Stedman Pearson obituary | Pop and rock
Steadman Pearson, who died at the age of 60 while undergoing dialysis treatment due to diabetes, was the eldest of five brothers who made up the five stars of the British pop group. Compared to the Jackson 5, the five stars emerged from Romford in eastern London, both in the lineup of all families and […]
Angie Stone obituary | Soul
Angie Stone, who died in a traffic incident at the age of 63, was an American soul singer and songwriter. She became internationally renowned, producing popular singles with two albums, Black Diamond and Mahogany Soul, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. There's no more rain And I wish I didn't miss you. Eight more […]
Sir David McMurtry obituary | Engineering
In engineering, mass production is only possible through precise and reproducible measurements. David McMurtry, who has died at the age of 84, made significant contributions to advancing the scientific study of measurement, or metrology, starting with aerospace problems and facilitating high-tech mass production in many fields. . In 1972, while working at Rolls-Royce's Filton factory […]
Marshall Brickman obituary | Movies
Marshall Brickman, who has died at the age of 85, was a successful musician, writer, and director, but three of Allen's best films, “Sleeper'' (1973), “Annie Hall'' (1977), and “Manhattan'' He will be best remembered for his collaboration with Woody Allen on . 1979). The pair won an Oscar for their original screenplay for Annie […]
Nelson Rockefeller’s former aide writes own obituary acknowledging her notoriety around his death — with a suggestive last line
After a lifetime of silence on the issue, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller's former deputy press secretary acknowledged his notoriety over the politician's death in a handwritten eulogy published earlier this month. Journalist Megan Marshak, once a young aide to Rockefeller and speculated to have been his longtime mistress, died on October 2 at a live-in […]
Ruth Westheimer obituary | Sex
Ruth Westheimer, who has died aged 96, was an American psychosexual therapist famous for changing attitudes towards the open discussion of sex. She began quietly in 1980 with a 15-minute recorded show called “Sexual Speaking” that aired late at night on a New York radio station. A year later, the show became an hour-long live […]
Morgan Spurlock obituary | Morgan Spurlock
Few filmmakers can say their work has changed the real world, but Morgan Spurlock has a stronger claim than most: His 2004 documentary, Super Size Me, an expose on how the fast-food industry contributes to America’s obesity epidemic, seemed to have a direct impact on McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain. Shortly before the film’s […]
How scammers have sunk to a new low with an AI obituary scam targeting the grieving
As if scammers couldn’t get any lower, a new online scam is taking advantage of people who are grieving. This is a bizarre pirate scam that uses artificial intelligence to collect data and build fake obituary websites, exploiting the information of deceased people to defraud vulnerable victims. A woman grieving at a graveyard. (Kurt “Cyber […]
NY Times edits OJ Simpson obituary which stated ‘his world was ruined’
The New York Times was forced to edit O.J. Simpson’s obituary after it outraged readers: “His world was destroyed when he was charged with murdering his ex-wife and her friend.” Simpson, a former NFL Hall of Fame running back who went on to become a movie star and celebrity salesman for brands such as Hertz, […]
LA Times’ Trump gaffe in OJ Simpson’s obituary goes viral
Los Angeles Times is ridiculed for excruciating errors in its article Obituary of Mr. O.J. Simpson — suggesting that former President Donald Trump was serving a prison sentence for a murderer defendant. “On a fall morning in 2017, long before the city woke up, Mr. Trump walked out of the Lovelock Correctional Center outside Reno, […]