4 h. ago Kiss star Ace Frehley’s death being investigated as toxicology report awaited

The guitarist died last week at the age of 74

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6 h. ago KISS star Ace Frehley's death 'being investigated' with toxicology report ordered

Music legend Ace Frehley died last week aged 74 and now a toxicology report is set to determine the KISS guitarist's cause of death

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6 h. ago Liverpool kit manager dies suddenly, aged 39, as club pays emotional tribute

Liverpool have announced the sad news that women's team's kit manager Jonathan Humble has died following a sudden illness as the club has paid tribute to the 39-year-old

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6 h. ago Liverpool kit manager dies suddenly, aged 44, as club pays emotional tribute

Liverpool have announced the sad news that women's team's kit manager Jonathan Humble has died following a sudden illness as the club paid tribute to the 44-year-old

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13 h. ago Man downed Jägerbombs with partner's brother before killing him, court hears

Martin O'Donovan died aged 47 following the incident outside his sister's home in Woolton, Liverpool in April. Stephen Bates, of Mossley Hill, has now appeared before Liverpool Crown Court

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14 h. ago ‘At night, his guitar comes into my mind’: Amadou and Mariam’s surviving singer on life after losing her husband and musical partner

As Amadou and Mariam, the blind couple tenaciously carved out a career as one of Africa’s biggest global acts. Now, after Amadou’s death this year, his wife tells the story of their first posthumous albumOn 4 April, Amadou Bagayoko died suddenly, aged 70, in Bamako, Mali. The country’s ministry of culture announced the news. Thousands attended the funeral, including former collaborators Manu Chao, Youssou N’Dour, Malian–French rapper Mokobé and Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa, all paying homage to a man they knew as an uncle, a blues-guitar giant, a leader, a friend.“I miss him so much,” says Mariam Doumbia, his wife and musical partner of 44 years in the duo Amadou and Mariam. “We did everything together. We travelled together. We composed together. The sound of his guitar is always between my two ears. Especially at night, it comes into my mind. Even right now, I just heard it.” Continue reading...

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15 h. ago The Voice star dies aged 56 after health battle as fans pay tribute

Singer and guitarist Virginia Lillye, who was a contestant on The Voice Australia in 2020, has died at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with advanced ovarian cancer

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15 h. ago Brazilian bodybuilder famed for his punishing training routines dies aged 31 weeks after proposing to girlfriend on stage

Ricardo Nolasco dos Santos died on Monday in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The cause of his death has not yet been made public.

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15 h. ago Bodybuilding champ, 31, dies in 'saddest day' after proposing to his stunning PT

Tributes have flooded in for a champion bodybuilder and influencer who has died aged just 31, months after proposing to his personal trainer girlfriend

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15 h. ago Virginia Lillye dead: The Voice Australia star dies after ovarian cancer diagnosis

Fans have been left heartbroken as The Voice Australia star Virginia Lillye has sadly died at the age of 56 two years after an advanced ovarian cancer diagnosis

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15 h. ago Holly Hagan's sister, 19, 'fell ill after taking drugs' as police issue statement

Reality TV star Holly Hagan devastatingly confirmed her younger sister Darci died aged 19 as police have now issued a statement following her tragic death

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16 h. ago The Wanted singer fronts brain cancer campaign after death of bandmate Tom Parker

Parker died at the age of 33 in March 2022 more than a year after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

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16 h. ago ‘A force of nature who took no prisoners’: a tribute to Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki

The driving force behind Team Ninja was a game development samurai who almost always won his battlesGame designer and ex-Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki died last week aged 58. He was famous for his sunglasses, long black hair, leather jackets – and his penchant for using colourful second world war metaphors to describe game development, marketing strategies and just about anything else. A pugnacious talent, he rocked the boat and made waves in almost every aspect of his life.Itagaki joined Japanese game developer Tecmo in 1992, as a young programmer, where he led the creation of the fighting game series Dead or Alive, the first instalment of which was released in 1996. He famously picked a long-running fight with Namco’s Tekken series, after that company’s marketing team ran an ad that he found disparaging. The resulting one-sided beef put his fighting franchise on the world stage in the early 2000s. After Dead or Alive 3, he turned his attentions to beach volleyball as a palette ...

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17 h. ago Holly Hagan's sister, 19, 'fell ill after taking drugs' as new details emerge on tragic death

Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan announced her half-sister Darci has died at the age of 19, and now Greater Manchester Police have released an update on her heartbreaking death

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25 h. ago Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky is remembered as a leader in the game's online surge

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at the age of 29

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26 h. ago Siva Kaneswaran fronts brain cancer campaign after death of bandmate Tom Parker

Parker died at the age of 33 in March 2022 more than a year after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

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29 h. ago Man mowed down during his mum's 70th birthday as killer makes admission to police

Martin O'Donovan died aged 47 following the incident outside his sister's home on Stonyhurst Road in Woolton in April this year, which came during their mum's 70th birthday party.

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30 h. ago Jilly Cooper visited the set of Rivals series 2 just days before her death

Rivals star Alex Hassell has revealed that Dame Jilly Cooper visited the set of series two just days before she died, aged 88, earlier this month

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32 h. ago Sad new details emerge about death of Limp Bizkit's bassist Sam Rivers at just 48

On 18 October, metal band Limp Bizkit announced their bassist and founding member Sam Rivers had died at the age of 48, and now new details about what happened have emerged

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33 h. ago US chess grandmaster who died 'unexpectedly' aged 29 had been accused of cheating by Russian rival as part of what he felt was 'a sustained, evil attempt to destroy my life'

In the final year of his life, Daniel Naroditsky was tormented by repeated accusations of cheating in online games by Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik.

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