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Bob Marley&#39;s Grandson, Reggae Artist Jo Mersa Marley, Dead at 31
Bob Marley's
Grandson
Dead at 31
Dec 28, 2022 1:35 AM CST

Bob Marley's Grandson Dead at 31

Jo Mersa Marley was a reggae artist in his own right

(Newser) - The grandson of Bob Marley, reggae artist Joseph "Jo" Mersa Marley, died Tuesday at age 31. Sources tell TMZ that "asthma-related conditions" caused his death, though the specifics are not yet clear. According to Jamaican journalist Abka Fitz-Henley , who first reported Marley's death, as well as WZPP...

Stephen 'tWitch' Boss Did Instagram Dance Days Before Suicide

Medical examiner's office finds no foul play in his death, closes case

(Newser) - On Sunday, just one day before checking in to the motel where he would take his own life , Stephen "tWitch" Boss was dancing in his California home. In the last Instagram post from his wife, Allison Holker, before Boss was found dead Tuesday, the apparently happy couple can be...

Report: Dancer, DJ &#39;tWitch&#39; of Ellen Dies by Suicide
DJ 'tWitch' of Ellen
Is Dead at 40
OBITUARY
Dec 14, 2022 10:30 AM CST

DJ 'tWitch' of Ellen Is Dead at 40

'His positive impact will continue to be felt,' wife says of Stephen Boss, said to have died by suicide

(Newser) - Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a key part of the long-running Ellen DeGeneres Show, has died at age 40. The man known for his incredible dance moves was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Los Angeles-area hotel on Tuesday, TMZ reports. He was a contestant on MTV's...

Orange Is the New Black Star Dead at 56
Orange Is
the New Black
Star Dead at 56
obituary
Dec 2, 2022 1:09 AM CST

Orange Is the New Black Star Dead at 56

Brad William Henke played prison guard Desi Piscatella

(Newser) - Brad William Henke, the actor who played gay prison guard Desi Piscatella on Orange Is the New Black, died Tuesday at age 56. No cause of death was released, but his family says he died in his sleep, Deadline reports. Henke, whose character is described by Variety as "the...

Country Singer, 37, Dies in His Sleep on Wedding Night

Oklahoma's Jake Flint looked happy and healthy hours earlier

(Newser) - Country music singer Jake Flint got married Saturday on what was arguably the greatest day of his life. It was also the last. The 37-year-old Oklahoma native simply didn't wake up Sunday. "I don't understand," his bride and widow Brenda Wilson wrote on Facebook, where she...

You Knew Him From Die Hard , Top Gun
You Knew
Him From
Die Hard,
Top Gun
OBITUARY
Nov 29, 2022 12:01 PM CST

You Knew Him From Die Hard, Top Gun

Actor, professor Clarence Gilyard dies at 66

(Newser) - Clarence Gilyard, an actor with roles in classic 1980s movies Die Hard and Top Gun, who went on to become a film and theater professor, has died at age 66. Best known as the computer hacker Theo, who helped terrorists break into Nakatomi Plaza's vault in 1989's Die ...

She Helped Put Sinatra on the Map, Then Fell Off It Herself
'All She Ever
Wanted to Do
Was Sing'
OBITUARY
Nov 28, 2022 10:49 AM CST

'All She Ever Wanted to Do Was Sing'

Louise Tobin, jazz vocalist who helped discover Sinatra and postponed own career, dies at 104

(Newser) - "All she ever wanted to do was sing." That's how the Denton Record-Chronicle recently described Texas' Mary Louise Tobin, a big-band jazz singer in the '30s and '40s who almost became a national superstar performing with Benny Goodman's band before shelving her career to...

A Fixture in the Power Rangers Franchise Dies at 49

Jason David Frank played Tommy Oliver

(Newser) - Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children's series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died. He was 49. Justine Hunt, Frank's manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away, the AP reports. She did not name the cause of...

&#39;Wizard of Odd&#39; Is Dead at 76
No One Will
Ever Smash
Stuff Quite
Like He Did
OBITUARY
Nov 11, 2022 1:04 PM CST

No One Will Ever Smash Stuff Quite Like He Did

Comedian Gallagher, famous for destroying watermelons and other items onstage, is dead at 76

(Newser) - Leo Gallagher, legendary for smashing anything and everything he could with a giant sledgehammer during his comedy performances, has annihilated his last watermelon. Craig Marquardo, longtime manager for the 76-year-old comedian, confirms to TMZ and CNN that he died early Friday in hospice care in Palm Springs, Calif., "surrounded...

Rapper Takeoff to Get Big Send-Off
Rapper Takeoff
to Get Big Send-Off
Nov 8, 2022 12:50 PM CST

Rapper Takeoff to Get Big Send-Off

Funeral will be held Friday at Atlanta's State Farm Arena

(Newser) - Takeoff will get quite the sendoff. A funeral for the rapper, who was shot dead at a Houston bowling alley a week ago, will be held Friday at Atlanta's State Farm Arena, home to the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, which can hold some 20,000 people, TMZ reports. Kirshnik...

