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 Jacko Leaves Pile of Debt 

Could have recouped losses with comeback

Jun 26, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson died deep in debt, Reuters reports: Wall Street Journal sources put the figure at $500 million earlier this month. The entertainer and his managers had hoped a planned concert series this summer would refill his coffers. Still, Jackson’s copyrights to his songs and his stake in the... More »

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entertainment • debt • copyright • death • Michael Jackson • assets

 Why Farrah Wore a One-Piece 

The tale of an iconic image: Rising star styled her own hair

Jun 26, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett's role in Charlie’s Angels made her a TV star, but her 1976 pin-up poster made her an icon. Newsday reveals how the image, which preceded the show by a year, came about. Fawcett, who was supposed to be photographed in a bikini, wore the copper one-piece instead... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • death • photograph • Farrah Fawcett • women's issues

 Ignore the Internet: 
 Ford, Goldblum Not Dead 

Internet pranksters capitalize on other celebrity deaths with new hoax

Jun 26, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of Farrah Fawcett’s and Michael Jackson’s deaths yesterday, someone got carried away and reported the demise of Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum, too. Turns out those news bulletins were the work of Internet pranksters, reports the New York Daily News. “Reports that Jeff Goldblum... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • death • Michael Jackson • Harrison Ford • Farrah Fawcett • Jeff Goldblum

Jackson roundup

 ET Nails 
 'Exclusive' 
 Last Photo 

Also, details on his last night; tour group is first to see ambulance leave; more

Jun 26, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last picture of Michael Jackson—on a stretcher, being worked on by paramedics— came out last night, courtesy of Entertainment Tonight, which slapped a huge logo on it and called it an exclusive, even though it was instantly all over TV and the web. More coverage of the King... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • overdose • death • addiction • painkiller • Michael Jackson

 Jackson Died 'After 
 Demerol Injection' 

Family lawyer warned that Jackson had 'issues' with prescription drugs

Jun 26, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's heart attack death occurred after an injection of the powerful prescription painkiller Demerol at his home, a source at the UCLA Medical Center tells the Sun. Desperate aides and a personal physician on the scene gave the singer CPR after his collapse, and made a panic-stricken call to... More »

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overdose • death • prescription drugs • painkiller • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson

(Newser) - A graphic video that apparently captured the death of a young Iranian woman known only as “Neda” has become an online phenomenon, CNN reports. Neda was protesting in Tehran with her father against alleged electoral fraud when the pro-government militia Basiji shot her in the heart, a blogger writes.... More »

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Iran • YouTube • video • death • Basiji • CNN • Twitter • Iranian election • Neda

(Newser) - The world’s oldest man died today at the age of 113, AFP reports. Tomoji Tanabe, who suffered from a chronic heart problem, died of heart failure at his home in Miyakonojo City, Japan. Tanabe—who had eight children, 25 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren—said his secret to... More »

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Japan • death • oldest man • Tomoji Tanabe

(Newser) - As the movement toward greener, more natural burials gains steam, a Swedish biologist who specializes in soil production thinks she's got the best method, reports the Walrus magazine. It's called promession, and it's a doozy: Corpses are frozen with liquid nitrogen, then shattered into tiny pieces on a vibrating table.... More »

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environment • death • Sweden • green • burial • compost • decomposition • promession

Crew Asked for Doc But Kept Pilot's Death a Secret

Passengers had no clue

Jun 18, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - They didn't explain why, but the crew of Continental Flight 61 asked passengers about halfway through their flight whether there was a doctor on board. It was only when the plane landed that passengers learned their 60-year-old captain had died somewhere between Brussels and New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reports. The... More »

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(AP) - The death of actress Mia Farrow's brother has been ruled a suicide. Police say Patrick  Farrow, a 66-year-old sculptor, shot himself in his Vermont gallery Monday night. Police initially classified Farrow's death as suspicious, but later said the medical examiner's ruling of suicide was consistent with evidence found at the... More »

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suicide • Vermont • death • Mia Farrow • sculptor

