Tag: died
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Helen Mirren says ‘it’s so sad Kurt Cobain died when he did because he never saw GPS’
Helen Mirren has a relatively unique perspective on how she thinks Kurt Cobain would navigate the world if he hadn’t died in the 1990s. During an interview with Evening Standard’s Brave New World, the famed actress shared that she feels “sad” that Cobain is no longer alive because he never got the chance to experience GPS and its “magical”…
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DNA testing reveals skull found in a wall belonged to teen who died 150 years ago
DNA testing has revealed that a skull found decades ago in the wall of an Illinois house belonged to an 18-year-old woman who died just after the American Civil War. Officials in Kane County told a news conference Thursday that a skull discovered during renovations at a property in Batavia, west of Chicago, in 1978…
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9 monkeys who died in Hong Kong zoo had been infected with melioidosis, officials say
HONG KONG — Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong’s oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials said on Friday. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said in a press briefing that the animals in the Hong Kong Zoological…
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Man given 45-year sentence for trafficking fentanyl from NYC daycare where toddler died
A New York man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl out of a daycare where a toddler died and three others were poisoned after being exposed to the drug, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Felix Herrera Garcia, 35, of the Bronx, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, according to…
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Al Pacino says he briefly died from Covid: ‘I was gone’
Al Pacino revealed on a podcast this weekend that he almost died during a bout with Covid-19 — a near-death experience that left the star actor pondering his mortality. Pacino, 84, was plugging his memoir “Sonny Boy” on The New York Times podcast “The Interview,” when he recounted how in 2020 he’d fallen sick at…
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Rich Homie Quan died from accidental drug overdose involving fentanyl and codeine
Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died last month in Georgia from an accidental drug overdose, authorities said. The artist, who burst into the hip-hop scene more than a decade ago, was killed by the “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine,” the Fulton County Medical Examiner said in a statement provided to NBC…
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Tennessee investigating plastics factory after workers trapped by Hurricane Helene floods died, went missing
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the state’s criminal investigation agency, said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died and some went missing after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene. “At the request of 1st Judicial District Attorney General Steve Finney, TBI agents are investigating…
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Steve Kornacki shares that his mom, Anne, has died
NBC News’ Steve Kornacki announced that his mom, Anne B. (Ramonas) Kornacki, has died. She was 77. He shared the news about his mom on Instagram on Sunday, penning a touching tribute to her. The political correspondent uploaded a childhood picture of him sitting on his mom’s lap as he drank from a soda can. The two…
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Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, 29, and her mom died within 24 hours of each other
Just one day after Boston Ballet principal soloist Michaela Mabinty DePrince died at the age of 29, her adoptive mother also passed away from an unrelated illness. Elaine DePrince, the late ballerina’s mom, died on Thursday during a routine procedure in preparation for a surgery, according to family spokesperson Jess Volinski. Michaela DePrince’s death on Wednesday…