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Actress Emilie Dequenne
Dies of Cancer at 43

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Mar 17, 2025 5:45 PM CDT

Actress Emilie Dequenne Dies of Cancer at 43

'Life is disgusting sometimes,' director says

(Newser) - Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne has died at age 43, less than two years after she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She made her film debut in 1999's Rosetta, filmed when she was 17, and was best known for that movie and the 2012 drama...

Senator Who Was Part of the 'Stupid Party' Dies at 93

Senator Known
for His Wit
Dies at 93

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Mar 14, 2025 10:04 AM CDT

Senator Known for His Wit Dies at 93

Moderate Republican Alan Simpson of Wyoming also was known for his bipartisan outreach

(Newser) - Former US Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today's political acrimony, has died at 93. Simpson died Friday after suffering a broken hip in December, per a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West,...

Renowned
Sports Writer
Dies at 69

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Mar 14, 2025 8:03 AM CDT

Renowned Sports Writer Dies at 69

Bestselling author John Feinstein dies of natural causes at 69

(Newser) - John Feinstein, one of the country's foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, including the groundbreaking A Season on the Brink about college basketball coach Bob Knight, died unexpectedly on Thursday. Feinstein was 69. He died of natural causes at his brother's home in McLean,...

Arizona Congressman, 77, Dies

Mar 13, 2025 4:56 PM CDT

Arizona Congressman, 77, Dies

Democrat Raul Grijalva's death leaves House with a 218-213 party split

(Newser) - Rep. Raul Grijalva died Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. The 77-year-old Democrat, the longest-serving member of Arizona's congressional delegation, died in Tucson, KPNX reports. Grijalva was elected to House for the 12th time in November after saying it would be his final term; he'd received the...

Luxembourg's
Prince Frederik Dead at 22

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Mar 10, 2025 7:11 AM CDT

Luxembourg's Prince Frederik Dead at 22

Young royal had a rare genetic disorder called PolG disease

(Newser) - A young European royal is dead after succumbing to a rare genetic disorder. TMZ reports that 22-year-old Prince Frederik of Luxembourg, the youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Nassau, died earlier this month of PolG disease, a mitochondrial condition that "robs the body's cells of energy,...

Pamela Bach, Hasselhoff's Ex, Found Dead

Pamela Bach Dead at 62

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Mar 6, 2025 1:56 PM CST

Pamela Bach Dead at 62

Authorities say David Hasselhoff's ex-wife died by suicide

(Newser) - Pamela Bach, who met David Hasselhoff on the set of a Knight Rider episode and was married to him for 17 years, has died at age 62. The Los Angeles medical examiner's office says she died by suicide on Wednesday, the AP reports. TMZ , citing law enforcement sources, reports...

'Man With the Golden Arm'
Saved 2.4M Babies

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Mar 3, 2025 9:52 AM CST

'Man With the Golden Arm' Saved 2.4M Babies

James Harrison, Australia's most prolific blood and plasma donor, dies at age 88

(Newser) - An octogenarian who's known as Australia's "Man With the Golden Arm" has died, after decades of blood and plasma donations that saved the lives of 2.4 million babies, per the BBC . The family of James Harrison says the 88-year-old died in his sleep on Feb. 17...

Angie Stone Found
Niche in Neo-Soul

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Mar 2, 2025 10:30 AM CST

Angie Stone Found Niche in Neo-Soul

The R&B singer, killed in vehicle crash, was 63

(Newser) - Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio the Sequence known for the hit song "Wish I Didn't Miss You," was killed Saturday in a car crash. She was 63. Stone was riding in a cargo van from Alabama to Atlanta when...

He Was the New York Dolls
Singer—and Buster Poindexter

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Mar 2, 2025 6:01 AM CST

He Was the New York Dolls Singer—and Buster Poindexter

David Johansen is dead at age 75

(Newser) - David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died at age 75, per the AP . Johansen died Friday at his home in New York City, according...

Oldest Known
Holocaust Survivor
Dies in NY

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Feb 28, 2025 7:11 AM CST

Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Dies in NY

Rose Girone, 113, was 9 months pregnant when Nazis sent husband to concentration camp

(Newser) - Rose Girone, who would have been unlikely to see her 30th birthday if she hadn't escaped Nazi Germany just in time, has died at age 113. Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, died this week at a nursing home on Long Island. Girone, born into a Jewish family in...

