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'Gentle Giant' Found Dead in Hotel Room Had CTE: Family

Vincent Jackson's loved ones have donated his brain to Boston University

(Newser) - Update: The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver found dead in a Florida hotel room in February had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, his family announced Thursday, per NBC News . Vincent Jackson, who died at the age of 38, had stage 2 CTE, widow Lindsey Jackson said in a statement....

Tribute to Dead Mom Goes Viral: 'This Obit, My God'

Snarky memorial for 'gregarious grifter' appears on NC newspaper's site

(Newser) - Renay Mandel Corren may be gone, but her legacy lives on—and has gone viral, thanks to what the Guardian calls an "unusual" yet "loving" obituary penned by her son. The 1,000-word memorial to the 84-year-old, who died in El Paso, Texas, appeared on the website of...

Journalist Who Triggered Fall of Berlin Wall Dies
Journalist Who Triggered
Fall of Berlin Wall Dies
OBITUARY
Dec 15, 2021 4:53 PM CST

Journalist Who Triggered Fall of Berlin Wall Dies

Riccardo Ehrman's 1989 question prompted thousands to flock to wall

(Newser) - Italian journalist Riccardo Ehrman has died at age 92—32 years after he asked a question that changed the world. Ehrman was Italian news agency ANSA's East Berlin correspondent in the fall of 1989 as protests against the communist East German regime gathered steam. At a Nov. 9 press...

'The World Is a Lesser Place Today Because She Is Gone'

Author bell hooks has died at the age of 69

(Newser) - bell hooks, the groundbreaking author, educator, and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics, and politics were intertwined made her among the most influential thinkers of her time, has died. She was 69. In a statement issued through William Morrow Publishers, hooks' family announced that she died Wednesday in...

Wrestler Jimmy Rave Dies After 3 Amputations
Wrestler Jimmy Rave
Dies After 3 Amputations
OBITUARY
Dec 14, 2021 7:23 AM CST

Wrestler Jimmy Rave Dies After 3 Amputations

Agent Bill Behrens said health issues were related to his drug addiction

(Newser) - Former professional wrestler Jimmy Rave has died at the young age of 39. Wrestling agent Bill Behrens announced the death in a Twitter statement , saying Rave had passed away after "struggling with drug addiction for many years." He added "his struggles resulted in the amputation of his...

'One Of the Most Important' Mexican Artists Dies at 81

Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, was known for mastery of mariachi and ranchera music

(Newser) - Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new generation of performers, including his son Alejandro Fernández Jr., died on Sunday. He was 81 years old. Fernández was known for hits such as El Rey, Volver, Volver,...

Anne Rice Wrote About Vampires and Outcasts
Anne Rice
Went Beyond
Vampires
obituary
Dec 12, 2021 12:40 PM CST

Anne Rice Went Beyond Vampires

Novelist wrote more than 40 books, covering history and religion as well

(Newser) - Anne Rice, who built a legion of fans with such novels as Interview With the Vampire but also stretched beyond goth and horror, died Saturday. She was 80. Her son, Christopher, posted a statement saying she had had a stroke, NOLA.com reports. Rice sold more than 150 million books...

Monkees&#39; Michael Nesmith Is Dead at 78
Monkees' Michael Nesmith 
Is Dead at 78
obituary
Dec 10, 2021 12:24 PM CST

Monkees' Michael Nesmith Is Dead at 78

He pushed for the made-for-TV group to be allowed to play their own music

(Newser) - Michael Nesmith, who rose to fame as a member of the Monkees in the 1960s, has died at age 78, reports Variety . “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family...

Super Bowl Champ Demaryius Thomas Found Dead at 33
Super Bowl Champ
Demaryius Thomas
Found Dead at 33
obituary
Dec 10, 2021 12:56 AM CST

Super Bowl Champ Demaryius Thomas Found Dead at 33

Authorities say there are no signs of foul play

(Newser) - Former NFL player Demaryius Thomas , 33, was found dead in his home Thursday night, authorities say. Thomas, who officially retired in June after having last played in 2019 for the New York Jets, was a standout player with a Super Bowl ring who had been to five consecutive Pro Bowls,...

