Tania Alessi Marín Cruz dies in Mexico car crash
Mexican beauty queen dies Friday when the car she was driving hit a utility pole and overturned. Tania Alessi Marin Cruz, 27, crashed into a pole on the side of the Mexican Pachuca highway near Matilda around 6 a.m., causing her car to overturn. According to World Today News. Cruz, a law school graduate, was […]
Legendary Jazz Artist Les McCann Dies At 88
Legendary jazz artist Les McCann died Friday at the age of 88, according to NBC News. McCann, perhaps best known for the song “Compare to What,” died Friday, according to his manager Alan Abrahams, NBC News reported. report. The cause of death is unknown, but McCann had been admitted to a hospital in the Los […]
House Minority Leader Jeffries’ father dies at 85
Marland Jeffries, father of House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, died Sunday, according to Jeffries' office. Marland Jeffries, 85, is a former substance abuse counselor who raised two sons with his wife of 56 years, Laneda, in Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s. The younger Jeffries grew up in an area known […]
One person dies after fireworks accident during San Francisco New Year’s Eve celebrations
A New Year's Eve party in San Francisco left one person dead after a fireworks accident occurred during the celebration on Treasure Island, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The fire broke out just after midnight Crews arrived to find someone injured from the fireworks explosion. First responders provided medical aid, but the victim […]
Peanut, the world’s oldest chicken, dies at 21 in Michigan owner’s arms
CHELSEA, MI – The world's oldest surviving chicken, abandoned by its mother at birth, has died at the age of 21. peanut the chicken He died in his sleep in his owner's arms on Christmas morning. “I'm really saddened by her death,” Marci Parker Darwin told FOX Weather. “She was a wonderful little bird and […]
Beloved nurse of 12 years dies suddenly on Christmas Eve: ‘Epitome of kindness’
A nurse who spent 12 years at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital died suddenly on Christmas Eve after suffering “some sort of seizure.” Ashley Denes, 34, was in the Whitsundays and had spent the morning crabbing when she collapsed and died. On the way, she had another seizure and was rushed to hospital, where paramedics […]
Jason Carter dies in shark ‘encounter’ in Hawaii
A Hawaii surfer died from injuries sustained in a “shark encounter” over the weekend, authorities said. Jason Carter, 39, of Haiku, was pulled from Paia Bay off the Hana Highway 93 beach area at 11:19 a.m. Saturday. This was announced by the Maui Police Department.. Marine safety officers brought Carter to shore on a jet […]
Ex-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), who served in the House of Representatives for 30 years, has died at the age of 88, her family announced Sunday. “I am heartbroken to share the news of the passing of my mother, Eddie Bernice Johnson. She was not only a wonderful and loving mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and […]
Legendary NASCAR driver Cale Yarborough dies at 84
Legendary driver Cale Yarborough is one of the most recognizable names in NASCAR racing history. He died on Sunday at the age of 84.. Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times and won three consecutive NASCAR championships from 1976 to 1978. He was the first to accomplish that feat, and no South Carolina native matched […]