Pat Summerall Passes Away at Age 82
Focus on Sport/Getty Images(DALLAS) — Former Fox and CBS NFL announcer Pat Summerall passed away on Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to his wife Cheri. He was 82 years old.Summerall played in the NFL from 1952 through 1961, suiting up…
Navy SEAL Killed in Freefall Training Was Member of Seal Team Six
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Eric S. Logsdon(WASHINGTON) –The Navy SEAL killed in a parachute training accident was identified in a Navy press release Saturday morning.
Navy officials identified the deceased as Brett “Shady” Shadle…
Skydive Instructor, Student Killed in Florida Jump
ABC News(ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla.) — Police are investigating how an experienced sky diving instructor and his student fell more than 13,000 feet to their deaths and did not deploy their main parachutes at a popular southwest Florida camp.Pasco County sherif…
Russian Oligarch Boris Berezovsky’s Death ‘Unexplained’
Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was not killed by chemical or radioactive material, British police said Sunday, but are still calling the 67-year-old’s death unexplained.Berezovsky, once one …
Famous French Lawyer’s Body Found Washed up on Shore
Hemera/Thinkstock(PARIS) — One of France’s most notable lawyers was found dead of an apparent suicide on Sunday.Olivier Metzner’s body was found at about 9:00 a.m. Sunday, floating off the shore of an island that he owned in Brittany’s Bay of Morbihan…
Sarai Sierra: Body of Missing American Mom Reportedly Found in Turkey
Courtesy Sarai Sierra’s family(NEW YORK) — The body of an American woman who went missing while on a solo trip to Turkey has been found in Istanbul, and nine people have been held for questioning, according to local media. Sarai Sierra, 33, was last h…
Security Guard Killed from Bombing Outside of the US Embassy in Turkey Identified
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ANKARA, Turkey) — U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone said on Saturday that Mustafa Akarsu died a hero for protecting the U.S. embassy and saved his American and Turkish colleagues from a suicide bomber. Akarsu was the…
Aaron Swartz’ Death Fuels MIT Probe, White House Petition
Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal probe of the events leading up to the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal charges for allegedly …
Second Amy Winehouse Death Inquest Confirms the First
Samir Hussein/Getty Images(LONDON) — A second inquest into the death of Amy Winehouse is complete, and the finding is the same as before: the singer drank herself to death.A second investigation was ordered after the deputy coroner who supervised the …
Georgia Official’s Mysterious Death Rattles St. Simons Island
GlynnCounty.org(NEW YORK) — A tight-knit, one-road Georgia island has been rocked by the mysterious death of a town official who was known as a family man and church leader.The body of Tom Sublett, 52, was found floating in a marina less than a mile f…
NYC Subway Push Killing: Suspect in Custody
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — After a two-day search, New York City police say they have apprehended a suspect in Thursday night’s subway-platform death.”Detectives have in custody a woman who has made statements implicating herself in …
Memorial Held for Slain Wisconsin Police Officer
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) — Police officers and others across southeast Wisconsin are paying their respects this Saturday to Officer Jennifer Sebena. The 30-year-old was found dead of multiple gunshots earlier this week as she patrolled …
Character Actor Charles Durning Dies at Age 89
Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Broadway, television and Oscar-nominated film actor Charles Durning, who’s best known for the characters he portrayed in movies such as The Sting, Dog Day Afternoon, Tootsie, To Be or Not to Be and The Best L…
Study: Rock, Pop, Rap Stars Die Young
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Though their music may never die, rock, pop and rap artists do. And according to a new report in the British Medical Journal, they die young.The study, led by Mark Bellis of the Centre for Public Health in Live…
Dallas Cowboys Player Kills Teammate in DWI Accident
Irving Police Department(DALLAS) — Josh Price-Brent, a 24-year-old defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, is charged with intoxication manslaughter after a single-vehicle accident that killed 25-year-old line backer Jerry Brown Jr., according to th…
Radio Pranksters Pulled Off Air After Nurse’s Death
HotAustralian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian have been pulled off the air until further notice. (Hot30 Countdown/Facebook)(LONDON) — The two Australian radio hosts who prank-called the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated have been pul…
Toddler’s Death Points to Other Killings
Hemera/Thinkstock(MANASSAS, Va.) — Police investigating a Virginia man in connection to the death of his 15-month-old son are also looking to see whether he played a role in the mysterious deaths of two other people: his mother and an ex-girlfriend.Jo…
Hector "Macho" Camacho Dies After Shooting
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Four days after being shot in the face, former boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho has passed away. Camacho, who was 50, had been in coma since Tuesday, when he was shot in a parking lot outside Azuquita establ…
Florida Dive-Boat Mishap Leaves Woman Dead
ABC(MIAMI) — A vacationing dive-boat passenger died after a rogue wave capsized a catamaran Thursday, tossing 21 passengers and two crew members into the ocean off the coast of Pompano Beach, Fla.The 45-foot boat capsized Thanksgiving Day afternoon as…
Texas Thanksgiving Pile-Up Kills Two
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A major traffic tie-up involving about a hundred vehicles on a Texas highway this Thanksgiving has killed two and sent 50 to the hospital, according to ABC affiliate KBMT-TV. Dozens of vehicles crashed into one a…