9 h. ago Jackie Bezos dies at home weeks after Amazon billionaire son Jeff Bezos' lavish £42m wedding

Jackie Bezos, the mother of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has died aged 78 after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, weeks after her son's lavish wedding

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9 h. ago Jeremy Paxman's brother leaves staggering fortune to family after his death aged 73

The former UK ambassador to Mexico and Spain died of lung cancer in March, aged 73.

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10 h. ago Jeff Bezos shares heartbreak as his mum dies aged 78 following dementia battle

The Bezos Family Foundation announced the news, revealing she passed away peacefully at her Miami home on Thursday August 14 and Jeff has now shared a heartbreaking tribute

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11 h. ago Jackie Bezos, mother of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, dies aged 78 in Miami home

A statement by the Bezos Scholars said that she died peacefully in her Miami home on Thursday.

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13 h. ago Brandon Blackstock's death certificate reveals Kelly Clarkson's ex suffered severe symptom amid cancer battle

The former stepson of Reba McEntire had been fighting skin cancer - malignant melanoma - for three years. He died last week at his home in Butte, Montana at the age of 48.

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14 h. ago Champion female bodybuilder dies aged 37 as death 'unexpected but peaceful'

The death is one of several to have stunned the body-building world in recent months, and fans and competitors are urging for more to be done to protect athletes' physical and mental health

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18 h. ago Girl, 14, who died on children's mental health ward when Ghanaian agency worker with a fake ID left her unsupervised was unlawfully killed, inquest rules

Ruth Szymankiewicz, who was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, was under strict one-to-one observation when the staff member for her walked away.

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20 h. ago Legendary horse trainer Bill Turner dies aged 78 after horrific yard accident

Legendary horse trainer Bill Turner has died at the age of 78 after suffering a serious head injury in a horrific recent incident at his yard in Dorset

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23 h. ago Diana Rigg's last appearance in All Creatures Great and Small before her passing

All Creatures Great and Small star Diana Rigg, who sadly died in September 2020 at the age of 82, had one final role in the hit Channel 5 drama before her death

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23 h. ago World's oldest lemur dies in Scotland aged 39 just months after milestone birthday

"Stumpy was a true ambassador for his species and for our zoo."

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24 h. ago Lorna Raver dead – Drag Me to Hell and Desperate Housewives actress dies aged 81

Lorna Raver, who starred in a number of huge 90s and 00s films and TV shows over the decades, has died at the age of 81. Her death was announced this week, following her passing in May

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28 h. ago David Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85

The international cinema expert was beloved for his film reviews, particularly on television with Margaret PomeranzDavid Stratton’s closing credits: ‘I’ve done the best I could’David Stratton, the revered Australian film critic and beloved co-host of television programs The Movie Show and At The Movies with fellow critic Margaret Pomeranz, has died aged 85.Born in the English town of Trowbridge in 1939, Stratton was sent to live with his grandmother in Hampshire during the second world war. An avid filmgoer, she took Stratton to the cinema almost every day, which changed his life. In the 2017 documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, Stratton said he watched “at least one” film he hadn’t seen every day, and had seen more than 25,000 films in his life. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Drag Me to Hell horror movie star Lorna Raver dies aged 81 as tributes pour in

Horror movie star Lorna Raver, who played the chillingly evil character of Mrs Ganush in Sam Raimi's hit film Drag Me to Hell (2009), has sadly died at the age of 81

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41 h. ago Dale Webster, surfer who rode waves for 14,642 consecutive days, dies aged 77

Surfer rode waves daily for over 40 years straightStreak reached 14,642 consecutive surfing daysGuinness record-holder dies at age 77 in CaliforniaDale Webster, the Northern California surfer who paddled out every day for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 77. News of his death was shared on social media by friends and fellow surfers. No cause of death was given.Known as Daily Dale and Daily Wavester, Webster holds a Guinness world record for the longest streak of consecutive days surfed: an extraordinary 14,642, a stretch that began in 1975 and ended in 2015. His feat required him to surf at least three waves a day, rain or shine, in sickness or in health, through frigid Pacific waters and the shark-rich lineup off Sonoma County. Continue reading...

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44 h. 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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45 h. 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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46 h. 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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47 h. ago Former SNP Holyrood presiding officer Sir George Reid dies aged 86

He died in the early hours of Tuesday at Strathcarron Hospice near Denny, just a few miles from where he was born in Clackmannanshire.

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47 h. ago Former Holyrood presiding officer Sir George Reid dies aged 86

The ex-journalist oversaw the move to the new Scottish Parliament building at the foot of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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47 h. ago George Reid death: Former Holyrood presiding officer and journalist Sir George Reid dies aged 86

The former Holyrood presiding officer died in the early hours of Tuesday at Strathcarron Hospice.

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