7 h. ago Olympic hero, 49, struck by lightning and dies on holiday as wife mourns 'enormous loss'

Olympic medalist Audun Groenvold, who won bronze at the 2010 Winter Games, has died at the age of 49 after the dad-of-three was struck by lightning on a family holiday

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27 h. ago Tributes paid to 'free spirit' son who impaled himself on fence during night out

A grieving mum of a beloved dad who tragically died when he became impaled on a spiked fence has paid a moving tribute to him one year on from his sudden passing

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30 h. ago Dad dies after being bitten by bat as he tried to free it from his home

A family was left devastated after a dad-of-two contracted a deadly disease similar to rabies when he was bitten by a rabid bat as he tried to remove it from his home

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33 h. ago 'Larger than life' dad died after impaling himself on a spike on a night out

Tributes have been paid to Adam 'Pidge' Mountford, 34, who bled to death

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50 h. ago Peter Falconio's dad hopes murdered backpacker's body will be found before he dies

British backpacker Peter Falconio was murdered 24 years ago - his elderly father Luciano is clinging onto hope his son's remains will be found within his lifetime

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3 d. ago Heartbroken dad speaks out after son, 25, dies in fall from hotel balcony in Malta

Police in Malta have named the man who tragically died after falling from a hotel balcony in St Julian, Malta, on Friday morning - his heartbroken father has spoken out following the tragic incident

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4 d. ago First picture of 'devoted and beloved' dad who died in horror crash in Falkirk

Jamie Johnstone was driving a black Vauxhall Corsa northbound between junctions six and seven, near Carronshore in Falkirk, when the accident happened at around 4.30am on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago Inside Barron Trump's diet and exercise regime that dad Donald credits for his staggering 6ft7 height

Barron Trump's diet and eating habits have long fascinated many people around the world due to his soaring height.

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7 d. ago Scots dad dies two weeks after hip replacement as investigation launched into NHS care

John Ian Young, who was on a five-year waiting list for the procedure before going under the knife at Hairmyres Hospital on June 5, died just weeks later.

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8 d. ago Dad dies cutting arm almost 'clean off' during desperate bid to save family in Texas flood

Julian Ryan, 27, his wife Christina Wilson and the rest of their family were in their home when floodwater started rushing in after the waters of the Guadalupe River in Texas rose 30ft

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8 d. ago My Dad just died again! A close inspection of TV’s most shocking plot

A character just got bumped off for the second time in And Just Like That – but it’s far from the first show to mess up in this way. Just look at Friends!Now in its third season, it’s safe to say that HBO’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That has struggled to capture the zeitgeist in the same way as its mother series. But that all changes now because, in its most recent episode, shrugged off its tired old premise to become something new. Now it is nothing less than a show about the miracle of human reanimation.The most recent episode was entitled Silent Mode. In it, Nicole Ari Parker’s character Lisa learned that her 90-year-old father had died. As she prepared to deliver a moving eulogy, sharp-eyed And Just Like That loyalists were all grabbed by the same sudden thought: wait, hadn’t he already died once before? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Young dad dies from stage 4 cancer after mistaking symptoms for gym injury

Kyle Ingram-Baldwin, 40, tragically passed away from stage 4 bowel cancer.

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9 d. ago Dad, 30, died suddenly on dream trip just days before birth of second child

Tributes have been paid to Ryan O'Connor

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9 d. ago Brit dad, 30, dies while pursuing Thai boxing dream just days before wife gives birth

Ryan O'Connor, who was from Lancashire, fell seriously ill while pursuing his lifelong dream of training at a Thai boxing academy - and his family has been left heartbroken

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast's Nina Warhurst left heartbroken after announcing her father has died: 'I can't quite accept that it's real'

BBC Breakfast star Nina Warhurst is heartbroken following the death of her beloved dad after he passed earlier this week.

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1 week ago Paula Bomer: ‘If you describe yourself as a victim, you’re dismissed’

Having made waves as part of the alt-lit movement, the US author is poised to go mainstream with The Stalker, her most exhilarating work yetWhen I arrive at Paula Bomer’s apartment building in south Brooklyn I am briefly disoriented in the lobby, until I hear the yapping of dogs and amid them, her voice calling my name. Bomer is tall and striking, in her mid-50s. I met her last year at a reading in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she seemed like someone who cared almost manically about literature and also like someone who would be fun to hang out with, two qualities not always confluent. I had heard of these anxious dogs before, when she and I met for dinner a few months ago, and she disclosed that her life was now spent managing canine neuroses.“I got them when my dad died,” she says, in between offering me matcha, coffee, tequila or wine (it’s 2.30pm on a Sunday; Bomer doesn’t drink any more, save a glass of champagne on selling her book, but doesn’t mind if othe...

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1 week ago Desperate final words of brave dad who died saving kids and fiancé from floods

Brave dad Julian Ryan was praised as a 'hero' by his family, who said his death in the Texas floods has left 'an unfillable void in all our lives' - his fiancé has now shared his heartbreaking final words

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1 week ago Texas dad tragically dies saving family from floods as 27 kids still missing

Dad Julian Ryan was praised as a 'hero' by his family, who said his death in the Texas floods has left 'an unfillable void in all our lives' - a GoFundMe has been organised to support his family

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1 week ago Mum and daughter die in horror car crash as dad and sister remain in hospital

Six-year-old Ella and her mum Natalie, a well-known nurse, were killed in the collision with a van on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Heartbroken Tulisa Contostavlos pulls out of Pride event as famous dad dies

N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos has put her work commitments on hold following the sad news of her father Steve's death as she pulls out of a Pride event this weekend

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