Tag: dies
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Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a week before Thanksgiving, was announced Friday by Guthrie on the Facebook page of his own Rising Son Records. Guthrie wrote that she died in Provincetown, Massachusetts, her residence for some…
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Infant dies, 10 sickened amid listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat
An infant has died and 10 adults have been sickened amid a four-state listeria outbreak connected to ready-to-eat meat products, officials said. The outbreak has been tied to ready-to-eat meat produced by Yu Shang Food, Inc. of Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update Friday. Among those sickened, there…
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John Prescott, pugnacious deputy U.K. prime minister to Tony Blair, dies at 86
John Prescott, the pugnacious deputy prime minister to Britain’s Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died aged 86 after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said on Thursday. Prescott, who served under Blair from 1997 to 2007, was known as a plain-speaking politician who bridged the divide between the traditional left-wing and…
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Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent dies at 25
Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent died suddenly in a “tragic passing” that cut short his “bright future,” officials said Sunday. He was 25. “Major League Soccer joins the Philadelphia Union and our entire soccer community in mourning the tragic passing of Union goalkeeper Holden Trent,” according to a Major League Soccer statement on Sunday. “A…
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Woman dies after backing into plane propeller while taking picture at Kansas airfield
A woman died on Saturday after backing into plane’s propeller while trying to take a picture at an airfield in Kansas, officials said. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office reported that the woman was critically injured in the incident and later died at the hospital, according to NBC News affiliate KSNW. The sheriff’s office did not…
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Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist and founding member, dies at 84
Grateful Dead founding member and bassist Phil Lesh died Friday morning, according to a post on his official Instagram account. The California native and jam band legend was 84. Lesh “passed peacefully” while surrounded by family, per the post to his Instagram. “Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy…
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Baby dies after being accidentally shot by toddler in parked car in Texas
A baby died after being accidentally shot in the head by a toddler inside a parked car in San Antonio on Monday, police said. The deadly shooting occurred in a parking lot outside the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, according to NBC News affiliate WOAI. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said in a…
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Sarah Danser, ‘Naked and Afraid’ star, dies after car crash at 34
Sarah Danser, a frequent competitor on the popular “Naked and Afraid” reality TV franchise, died this week after a car crash in Hawaii, police said. She was 34. Honolulu police told NBC News affiliate Hawaii News Now that a 59-year-old man was driving eastbound in the Kahala neighborhood on Sunday when he lost control of…
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USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43
TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, who led the Bulls to the American Athletic Conference’s regular-season championship a year ago, has died, the school announced Thursday. He was 43. The school said he died from complications that presented while he was undergoing a procedure at a Tampa-area hospital. “He was authentic, driven, and…
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Jack Jones, balladeer famous for ‘Love Boat’ theme and 1960s hits like ‘The Impossible Dream,’ dies at 86
Jack Jones, a singer who found fame and chart success on the easy-listening side of the street in the 1960s, and who later became etched in television-watching America’s psyche with the “Love Boat” theme, died Wednesday at 86. Jones died of leukemia at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., his wife of 15 years, Eleanora…