89 m. ago Man, 60s, dies at Disney just days after superfan tragedy less than a mile away

A man in his 60s fell ill at a campsite on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, just days after a young woman was found dead at another resort on the site

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2 h. ago Kiss star Ace Frehley’s death being investigated as toxicology report awaited

The guitarist died last week at the age of 74

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4 h. ago KISS star Ace Frehley's death 'being investigated' with toxicology report ordered

Music legend Ace Frehley died last week aged 74 and now a toxicology report is set to determine the KISS guitarist's cause of death

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5 h. ago Second Disney guest dies in a week, less than a mile from where superfan took her own life

No signs of foul play, authorities said

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6 h. ago KISS rocker Ace Frehley's death 'being investigated with toxicology report underway'

The rock icon died last week after being on life support following a fall in a studio , leaving the world of music in mourning.

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14 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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4 d. ago Murder victim's friend reveals how Jack the Ripper copycat lured her to her death

When their killer, Derek Brown, died in prison last week, his victims' friends and family celebrated the closure - but also revealed how their loved ones were lured to their deaths.

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5 d. ago Stampede at the funeral of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

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5 d. ago How Red Rum changed racing for good – and the iconic horse's unlikely link to TV comic Lee Mack

Racehorse Red Rum died 30 years ago this week, after a stellar career that saved the industry from disaster. But did you know he was once ridden by Lee Mack?

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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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6 d. ago Disney World guest dies by suspected suicide at luxury hotel close to monorail

A person died in an apparent suicide at Disney World on Tuesday, as per the police. The body was found near Disney's Contemporary Resort, one of the many hotels on the expansive Orlando estate

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7 d. ago Disney World guest dies by suspected suicide at luxury hotel close to iconic monorail

Officers were called to the Contemporary Resort hotel just outside of Florida's Magic Kingdom park on Tuesday evening.

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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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1 week ago From Annie Hall to Something’s Gotta Give: Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen

The late actor won an Oscar for leading a romantic comedy in the 1970s and set the blueprint for many of the women who followed her in the genreAn ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastatingDiane Keaton’s style: she dodged the stamp of the machinePlenty of great female actors have starred in romantic comedies. Usually if they want to win an Oscar, however, they have to reach for more serious roles. The late Diane Keaton, who died unexpectedly this week, followed a reverse trajectory and made it look disarmingly natural. Her first major film role was in The Godfather, about as serious an American masterpiece as has ever been made. But that same year, she reprised the part of Linda, the object of a nerdy hero’s affection, in a film adaptation of Broadway’s Play It Again, Sam. (Keaton originated the role opposite playwright Woody Allen on the stage.) She continued to alternate serious dramas with romantic comedies throughout the ’70s, and it was the lat...

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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 Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner

A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find himOn 26 April 2020 Georgia Barter, a long-term victim of domestic abuse, died in hospital after taking a fatal overdose of painkillers. Last week, in an extraordinary verdict, a coroner ruled that Georgia, 32, was unlawfully killed by her abusive partner.A court heard how GPs, nurses and police officers all had chances to intervene in Thomas Bignell’s violent campaign against Georgia, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Queen Camilla remembers her old friend Jilly Cooper as she chats to Salman Rushie at opening of Cliveden Literary Festival

Speaking at the opening of the historic annual event at Cliveden House in Berkshire today, she recalled an iconic quip from her old friend and author Jilly Cooper, who died last week.

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2 w. ago University graduate dies from meningitis just days after his symptoms began

Lucas Martin, 21, died on September 12, 2023, less than a week after he began feeling unwell.

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2 w. ago 'We thought my brother had freshers' flu but he died days later'

Lucas Martin, 21, died on September 12, 2023, less than a week after he began feeling unwell. His family initially put his bad headaches and fever-like symptoms down to freshers' flu

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