9 h. ago Italian TV star and model Pamela Genini 'stabbed to death aged 29'

Italian model and TV star Pamela Genini has died aged 29 after being stabbed to death last night in Milan

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10 h. ago Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80

Odinga, who ran five times for presidency and had profound influence on Kenyan politics, has died in IndiaThe veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country’s politics, has died aged 80 in India.Odinga was in the southern city of Kochi for treatment. The Press Trust of India news agency reported that he suffered a cardiac arrest during a morning walk. Continue reading...

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13 h. 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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13 h. ago Brit, 72, killed after collision with motorhome on notorious Spanish 'Road of Death'

A British woman, aged 72, died after her car is believed to have crossed over onto the other side of the road at a notorious Alicante blackspot and hit an oncoming motorhome

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14 h. 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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17 h. ago EastEnders legends pay tribute after star Tony Caunter dies eight days after wife

The actor, who is best known for having played Roy Evans in the BBC One soap, died at the age of 88

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27 h. ago D'Angelo dead: Grammy winning RnB singer dies aged 51 after 'private health battle'

He won four Grammy awards

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28 h. ago Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music

The late singer may have suffered from setbacks and only released three studio albums, but the range he displayed in this perfect catalogue was astonishingD’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51D’Angelo – a life in picturesIn the mid-90s, the Roots’ drummer Questlove was approached to work on the first album by a new soul singer. He turned the offer down out of hand: “I was like, ehhh, soul singers in the 90s – whatever,” he later remembered. “I’m not doing this. Nothing about soul singing had moved me, from any 90s offering, the same way it did with Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Lou Rawls.”A year later, with D’Angelo’s debut album Brown Sugar on the shelves, Questlove had radically reconsidered his opinion: when he spotted the singer in the audience at a show the Roots were playing, he “thwarted and threw off the entire show” by suddenly playing “an obscure Prince drum roll” in a (successful) attempt to attract his attention. “The only person that mattered to me that...

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28 h. 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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29 h. ago Brothers lose bitter inheritance battle against own mother for their £2.65m family farm after their grandmother told them 'one day it will be yours' over Sunday lunch

Grandmother Mary Stevens, who died aged 96 in 2020, left the 170-acre West Hook Farm near Okehampton, Devon, to her two daughters, cutting out her grandsons John and Steven (pictured).

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29 h. ago Miss Major, trailblazing US trans rights activist and Stonewall veteran, dies aged 78

Longtime organizer and founder of House of gg earned reputation as champion for liberation of Black trans womenMiss Major Griffin-Gracy, a trailblazer of the transgender rights movement, longtime community organizer and veteran of the Stonewall riots, died on Monday, her representatives announced.The acclaimed activist died at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family, the House of gg (the final organization she founded and led) announced. She was 78, and the group’s statement did not give a cause of death. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago EastEnders legend Tony Caunter dead aged 88: BBC star who played Roy Evans dies just 8 days after his beloved wife of 63 years

EastEnders star Tony Caunter has died at the age of 88, his family have announced on Tuesday. 

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29 h. ago Actress, 35, dies in 'suspected poisoning' as family left 'heartbroken'

A well-loved TV presenter has died at the age of 35 in a suspected poisoning incident as her "heartbroken" family have issued a gut-wrenching statement after the news was released

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30 h. ago EastEnders legend dies just eight days after wife as family share heartbreaking statement

EastEnders star Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in the BBC soap, has died at the age of 88, just eight days after his wife Fran passed away, his family have confirmed

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30 h. ago Tony Caunter dead: EastEnders legend dies eight days after beloved wife of 63 years

EastEnders star Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in the BBC soap, has died at the age of 88, just eight days after his wife Fran passed away, his family have confirmed

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30 h. ago Drew Struzan, poster designer for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, dies at 78

Artist behind posters for Harry Potter, The Thing and Back to the Future had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s diseaseDesigner Drew Struzan, known for some of the most iconic movie posters of all time, has died aged 78.His work included posters for films such as Back to the Future, The Empire Strikes Back, The Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption, The Thing and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Drew Struzan, poster designer for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, dies aged 78

Artist behind posters for Harry Potter, The Thing and Back to the Future had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s diseaseDesigner Drew Struzan, known for some of the most iconic movie posters of all time, has died aged 78.His work included posters for films such as Back to the Future, The Empire Strikes Back, The Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption, The Thing and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Tony Caunter dead: EastEnders icon who played Roy Evans in BBC soap dies aged 88

Actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in EastEnders from 1994 to 2003, has died just days on from his beloved wife's passing, his heartbroken family have announced this evening

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30 h. ago EastEnders actor Tony Caunter dies aged 88, family announces

He starred in the popular BBC One soap for nine years.

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30 h. ago John Candy’s son condemns interviewers who grilled late father about his weight: ‘I was shocked’

The late Canadian comedian died in 1994 from a heart attack, aged 43

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