42 h. ago Caring dad dies suddenly days after being bitten by venomous pet spider

Mark Kirby had bought five spiders online but then developed flu-like symptoms after being bitten

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44 h. ago Dad, 38, dies after being 'bitten by venomous spider' he bought on the internet

Mark Anthony Kirby died after feeling unwell on Saturday, August 2

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49 h. ago Father, 38, dies after 'being bitten by venomous spider' he bought online just weeks before

Mark Anthony Kirby, from Prescot, Merseyside was bitten shortly after purchasing the venomous spider but died just over a week later on August 2.

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52 h. ago Brit dad suddenly dies after being 'bitten by venomous spider' he bought online

Mark Anthony Kirby, 38, from Prescot, Merseyside, died on Saturday, August 2, and his former partner Kayleigh Gill said that he had purchased the spider a few weeks earlier

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4 d. ago Hiker who died after being bitten by venomous snake in Tennessee made fatal mistake, officials believe

The man died in a local hospital after being bitten on the hand by what officials speculate was a timber rattlesnake

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5 d. ago Tragedy as man, 43, dies suddenly after falling ill in Scots street

The emergency services dashed to the scene in Paisley but the man could not be saved.

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5 d. ago Champion bodybuilder dies at 37... as sport mourns seventh sudden death in six months

Champion bodybuilder Hayley McNeff has passed away at the age of 37, becoming the sixth bodybuilder to pass away within the past six months.

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6 d. ago PM leads tributes to Welsh Labour politician who died suddenly aged 47

Hefin David, the Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly, died on Tuesday.

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6 d. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer praises Hefin David as 'dedicated and committed' public servant in tribute

The MS for Caerphilly died suddenly on Tuesday evening

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6 d. ago Hefin David remembered as 'powerful voice for the people of Wales'

Welsh Labour MS Hefin David has died suddenly at the age of 47

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer leads tributes to Hefin David after Welsh Labour MS dies suddenly aged 47

The Prime Minister said the Caerphilly MS, who had been a member of the Welsh Parliament since 2016, was 'a powerful voice for the people of Wales'.

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6 d. ago Welsh Labour MS Hefin David has died suddenly, First Minister says

Mr David was the Labour MS for Caerphilly.

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7 d. ago 'Cherished' teacher and mum of two dies suddenly in Bulgaria tragedy

Catherine Parsons from Derry, Northern Ireland, suddenly died while she was away in Bulgaria. Moving tributes were paid to the 60-year-old history teacher at her funeral today

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7 d. ago How US hitwoman hired for UK contract killing failed – dating app, niqab to jammed gun

Besotted Aimee Betro, 45, was recruited by Brit lover Mohammed Nazir and his dad to bump off Birmingham boutique clothing shop boss Sikander Ali but twice botched it - then went on the run for five years

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8 d. ago Property mogul with links to Putin regime dies 'suddenly' in mystery circumstances

Multi-millionaire property mogul Mikhail Kenin - who created Russia’s largest property development firm - was apparently healthy when he died aged just 56

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8 d. ago Brit, 25, backpacking in Australia pleads guilty to killing dad in e

The 25-year-old pleaded guilty today after crashing into the father-of-two in May

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1 week ago Mystery as man, 54, drops dead while dancing at favourite band's concert

Tributes have been paid to a 54-year-old man from Michigan who died suddenly while attending a 60th anniversary Grateful Dead show with his partner

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1 week ago Heartbreak as 'one in a million' mum dies after returning from holiday

Amanda Cugini, from Ely, Cardiff, had been back from Tunisia for less than a week when she died suddenly,

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2 w. ago Paul O'Grady's husband pays heartbreaking tribute to Lily Savage star on milestone day

Lily Savage star, Paul O'Grady, left his legion of loyal fans and husband, Andre Portasio, bereft when he died two years ago from sudden cardiac arrythmia, aged 67

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