Allies, Foes Recall Dole as a Good-Humored Patriot

Biden praises longtime Senate leader's 'unerring sense of integrity and honor'

(Newser) - Leaders of both parties, including presidents, remembered longtime Sen. Bob Dole, who died Sunday, as a war hero who brought integrity to his decades of public service. They remembered his sense of humor, too, the New York Times reports. Reaction came from:

Bob Dole, 98, Was a Survivor in War, Politics
Bob Dole
Became
War Hero,
Senate Leader
obituary
Dec 5, 2021 12:20 PM CST

Bob Dole Became War Hero, Senate Leader

Kansas native survived combat wounds to earn presidential nomination

(Newser) - Bob Dole, a product of Dust Bowl Kansas who became a war hero, Senate majority leader, and presidential nominee, died Sunday. He was 98. The announcement by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said he died in his sleep but did not give the cause of death, the Washington Post reports. He...

&#39;The Big Ragoo&#39; Has Died at 69


'The Big Ragoo'
Has Died at 69
OBITUARY
Dec 2, 2021 9:25 AM CST

'The Big Ragoo' Has Died at 69

Actor Eddie Mekka played Carmine Ragusa on '70s sitcom 'Laverne & Shirley'

(Newser) - For those who sat in front of the boob tube in the late '70s and early '80s, the Happy Days spinoff Laverne & Shirley likely made its way into their TV-watching schedules. Sad news for that demographic, as loved ones announce the death of actor Eddie Mekka, who...

First Black Golfer to Play Masters Dies
A 'True Pioneer' in Golf Is Dead
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Nov 29, 2021 12:35 PM CST

A 'True Pioneer' in Golf Is Dead

Lee Elder was the first Black golfer to play Masters

(Newser) - Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87. The PGA Tour announced Elder’s death, which was first reported Monday by Debert Cook...

Influential Designer's Death Stuns Fashion, Art Worlds

Virgil Abloh, 41, was artistic director for menswear at Louis Vuitton

(Newser) - Virgil Abloh, the groundbreaking designer for Louis Vuitton and Off-White, died Sunday at age 41. He had been diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma, but had chosen not to go public with his diagnosis, battling the disease in private, according to a post on his Instagram profile. Abloh didn’t start his...

Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91
Stephen
Sondheim
Dead at 91
OBITUARY
Nov 27, 2021 6:00 AM CST

Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91

Master behind 'Sweeney Todd,' 'West Side Story' had just celebrated Thanksgiving with friends

(Newser) - CNN calls him a creator "perhaps without par" in American musical theater. The New York Times praises him as "one of Broadway history's songwriting titans." Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the musical force behind Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, and Into the ...

Physicist Who Co-Founded Subway Dies
Nuclear Physicist Who
Co-Founded Subway Has Died
OBITUARY
Nov 25, 2021 4:11 AM CST

Nuclear Physicist Who Co-Founded Subway Has Died

Billionaire Peter Buck has died at age 90

(Newser) - Peter Buck, whose $1,000 investment in a family friend's Connecticut sandwich shop in 1965 provided the genesis for what is now the world's largest restaurant chain—Subway—has died. He was 90. Buck, a nuclear physicist who was born in Portland, Maine, in 1930, died at a...

Poet and Author Who Sparked 1990s Men's Movement Dies

Robert Bly, best known for Iron John , was 94

(Newser) - Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last half century and author of the best-selling men’s movement classic Iron John, has died. He was 95. His daughter, Mary Bly, said her father died Sunday at his home in Minneapolis after suffering from dementia for 14...

Bones Actor Dies at 41
Bones Actor Dies at 41
OBITUARY
Nov 16, 2021 1:44 PM CST

Bones Actor Dies at 41

Heath Freeman, who played serial killer Howard Epps, remembered as a 'soulful spirit'

(Newser) - Actor Heath Freeman, best known for his two-year run as a serial killer on Bones, has died at the age of 41. His manager, Joe S. Montifiore, confirmed his death to NBC News on Tuesday without giving the circumstances. He called Freeman "a brilliant human being with an intense...

South Africa&#39;s Last White President Dies
White Leader Who Freed
Nelson Mandela Dies
OBITUARY
Nov 11, 2021 6:11 AM CST

White Leader Who Freed Nelson Mandela Dies

FW de Klerk shared Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993

(Newser) - "When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it," former South African President FW de Klerk said in 2011. But de Klerk, who has died at age 85, certainly played a major role in the end of...

Quantum Leap Star Dean Stockwell Dies at 85
Quantum Leap Star
Dies at 85
OBITUARY
Nov 9, 2021 9:25 AM CST

Quantum Leap Star Dies at 85

Dean Stockwell had a career that spanned 8 decades

(Newser) - He kicked off his acting career on Broadway at the age of 7. More than seven decades later, Dean Stockwell had racked up hundreds of stage, screen, and TV credits, Oscar and Emmy nominations, and the reputation of a "cult indie character actor who refused to fit in,"...

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