29 h. ago Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, says medical examiner

Known for roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, the actor was found dead in FebruaryMichelle Trachtenberg, a popular TV actor, died of complications from diabetes, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office.Trachtenberg, 39, was found dead in February and had recently received a liver transplant, according to NBC News, but the cause of her death had been unclear at the time. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died of complications from diabetes, says NYC medical examiner

Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes

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40 h. ago New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released

Arakawa was shown to have been researching medical conditions related to Covid-19 and flu and police bodycam footage from inside the couple’s home releasedAuthorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome – a rare, rodent-borne disease that can led to a range of symptoms that include flu-like illness, headaches, dizziness and severe respiratory distress, investigators said. Hackman is believed to have died about a week later of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Warwick Davis’s wife died hours before planned hospital discharge, inquest hears

Actress died in March last year of arrhythmic cardiac arrest following complications of essential surgical treatment

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3 d. ago Warwick Davis' wife Samantha's cause of death was 'complications of surgery'

Samantha Davis, the late wife of Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, died following complications of essential surgery, an inquest has heard.

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4 d. ago Jean Marsh: Veteran stage and screen actress best known as no

Marsh co-created TV drama Upstairs, Downstairs with friend and fellow actress Eileen Atkins.

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4 d. ago Upstairs, Downstairs star Jean Marsh dies aged 90 after dementia complications

Emmy-winning actress Jean Marsh has died at the age of 90 as her close friend Michael Lindsay-Hogg confirmed the sad news. She lived in London and died at her home

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4 d. ago Willow and Doctor Who star Jean Marsh dies aged 90 after dementia complications

Emmy-winning actress Jean Marsh has died at the age of 90 as her close friend Michael Lindsay-Hogg confirmed the sad news. She lived in London and died at her home

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4 d. ago Jean Marsh dead: Upstairs, Downstairs icon dies after complications with dementia

Upstairs, Downstairs star and co-creator Jean Marsh has died aged 90

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4 d. ago Max Romeo was a great social commentator, railing against inequality and discord

The reggae singer best known for War Ina Babylon and Chase the Devil was most productive in the febrile political climate of 1970s Jamaica, but his influence remains undimmedJamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80Max Romeo, who died on Friday aged 80 from complications related to a heart condition, was one of Jamaica’s most celebrated vocalists; critiquing the island’s pervasive class divides and wealth disparities with a distinctive tenor, he denounced punitive US foreign policy and detailed the turbulence of world affairs.Best known for War Ina Babylon, a playful commentary on the factionalism that blighted Jamaican society during the mid-1970s, and Chase the Devil, on which he vowed to banish Satan to outer space, Romeo enjoyed repeated chart success in Jamaica during his long and varied career. Collaborating with the Rolling Stones in the early 1980s, he later opened a recording studio at his home in the Jamaican countryside, helping a younger generation of artists to come...

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6 d. ago Worried dad ran upstairs to check on little boys and found them dead in bunk bed

A devastated father became concerned after his ex-partner Kara Alexander wouldn't answer his calls ahead of him taking their two young sons for the weekend. When he went to check on his boys, he made a harrowing discovery

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1 week ago Weight loss surgery: Husband left 'devastated' after wife dies following surgery complications

The 54-year-old received ‘woeful’ aftercare following a gastric sleeve operation, a coroner has heard 🏥

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2 w. ago Nurse influencer’s husband reveals heartbreaking detail about wife’s death after childbirth

Hailey Okula died after she suffered a rare complication during childbirth and went into cardiac arrest

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2 w. ago Johnny Tillotson dead: Poetry in Motion singer dies aged 86 after Parkinson's battle

American singer-songwriter Johnny Tillotson, who was best known for his hits in the 1960s, has died at the age of 86 after suffering complications from Parkinson's disease

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2 w. ago Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was something of a let-down when it was published 100 years ago; his previous books, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned – there had also been a novella, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, and short stories including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – had been more commercially successful and found greater favour with critics. Fitzgerald’s tale of obscure origins, extreme wealth and obsessional romantic desire appeared too unlikely, too contrived and, perhaps, too uncomfortable a reminder of class and financial inequality and its consequent social schisms to be recognised for what it was: a masterly exploration of delusion, self-delusion, myth-making and complicity.Fitzgerald himself died...

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2 w. ago Richard Chamberlain, hero of Dr Kildare and ‘king of the miniseries’, dies aged 90

The actor died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, his publicist saysRichard Chamberlain – full obituaryRichard Chamberlain, the hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90.Chamberlain died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Richard Chamberlain death: Dr Kildare and Shogun actor dies, aged 90

Actor died of complications following a stroke in Hawaii

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3 w. ago Brit tourist dies on Alicante holiday after drunk stranger 'suddenly fell on her'

Barbara Cahill was on holiday in the Costa Blanca city of Alicante when 'a very drunken man' suddenly fell on her - she was taken to hospital with a broken leg but died following complications

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3 w. ago Woman on Spain holiday crushed to death by drunk man who 'fell on top of her'

Pensioner Barbara Cahill had arrived in Alicante, Spain for some holiday sun, but was instead confronted with a 'very drunken man' who suddenly fell on her – she died from complications

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