A tight police cordon couldn’t keep Whitney Houston’s fans away from her funeral Saturday, and as they watched the service on their laptops, smartphones, and TV, they shared their emotions all online. Fans talked of the impact Houston had on their lives, whether her music gave them the confidence to pursue a singing career or [...]
The Whitney Houston cause of death still remains unknown a day after the superstar’s death in a Beverly Hills hotel room. The Whitney Houston autopsy results have been completed, but the report has been put under a security hold due to the ongoing investigation into her death. Toxicology tests from the singer’s death could take [...]
Whitney Houston died this afternoon … a rep for the singer announced. She was 48. Our sources tell us a member of Whitney’s entourage found her in her 4th-floor room at the Beverly Hilton hotel … and called hotel security – who then dialed 911. When paramedics arrived Houston was found unresponsive. We’re told police [...]
Actor Ben Gazzara (known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career) died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital – his lawyer said. He was 81. A three-time Tony nominee for his stage work, Gazzara made his big break into films with [...]
Don Cornelius (creator of iconic dance program “Soul Train” that helped introduce Americans to black culture on TV) died after shooting himself in the head, officials said on Wednesday. He was 75. “The death was reported as a suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head” – said coroner’s assistant chief Ed Winter. Cornelius was [...]
Brooklyn-born actor Nick Santino committed suicide Wednesday, The New York Post reports. The soap opera star was wracked with grief after his beloved pit bull Rocco was euthanized Tuesday – the same day Santino turned 47. “Today I betrayed my best friend and put down my best friend” – Santino wrote in a suicide note, [...]
A small plane heading for Georgia spiraled out of control and crashed Tuesday morning on a major New York-area highway, hitting a wooded median and scattering wreckage across the road. All five people aboard (including two investment bankers) were killed, but no one on the ground was injured. The pilot had discussed icy conditions with [...]
North Korea announced the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il and urged its people on Monday to rally behind his young son and heir-apparent, while the world watched for signs of instability in a nation pursuing nuclear weapons. South Korea launched a high alert for its military as it faces the North’s 1,2 million-strong [...]
British-American author and essayist Christopher Hitchens died Thursday from complications of esophageal cancer. He was 62. Hitchens was known for his wry monthly columns for Vanity Fair magazine. “There will never be another like Christopher. A man of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar” – said [...]
The Virginia Tech police officer who was gunned down in a campus attack joined the force six months after the university was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. He was a proud policeman who recently invited a friend to ride along with him, which made his death during a traffic [...]