Death of
Mia Farrow's
Brother
'Suspicious'

Sculptor found in
his Vermont home

Jun 16, 09 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow's 66-year-old brother has died under "suspicious" circumstances, say Vermont police. Cops found Patrick Farrow, a sculptor of note, at his home yesterday after receiving a call from his wife. Details are murky beyond that. Police say they don't suspect foul play, but they also contend, without elaboration,... More »

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(Newser) - A Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination... More »

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Google • Stanford • Sergey Brin • India • death • drowning • data mining • professor

ANALYSIS

 Sex Strangulation 
 Unsafe, But Doable 

...if you follow some crucial rules

Jun 6, 09 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The kinky details of David Carradine’s death may leave you asking a seemingly forbidden question: Is there a safe way to engage in autoerotic asphyxiation? Most doctors say no, and strongly discourage self-strangulation during sex or masturbation. But there are ways to make it less dangerous, Christopher Beam writes... More »

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suicide • sex • death • David Carradine • autoerotic asphyxiation

Sex Technique Linked to Carradine Hanging

Actor may have died accidentally during autoerotic asphyxiation

Jun 5, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Carradine's manager disputed reports that the actor committed suicide as information emerged that he may have died accidentally during autoerotic asphyxiation. Carradine was found hanging naked in his Bangkok hotel room with cords around his neck and genitals, reports the Telegraph. There was no evidence of assault or that... More »

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suicide • death • David Carradine • autoerotic asphyxiation

First Debris Retrieved From Flight 447

Air France tells
families no one survived the crash

Jun 4, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Brazilian crews begin retrieving the first pieces of Air France flight 447, the airline has told families that nobody survived, the AP reports. A helicopter pulled a cargo pallet and two buoys from the Atlantic, 340 miles northeast of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha islands. As theories about the crash... More »

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Brazil • death • airline passengers • debris • Air France • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - Heartsick parents jumped to their death from cliffs in Britain with the body of their son who had died from an illness, reports the Times of London. The trio were found in East Sussex at the foot of Beachy Head, a notorious spot for suicides. The body of the couple's... More »

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suicide • parenting • death • Britain • child • Beachy Head • dead child

UPDATED

5 Dead in Honduras Quake; Toll Expected to Rise

Tsunami warning has been called off

May 28, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five deaths have been confirmed after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Honduras and Guatemala early today. Four victims were children between 3 and 15, crushed under their collapsed home, Reuters reports. "There will be many more dead," said a Honduran official. Buildings in both Central American states... More »

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death • Belize • Central America • Guatemala • Honduras • earthquake • disaster

OPINION

Did Our Health Care System Kill Jay Bennett?

Musician's death
has scary implications for the rest of us

May 26, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of 45-year-old musician Jay Bennett, former member of the band Wilco, is “intolerably sad”—but its implications about our current health care system are also “downright scary,” writes the Cajun Boy on Gawker. Bennett, fired from Wilco in 2001, sued the band’s frontman... More »

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health care • health insurance • death • health care reform • hip replacement • Jay-ZTV • Jay Bennett • Wilco

ANALYSIS

Bitter, Frustrated S. Koreans Mourn Dead Ex-Prez

Anti-graft leader turned out to be just like corrupt colleagues

May 24, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Koreans spent the day yesterday mourning their former president, whose suicide left them sharply divided over his efforts to crush the very kind of corruption of which he was accused, the Los Angeles Times reports. “He was a two-faced person," said one researcher. “He set himself... More »

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suicide • South Korea • corruption • president • death • Roh Moo Hyun

S. Korean
Ex-Prez Dies From Fall: Cops

Caught in $6M bribery probe, Roh left
behind suicide note

May 22, 09 9:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has died, presumably after a fall while mountain climbing, police say. A news report said a suicide note was found. The former leader suffered severe head injuries and died after being transported from his hometown of Gimhae to a hospital in the southern city... More »

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suicide • South Korea • president • death • Roh Moo Hyun

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