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Too Young

"Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young" - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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  • August 2008

    • Corpse Proves Yankee Fan a Stand-Up Guy

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 08 3:13 PM CDT

      Corpse Proves Yankee Fan a Stand-Up Guy

      (AP) - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing for his 3-day wake, the AP reports. Dressed in a Yankees cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room. More »

  • April 2008

    • E Street Rocker Danny Federici Is Dead at 58

      Associated Press  |  Apr 18, 08 7:36 AM CDT

      E Street Rocker Danny Federici Is Dead at 58

      (Newser) - Longtime Bruce Springsteen keyboardist Danny Federici died yesterday at the age of 58 in New York after a three-year battle with melanoma. As a member of the Boss’ E Street Band, he performed on hit records for decades and helped bring Springsteen into the spotlight after jamming in New Jersey in the 1960s. “We grew up together,” Springsteen said in an online statement. More »

    • Diaz Shocked by Dad's Sudden Death at 58

      TMZ  |  Apr 16, 08 12:04 PM CDT

      Diaz Shocked by Dad's Sudden Death at 58

      (Newser) - Cameron Diaz's father Emilio died suddenly from pneumonia yesterday, according to TMZ. The bubbly actress found his death "shocking" since her 58-year-old father, who had a bit part in his daughter's hit There's Something About Mary , was reportedly in "terrific health" until he developed a bad case of the flu.  More »

  • March 2008

    • Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband Found Dead

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Mar 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband Found Dead

      (Newser) - The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead from a suspected drug overdose at his home in the UK. Jason Rae, 31, a saxophone player, is said to have struggled with drug abuse for years, according to Britain's Daily Mail . His band, the Haggis Horns, had backed Amy Winehouse. More »

    • Stingray Kills Boater off Fla. Keys

      CNN  |  Mar 20, 08 2:54 PM CDT

      Stingray Kills Boater off Fla. Keys

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide

      Associated Press  |  Mar 19, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide

      (Newser) - Vicki Van Meter, the girl who at age 11 astounded the nation with a 5-hour cross-country flight, is dead at 26, the AP reports, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Meter’s trans-continental flight was a record at the time, and a year later she became the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. “We all thought she was coping,” her brother said of her history of depression. More »

    • Director Minghella Dead at 54

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 18, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      Director Minghella Dead at 54

      (Newser) - Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella died today at 54, the Guardian reports. Minghella won the 1997 best director Oscar for The English Patient and was nominated as a screenwriter for The Talented Mr. Ripley in 2000. "This is a shattering blow from someone who was a major figure in an important industry and had a lot to go on and contribute," fellow director Lord Puttnam told the Guardian. More »

    • Blind Guitarist Healey Dead at 41

      Globe and Mail  |  Mar 3, 08 3:25 PM CST

      Blind Guitarist Healey Dead at 41

      (Newser) - Acclaimed guitarist Jeff Healey died of cancer at 41 yesterday after battling the disease throughout his life, the Globe and Mail reports. Healey, who lost his eyesight as a child to retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, sold more than a million albums in the US, racking up hits such as “Angel Eyes,” “See the Light,” and a cover of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” More »

  • January 2008

    • Brando's Troubled Firstborn Dies

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 26, 08 7:44 PM CST

      Brando's Troubled Firstborn Dies

      (Newser) - Christian Brando, the eldest of the late Godfather's nine children, died today from pneumonia at 49. Brando, the product of his iconic father's first marriage, earned the media limelight in 1990 for shooting to death his sister's boyfriend, he LA Times reports. But he was in and out of the court system for much of his troubled life. More »

    • Heath Ledger Found Dead

      Associated Press  |  Jan 22, 08 4:06 PM CST

      Heath Ledger Found Dead

      (Newser) - Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in his home in downtown Manhattan, the AP reports. The Australian native, an Academy Award nominee for his performance in Brokeback Mountain, was 28. Police said pills were "scattered around the room," WCBS-TV in New York reported, and the death may have been drug-related. More »

    • Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      Access Hollywood  |  Jan 15, 08 8:22 PM CST

      Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      (Newser) - Actor Brad Renfro, who kicked off his career at age 10 in The Client , was found dead at his Los Angeles home today, "Access Hollywood" reports. He was 25. The LA coroner's office confirmed his death; the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is under way. "There is no suspicion of foul play," a police spokesman told the LA Times. More »

  • December 2007

    • Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      Associated Press  |  Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST

      Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      (Newser) - Soft rock singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died yesterday morning at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 56. Fogelberg was most popular in the '70s and early '80s with hits like "Longer," "Leader of the Band," "Same Old Lang Syne," and "The Power of Gold." His songs were known for their emotional weight and captivating story lines. More »

  • October 2007

    • 'Croc Hunter' Knew He'd Die Young, Widow Says

      Reuters  |  Oct 29, 07 3:33 PM CDT

      'Croc Hunter' Knew He'd Die Young, Widow Says

      (Newser) - Plucky Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin always had premonitions of an early death, his widow Terri says, adding that her husband “had a real sixth sense." She's writing a book about her life with the daredevil naturalist, who died at age 44 when a stingray’s barb pierced his heart in September 2006, Reuters reports. More »

  • July 1999

    • John F. Kennedy Jr., Heir To a Formidable Dynasty

      query.nytimes.com  |  Jul 19, 99

      John F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the nation's most celebrated political dynasty, was reported lost and presumed dead in an accident that resounded this weekend with echoes of the family's many misfortunes.Mr. Kennedy, 38, has been missing since Friday night after the plane he was flying to a cousin's wedding on Cape Cod failed to arrive on Martha's Vineyard. His disappearance in the prime of his life, like the deaths of his father, two uncles, an aunt and two cousins before him, only added to the perception that his larger-than-life family has been besieged by a near-biblical blight.

  • October 1983

    • The Only Blonde in the World

      Time  |  Oct 5, 83

      She was swept by panics, smothered by doubts and fears, and her deathhad been long in coming. Twenty years ago, when she was a warmlyshopworn 16, she had first tried to...

  • March 1982

    • End of a Samurai Comic

      Time  |  Mar 15, 82

      It was all too trite and tragic. Another pop star found in a hotel room, dead of undetermined causes at an obscenely early age. In their blackest moods, the writers for NBC's original Saturday Night Live might have used these facts to make a satiric point about the self-destruction of performers who spoke most electrifyingly to their generation. And at the end of the skit, the victim—played by SNL 's reigning cutup, John Belushi—would have sprung back to life, bounced to his feet and bellowed: "But no-o-o-o!" But yes. Late last week, in a bungalow of West Hollywood's Hotel Chateau Marmont, Belushi—the...

  • September 1970

    • Milestones

      Time  |  Sep 28, 70

      Died. Jimi Hendrix, 27, Seattle-born rock superstar whose grating, bluesy voice, screechy, pulsating guitar solos and pelvis-pumping stage antics conveyed...

  • April 1968

    • Transcendent Symbol

      Time  |  Apr 12, 68

      For Martin Luther King Jr., death came as a tragic finale to an Americandrama fraught with classic hints of inevitability. Propelled to fame inthe throes of the Negro's mid-century revolution,...

  • October 1955