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By Brandon Jones On Saturday, June 11th, 2016
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Kevin James Loibl identified as shooter in murder of singer Christina Grimmie

While singer Christina Grimmie met with fans after her show in central Florida, a man who walked up to her after the performance in Orlando, shooting and killing the former star of The Voice, police said. Witnesses More...

By The Dispatch On Thursday, June 9th, 2016
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Florida Muslims pay tribute to Muhammad Ali, ‘no doubt he was a hero’

Bust photographic portrait of Muhammad Ali in 1967 World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg (TAMPA DISPATCH PRESS RELEASE): The Council on American-Islamic Relations – Florida (CAIR-Florida), the state’s More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Monday, April 25th, 2016
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‘Purple Rain’ returns to select theaters to honor Prince

Fans around the world may still be reeling from the sudden passing of international music icon Prince and now the hit film Purple Rain will return to theaters for a special screening to honor the late star. Prince, More...

By Kaye Wonderhouse On Friday, March 18th, 2016
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Pianist Vadym Kholodenko’s family murdered in Texas triple homicide

Two children were killed and their mother stabbed Thursday in a crime involving the family of an internationally known pianist in North Texas, Benbrook police said. The children’s father is pianist Vadym Kholodenko. Police More...

By Sierra Jones On Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
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‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee passes away at 89

The famous Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee passed away at age 89. Lee tapped into her Alabama upbringing to deal with the challenges of racial injustice in the American South. More...

By Sierra Jones On Friday, February 19th, 2016
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President Obama will not attend Justice Scalia’s funeral, dismissed question on golfing

President Obama will not attend Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral Saturday, the White House confirmed. While the president will pay his respects on Friday, when Scalia’s body lies in repose in the Great More...

By The Dispatch On Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
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David Bowie comic book biography released

After his untimely death earlier this month, David Bowie left behind more than a legacy of memorable songs, but bequeathed an indelible imprint on popular culture as well. Storm Entertainment captures this spirit More...

By Brandon Jones On Saturday, February 13th, 2016
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Supreme Court Justice Scalia found dead at age 79

Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday at a resort in West Texas, federal officials said. Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Thursday, January 14th, 2016
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‘Harry Potter’ ‘Die Hard’ star Alan Rickman dead at age 69

Actor Alan Rickman, known for films including Harry Potter, Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has died at the age of 69. The star was suffering from cancer, his family said. He became one of Britain’s More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, January 11th, 2016
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Music legend David Bowie dies from cancer at age 69

Legendary rock artist David Bowie has died at 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer, his publicist confirmed to SkyNews. The news was also posted on the musician’s official website. January 10 2016 – More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
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Country singer Craig Strickland, friend Chase Morland found dead

The body of country singer Craig Strickland was found on Monday after he and a friend went missing while on a hunting trip just after Christmas. Early reports say he died of hypothermia. Strickland, 29, had gone More...

By Butter Bracco On Thursday, August 13th, 2015
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Tali Lennox’s boyfriend, Ian Jones, identified as body found in Hudson River

The body found in the Hudson River has been identified as Ian Jones, the boyfriend of Tali Lennox, who had been missing since Saturday. “The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reports that the autopsy on the More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Friday, July 24th, 2015
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Jackie Fox seeking healing from Kim Fowley rape, talks about Joan Jett

Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs (known by her stage name as Jackie Fox) joined HuffPost Live to discuss her alleged sexual assaulted by band manager Kim Fowley, after going public about her rape earlier this More...

By Kaye Wonderhouse On Monday, June 22nd, 2015
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Former baseball player Darryl Hamilton dead in murder suicide

Darryl Hamilton, a 13-year veteran of the MLB, center fielder and member of the New York Mets team that reached the 2000 World Series, was killed in a murder-suicide in a suburban Houston home, authorities said More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Monday, May 25th, 2015
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‘Beautiful Mind’ mathmetician John Nash killed in NJ car crash

The American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the factors that govern chance and events inside complex systems of daily More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Thursday, April 9th, 2015
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James Best, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor, Roscoe, dies at age 88

James Best, a veteran character actor best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on CBS’ action-comedy series The Dukes Of Hazzard, died Monday of pneumonia in Hickory, North Carolina. He was 88. The Charlotte Observer More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Monday, March 16th, 2015
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Leonard Nimoy tribute in ‘The Big Bang Theory’ in Chuck Lorre Vanity card

Sheldon (Jim Parsons) offering the Vulcan sing for “Live ong and prosper” The late Leonard Nimoy made a voice-over appearance on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory three years ago and the show’s brainiac More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, February 27th, 2015
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Famous ‘Star Trek’ star Leonard Nimoy passes away at 83

Leonard Nimoy has passed away at the age of 83 following a brief illness. Nimoy most famously portrayed Spock in the Star Trek TV Series and the films that followed. According to the New York Times, who reported More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Friday, October 17th, 2014
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‘August: Osage County’ star Misty Upham found dead along Seattle river

Authorities in Auburn, Washington believe that the body of August: Osage County actress Misty Upham was found along a river in suburban Seattle, police said Thursday. The body was found at the bottom of steep More...

By Jinkie Barendse On Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
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Police: Robin Williams hanged himself with a belt, cut his wrists

Robin Williams apparently died of asphyxia due to hanging, Marin County Sheriff’s Lt. Keith Boyd said Tuesday to the press. The final cause of death will not be official for several weeks following an autopsy, More...

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