CBC’s The Fifth Estate has learned that Canadian boxer Arturo Gatti exhibited suicidal tendencies years before his 2009 death in Brazil, just one of several discoveries casting doubts on a private investigation that concluded he was murdered. Questions have swirled about whether the three-time world boxing champion hanged himself or was slain by his wife […]
Delores Hope (the widow of comedian Bob Hope) died peacefully Monday morning at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif. At the age of 102. The former Delores DeFina was born in the Bronx. She was singing in a Manhattan nightclub under her professional name Dolores Reade when she met her husband – the iconic comedian […]
Spartacus star Andy Whitfield has died aged 39 after an 18 month battle with cancer. The dad-of-two (who was born in Amlwch, Wales, but moved to Sydney in 1999) died in his wife’s arms yesterday. In a statement grieving widow, Vashti, paid a moving tribute to her “beautiful young warrior”. She said – “On a […]
A memorial for United Flight 93 is being dedicated on Saturday at the rural Pennsylvania field where the hijacked plane crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. There were forty passengers and crewmembers on United Flight 93 that died on Sept. 11, 2001. They fought back terrorists on the plane who were planning to crash the plane […]
US intelligence officials said they had detected a potential terrorist plot timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Security is to be heightened in New York City and Washington, DC, after a “specific, credible but unconfirmed” threat was discovered, according to a statement issued by the Department of Homeland Security. […]
On August 20, 2011, the Orlando Sentinel was one of the few media outlets to get videos of members and mourners as they approached the First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida to attend the funeral service for Dr. Zachery Tims. Tims – a charismatic preacher was found dead in a New York hotel room on […]
Annette Charles, best known for her role as the sexy dancer from ‘Grease’ that woos John Travolta from away from Olivia Newton John, died in her home from cancer. According to TMZ: “Annette had recently started having difficulty breathing … and when she went to the doctor she learned that she had a cancerous tumor […]
A few thoughts about Bubba Smith, who died yesterday at 66. He may be best remembered today as an actor and television pitchman. But he made his name on the football field, first at Michigan State, then as a Baltimore Colt. Andy Barall writes about pro football history for The Fifth Down. In the late […]
Massachusetts state police say a New Hampshire man has drowned on Cape Cod. Police say they responded early Sunday morning to Cliff Pond in Nickerson State Park in Brewster on a report of a drowning. State police and Brewster police and firefighters pulled the 58-year-old Manchester – N.H. – man from the water. Police say […]
Singer Amy Winehouse, who died inexpectedly in her London home Saturday found many of her career success overshadowed by her drug and alcohol addiction. While Winehouse publicly acknowledged her drug and alcohol abuse, some addiction experts said, like many addicts, Winehouse may not have grasped the severity of her addiction. “I think she minimized the […]