children  • music industry  • Tennessee  • car accident  • accidental death  • Nashville  • foreign adoptions  • Steven Curtis Chapman

  • April 2008

    • 2 Dead, 21 Hurt in Chicago Truck Crash

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Apr 25, 08 9:14 PM CDT

      2 Dead, 21 Hurt in Chicago Truck Crash

      A speeding semitruck barreled into a Chicago train station today, killing two people and injuring 21—11 critically, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Coming off a freeway in rush hour, the truck hit a bus stop, wedged under a train overpass, and crashed "several steps" up the train platform escalator, one witness told the Chicago Tribune . Several victims are being treated in Chicago hospitals. More »

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      car accident  • car crash  • trucks  • accidental death  • traffic accident

    • Dad Falls to Death at Ballpark

      newser  |  Newsday  |  Apr 16, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      Dad Falls to Death at Ballpark

      A 36-year-old father of two died after falling four stories from a Shea Stadium escalator last night, Newsday reports. Antonio Nararainsami was leaving the ballpark with family members when he tumbled over the railing of the non-moving escalator.  Police are looking into the possibility that Nararainsami was "surfing" the railing, but some witnesses remember a "sudden jerk" of the stairway. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Mets  • accidental death  • Shea Stadium  • escalators

  • March 2008

    • Family Sues for $8M in NY Mom's Airport Death

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 27, 08 5:14 AM CDT

      Family Sues for $8M in NY Mom's Airport Death

      The family of a New York woman who died in a holding cell at a Phoenix airport is suing the police department and city for $8 million, CNN reports. Carol Gotbaum became agitated after missing a flight last September and cops put her alone in a cell where she accidentally strangled herself as she tried to escape her handcuffs. Gotbaum, the stepdaughter-in-law of a New York City official, had been traveling alone to Tucson to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center. More »

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      police  • Arizona  • airport  • rehab  • alcohol abuse  • accidental death  • Phoenix  • strangulation  • Carol Gotbaum

    • Navy Shot Killed Egyptian: US

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 26, 08 5:03 PM CDT

      Navy Shot Killed Egyptian: US

      The US Navy acknowledged today that warning shots from one of its ships in the Suez Canal killed an Egyptian man, Reuters reports. Sources said the boat trying to sell goods to passing vessels approached the Global Patriot, which fired after warnings in Arabic and flares failed to make the small motorboat change course. The Navy had denied reports of the death. More »

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      US military  • accident  • Egypt  • US Navy  • accidental death

    • Fla. Crane Crash Kills 2, Injures 4

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 25, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      Fla. Crane Crash Kills 2, Injures 4

      Part of a construction crane crashed into a building next to a Miami construction site this afternoon, killing two and injuring at least four, the Miami Herald reports. Workers on an unfinished 46-story luxury condo were raising an extension to connect it with the crane when the extension came loose and fell into a nearby house being used as a construction company office. More »

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      Florida  • Miami  • accidental death  • crane accident  • construction crane  • rescue dogs  • luxury condo

    • Stingray Kills Boater off Fla. Keys

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 20, 08 2:54 PM CDT

      Stingray Kills Boater off Fla. Keys

      A stingray leapt out of the water and struck a 55-year-old Michigan woman who was sunbathing on the deck of a boat off the Florida Keys yesterday, CNN reports. The woman, who was with her husband and children, was knocked to the ground and pronounced dead at a local hospital. No word on the specific cause of death yet, but local reports say she was impaled through the neck by the 75 lb. ray's barb. More »

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      Florida  • accident  • accidental death  • boat accident  • stingray  • Florida Keys

    • Army Cadet Found After 66 Years

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Mar 11, 08 12:55 PM CDT

      Army Cadet Found After 66 Years

      Sixty-six years after his disappearance, a full military funeral is planned for a cadet lost in a flight accident during World War II, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Army has identified a recently discovered body as Aviation Cadet Ernest Munn of Ohio, who crashed with three other crewmen in an AT-7 Navigator flying over Kings Canyon National Park in 1942. More »

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      California  • Ohio  • soldier  • World War II  • accidental death  • MIA  • military funeral

  • January 2008

    • Dog Shoots Goose Hunter

      newser  |  Houston Chronicle  |  Jan 9, 08 4:48 PM CST

      Dog Shoots Goose Hunter

      A Texas man died after his dog stepped on a loaded shotgun, the Houston Chronicle reports. The teacher, 46, shot down a goose, put the gun in back of the truck, and was about to let the dog out to retrieve it when the gun went off, blowing through the tailgate and hitting him in the thigh. "It's the strangest case that I've seen," commented the country sheriff. More »

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      accident  • dog  • gun  • hunting  • accidental death

  • December 2007

    • Billionaire Dies After Fall at Building Site

      newser  |  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  |  Dec 21, 07 6:58 PM CST

      Billionaire Dies After Fall at Building Site

      Billionaire Ken Hendricks, 66, died today of head injuries after falling through a hole in his unfinished garage roof, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Hendricks—a high-school dropout who turned ABC Supply Co. into a national building-supply chain—apparently fell through a tarp covering an unfinished portion of an addition to his home, suffering fatal head injuries in a Rockford, Ill., hospital. More »

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      obituary  • accidental death  • billionaire  • Forbes 400

  • October 2007

    • Woman Dies in Custody After Airport Arrest

      newser  |  CNN  |  Oct 1, 07 12:03 PM CDT

      Woman Dies in Custody After Airport Arrest

      A 45-year-old mother of three from a prominent New York family died in police custody yesterday after being arrested for disorderly conduct at the Phoenix airport. Carol Ann Gotbaum became agitated after missing her flight—the door was locked when she arrived at the gate—and was subdued and removed by police. Left in a holding cell, she apparently strangled herself as she tried to wriggle free of handcuffs, police said. More »

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      airport  • accidental death  • Gotbaum

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