7 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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9 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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3 d. ago Great Scottish Run competitor dies one week after race as tributes paid

Callan Thain died aged 29 one week after competing in the Great Scottish Run.

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5 d. ago Kiss founding member Ace Frehley dies aged 74, weeks after canceling tour dates over health issues

The musician co-founded the massively successful rock group in 1973

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6 d. ago ‘My name is Manchester United’: the superfan who fought to change his identity

There are supporters and then there was the Bulgarian Marin Levidzhov, who died this week aged 62Ask any Manchester United fan of a certain age what 26 May 1999 means to them, and they will tell you the date has marked them for life. It was the night injury-time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær sealed United’s 2-1 comeback in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou. It was also the night the life of one United fan in Bulgaria, who has died this week at the age of 62, changed for ever.That supporter was born Marin Zdravkov Levidzhov in Svishtov, a town on the Danube with a population of 22,000. Growing up in communist Bulgaria adoring football, he dreamed of changing his name to Manchester United. To claim the name of a football club from the capitalist west, however, was mission impossible. Had Marin tried to do so before the fall of the regime, he would almost certainly have ended up in jail. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Mum and dad accused of murdering baby as woman says husband 'headbutted son'

Nivalda Santos Pirjani and her partner Klevi are currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court charged with the murder of their child Miguel Pirjani, who died aged 13 weeks in November last year

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7 d. ago EastEnders star Tony Caunter's heartbreaking final days as he dies one week after wife

EastEnders star Tony Caunter died 'peacefully' aged 88 this week, with his family announcing the heartbreaking news in a statement

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7 d. ago Mum accused of murdering baby says husband 'lost control and headbutted son'

Nivalda Santos Pirjani and her partner Klevi are currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court charged with the murder of their child Miguel Pirjani, who died aged 13 weeks in November last year

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1 week ago Huge bidding war looms for diaries of bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper 'that are even racier than Rivals'

The Rivals author, who died last week aged 88 after a fall, kept diaries for much of her life and had long warned friends they were far saucier than her famous 'bonkbuster' novels.

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1 week ago Boca Juniors manager, 69, dies just weeks after his last game as Edinson Cavani leads tributes

Edinson Cavani has lead the tributes to Miguel Angel Russo as the former Boca Juniors manager died at the age of 69, just weeks after attending his last game for the Argentinian footballing stalwarts

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2 w. ago Jilly Cooper's tragic cause of death leaves family in 'complete shock'

Best-selling novelist Dame Jilly Cooper died suddenly aged 88 this weekend as her devastated family pay tribute to her after announcing the heartbreaking news

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2 w. ago Heartbreaking moment Sharon Osbourne refused to let Ozzy give in to health fears

Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76 just two weeks after his Black Sabbath farewell concert at Villa Park

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3 w. ago FA warned incident which led to Billy Vigar’s death is ‘ticking time bomb’

Chichester City player Vigar died last week aged 21 after he collided with a concrete barrier.

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3 w. ago Football club boss receives death threats after tragic passing of ex

A WINGATE & FINCHLEY club boss claims to have received death threats following the tragic passing of Billy Vigar. Former Arsenal youngster Vigar died aged just 21 earlier this week after sustaining fatal injuries while playing for Chichester at Wingate & Finchley in the Isthmian League Premier Division last Saturday. Vigar received lengthy treatment on...

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3 w. ago BREAKING Girlfriend of American golfer Jake Knapp died aged 28 right before Ryder Cup

PGA Tour pro Jake Knapp's girlfriend Makena White died earlier this week aged 28, just days before the Ryder Cup got underway in the United States

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3 w. ago Girlfriend of American golfer Jake Knapp died aged 28 right before Ryder Cup

PGA Tour pro Jake Knapp's girlfriend Makena White died earlier this week aged 28, just days before the Ryder Cup got underway in the United States

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4 w. ago Matt Beard remembered at Anfield ahead of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup clash

The former Liverpool Women manager died at the weekend aged 47.

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last month From Blurred Lines to Genie in a Bottle: the late director Diane Martel’s best music videos

Last week, the celebrated US music video director died of breast cancer aged 63. We chart her best – and most controversial – music videosThe first music video Diane Martel directed was for the debut single by hardcore hip-hop group Onyx. Filmed predominantly in South Jamaica, Queens, and allegedly featuring real guns, it’s a grimy and energetic video, yo-yoing between the group performing on a beach and aggressive closeups shot in dimly lit basements. Martel, a young white woman who had directed two documentaries, might have seemed like an unlikely choice, but according to Onyx member Fredro Starr, she properly mucked in. “She would be getting on the floor, like getting dirty with it,” he said in one interview. “She made that video. If you wasn’t a director who was willing to get dirty, that video wouldn’t have came out like that. I gotta give her the props.” Continue reading...

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last month BBC's Morning Live interrupted by Louise Minchin as John Stapleton's son issues statement

BBC broadcaster John Stapleton died over the weekend at the age of 79

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last month BBC Morning Live halted as John Stapleton's son pays emotional tribute to 'best friend'

BBC broadcaster John Stapleton died over the weekend at the age of 79

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