'True Gentleman' of Chess Was
Half of Cold War Showdown

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Feb 27, 2025 7:45 PM CST

'True Gentleman' of Chess Was Half of Cold War Showdown

Soviet Boris Spassky lost to American Bobby Fischer in 1972

(Newser) - Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who lost a highly politicized showdown—the "Match of the Century"—with American champion Bobby Fischer at the peak of the Cold War, has died. The International Chess Federation announced that Spassky died Thursday in Moscow at age 88. The cause of...

Actor Gene Hackman, Wife
Found Dead at Home

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Feb 27, 2025 5:12 AM CST

Actor Gene Hackman, Wife Found Dead at Home

Oscar winner was 95 years old

(Newser) - Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry's most respected and honored performers, was found dead Wednesday afternoon along with his wife Betsy Arakawa at their home outside Santa Fe. Hackman was 95, Arakawa...

Actress Michelle
Trachtenberg
Dead at 39

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Feb 26, 2025 11:48 AM CST

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg Dead at 39

She got her big break playing Harriet the Spy

(Newser) - Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Harriet the Spy in a breakout 1996 role, has died. She was 39. The New York Post reports via its sources that the death of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dawn Summers) and Gossip Girl (Georgina Sparks) actress is not being investigated as suspicious, though...

He Was Promoted, But He
Blamed Himself for JFK's Death

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Feb 24, 2025 2:46 PM CST

He Was Promoted, But He Blamed Himself for JFK's Death

Clint Hill leaped onto the back of presidential limo after first shot rang out in Dallas

(Newser) - Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of John F. Kennedy's limousine after the president was shot, then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, has died. He was 93. Hill died Friday at his home in Belvedere,...

Roberta Flack
Is Dead at 88

Feb 24, 2025 9:40 AM CST

Roberta Flack Is Dead at 88

She won a Grammy for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'

(Newser) - Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song, " "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, " and other hits made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer...

Most Decorated Dog
in US History Has Died

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Feb 20, 2025 7:33 AM CST

Most Decorated Dog in US History Has Died

K-9 Hurricane, who apprehended White House intruder, remembered as a 'damn good boy'

(Newser) - Two years into his role as a special operations canine for the Secret Service, K-9 Hurricane was badly beaten by a man who'd infiltrated the grounds of the White House while President Obama and his wife sat 100 yards away, reports the New York Times . Still, Hurricane took the...

'Through Her Life, We Have
Seen What Human Dignity Is'

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Feb 19, 2025 1:54 PM CST

'Through Her Life, We Have Seen What Human Dignity Is'

Gil Won-ok, an advocate for so-called comfort women, dies at 96

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Korean women were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during WWII. In the 1990s, about 240 of these so-called "comfort women" publicly identified themselves. Seven of them are still alive—and until her Sunday death, Gil Won-ok had been number eight. "Through her life,...

Literature's
'Prankster-
Philosopher'
Dead at 92

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Feb 10, 2025 3:00 AM CST

Literature's 'Prankster- Philosopher' Dead at 92

Tom Robbins penned 8 novels, including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

(Newser) - Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Jitterbug Perfume, has died. He was 92. Robbins' death was confirmed by his friend, the publishing executive Craig Popelars, who said the author died Sunday morning,...

He Became Spiritual
Leader at Tender Age of 20

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Feb 5, 2025 7:12 AM CST

He Became Spiritual Leader at Tender Age of 20

Aga Khan, who led millions of Ismaili Muslims, died at 88 in Portugal

(Newser) - The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergrad and poured billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals, and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88, per the AP . His Aga Khan Development Network and...

Tiger Woods' Mom Has Died

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Feb 5, 2025 6:11 AM CST

Tiger Woods' Mom Has Died

Kultida Woods was a constant presence at her famous golfer son's side

(Newser) - Kultida Woods, the devoted mom often seen at son Tiger Woods' golf tourneys, has died. The golf great announced his mother's Tuesday death on X with "heartfelt sadness," reports CNN . "My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable,"...