Multimillionaire Manga Creator Secretly Died a 'Hero'

Kazuki Takahashi drowned in Japan in July while attempting to save a girl and her parents

(Newser) - When Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the popular manga Yu-Gi-Oh!, died in July, Japanese authorities gave few details on what had happened. They said the 60-year-old, whose body was found in snorkeling gear off the coast of Nago city in Okinawa, had died by drowning. But that wasn't the whole...

She Stunned Tinseltown With &#39;Take No Prisoners&#39; Reporting
'She Told the Truth
About Hollywood'
OBITUARY
Oct 10, 2022 9:25 AM CDT

'She Told the Truth About Hollywood'

Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline entertainment news site, has died at age 68

(Newser) - Deadline is reporting on a death that hits especially hard among its own: Nikki Finke, the fiery entertainment journalist who founded the Hollywood trade site, died Sunday at the age of 68 at her home in Boca Raton, Fla., after a long illness. Finke, who Variety notes was notorious...

&#39;Love Goddess&#39; Comedian Judy Tenuta Dead at 72
Always a
'Happy Time
to Be Around
Her'
OBITUARY
Oct 7, 2022 9:55 AM CDT

Always a 'Happy Time to Be Around Her'

'Love Goddess' comedian Judy Tenuta dies at 72 of ovarian cancer

(Newser) - Judy Tenuta, a brash stand-up who cheekily styled herself as the "Love Goddess" and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72. Tenuta died at home in Los Angeles, with her family around her, publicist Roger...

&#39;True Legend&#39; Loretta Lynn Takes Her Final Bow
'True Legend'
Loretta Lynn Takes
Her Final Bow
OBITUARY
Oct 4, 2022 10:35 AM CDT

'True Legend' Loretta Lynn Takes Her Final Bow

Trailblazing country singer died at home in Tennessee on Tuesday at the age of 90

(Newser) - The "Coal Miner's Daughter" has sung her last tune. Country singer Loretta Lynn died "peacefully ... in her sleep" Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., family members tell the AP . The 90-year-old, who suffered a stroke in 2017, died from natural causes, a rep tells TMZ...

His 'Fight of the Century' Against Ali Made Him Famous

Popular Japanese wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki is dead at 79

(Newser) - Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought Japanese pro wrestling to fame and pioneered mixed martial arts matches between top wrestlers and champions from other combat sports like...

She Sparred With Nicholson in Cuckoo&#39;s Nest
Farewell to
One of Film's
Greatest Villains
OBITUARY
Sep 24, 2022 10:15 AM CDT

Farewell to One of Film's Greatest Villains

Oscar winner Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' dies at 88

(Newser) - Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman's 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died at the age of 88, reports ABC7 . She died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France, of unspecified causes, agent...

Death of Hilary Mantel 'an Enormous Loss to Literature'

British writer who wrote historical fiction about Thomas Cromwell suffered a stroke

(Newser) - Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed Wolf Hall saga, has died. She was 70. Mantel died "suddenly yet peacefully," surrounded by close family and friends, publisher HarperCollins said Friday, per the AP . Her longtime literary agent, Bill Hamilton, confirmed to the New York Times that...

Missing Country Singer Found Dead
Country Singer
Was Latest
Fentanyl Victim
UPDATED
Sep 21, 2022 2:00 AM CDT

Country Singer Was Latest Fentanyl Victim

Luke Bell died of accidental overdose at age 32

(Newser) - Update: Country singer Luke Bell died of a fentanyl overdose, an Arizona medical examiner has determined, ruling his August death accidental. "In consideration of the known circumstances surrounding this death, the available medical history, and the examination of the remains, the cause of death is ascribed to fentanyl intoxication,...

Goodbye to Last Surviving Star of Original Ocean&#39;s 11
He Brawled
With Sinatra
in 'Manchurian
Candidate'
OBITUARY
Sep 17, 2022 7:45 AM CDT

He Brawled With Sinatra in 'Manchurian Candidate'

Character actor Henry Silva, last surviving star of original 'Ocean's 11,' dies at 95

(Newser) - He tried to take down Frank Sinatra's character in The Manchurian Candidate and was the last surviving star of the original Ocean's 11. Now, a goodbye for Henry Silva, a character actor known for his villainous turns on the silver screen. Silva's son, Scott Silva, confirmed the...

Firefighters Didn't Reach Anne Heche for 45 Minutes

They couldn't access her Mini Cooper, buried inside home

(Newser) - For the first 45 minutes firefighters were on the scene, they were unable to help Anne Heche. The actor crashed into a home in the Mar Vista neighborhood around 10:56am on Aug. 5. With flames raging, firefighters were unable to reach Heche's Mini Cooper for at least 20...

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