‘The Green Mile’ Star Michael Clarke Duncan Dead at 54
David Livingston/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Michael Clarke Duncan, the actor best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in the 1999 Tom Hanks movie The Green Mile, has died. He passed away Monday morning in Los Angeles, less than two months after su…
Sweet 16 Aboard Party Bus Ends in Fatality
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Sweet 16 party aboard a party bus ended in tragedy Friday night when a teen stuck his head out of the emergency roof hatch, struck his head on an overpass and died. Daniel Fernandez, 16, of Queens, New York, was on a double-deck…
LAPD Officers Investigated in Death of Woman
Thinkstock/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Five Los Angeles Police Department officers have been placed on administrative duty during criminal and administrative investigations after a woman died in their custody last month, police officials said Friday.A…
Houston Texans Fan Dies After Falling from Escalator at Stadium
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — A fan who was attending a preseason game at the Houston Texans’ Reliant Stadium died after toppling off of an escalator while trying to slide down its handrails.The death of 25-year-old Jonathan Kelly, a Texans …
Tropical Storm Isaac Causes First Death as Tornadoes Ravage Region
Chris Graythen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Tropical Storm Isaac moves away from the Gulf Coast and into the country’s interior, spinning off tornadoes across two states, the storm has caused its first death in Pearl River County, Miss.A tow truck driv…
Washington State Girl, 7, Strangles Herself With Jump Rope
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAMMAMISH, Wash.) — A routine playground trip turned deadly when a 7-year-old girl died Tuesday in Sammamish, Wash., after she accidentally strangled herself with a jump rope.King County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi We…
Former NYC Budget Director’s Daughter Found Dead
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation/Broadford & Maloney(NEW YORK) — The daughter of a prominent investment banker and former New York City budget director was found dead from a slash wound Monday in an apartment building on the city’s Lower E…
Rodney King’s Drowning Death Ruled Accidental
Jerod Harris/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Rodney King’s death last June has been ruled an accidental drowning.King, the man whose brutal videotaped beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 touched off one of the worst race riots in U.S. history a year later,…
‘Real World’ Star Joey Kovar Found Dead
Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An autopsy is being performed Saturday on the body of Joey Kovar, a Real World alum who spoke openly about his past battles with addiction.The 29-year-old The Real World: Hollywood alum was f…
Conn. Woman’s Parasailing Death Raises Questions About Unregulated Sport
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The family of a Connecticut woman who died parasailing with her husband while on vacation in Florida is reeling from the loss of a young woman with a passion for volunteer work and a deep love for her family. And man…
Psychological Distress Linked to Higher Death Risk
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Feeling anxious, depressed or lonely may boost the risk of early death, a new study found.The British study of more than 68,000 people found those who reported symptoms of psychological distress were more likely to die fr…
Lawsuit Against Military Contractor in Soldier’s Electrocution Death Tossed
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The mother of a U.S. soldier electrocuted in his barracks shower while stationed in Iraq has vowed to keep a lawsuit alive against military contractor KBR, which she blames for installing the substandard electrical system…
Dad Shot Dead by Three-Year-Old Son
David De Lossy/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 33-year-old married father of three children was shot to death in his Salem, Indiana home last Friday night.Police say the assailant was Michael Bayless’ three-year-old son.From what investigators have been able…
Sage Stallone, Son of Sylvester Stallone, Found Dead
Albert L. Ortega/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Sage Stallone, son of Sylvester Stallone, has died.The 36-year-old actor and director was found dead in his Los Angeles-area apartment on Friday, according to KABC-TV. The cause of death is unknown.Silve…
Utah Boy, 4, Dies After Being Crushed by Tombstone
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(PARK CITY, Utah) — A 4-year-old boy, Carson Dean Cheney, died after a tombstone weighing hundreds of pounds fell on him while he was posing for photos with family and friends at a Park City, Utah cemetery.It took several f…
Mother of the World’s First ‘Test-Tube Baby,’ Lesley Brown Dies at 64
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(BRISTOL, England) — The mother of the world’s first “test-tube baby,” born on July 25, 1978, died on June 6 in Bristol, England, The New York Times reports.
Lesley Brown apparently died of complications from a gallbladder…
Canadian Sisters Suffer Gruesome Death in Thai Hotel Room
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(KRABI, Thailand) — Two Canadian sisters were found dead in their hotel room on a popular tourist island in Thailand, and the cause of their mysterious deaths is unknown.The women’s bodies were found in gruesome conditions, rep…
If Your Birthday Is Coming Up, Be Careful
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — People are 14 percent more likely to kick the bucket on their birthday than any other day of the year, according to Swiss researchers.The odds grow as people grow older, with those 60 and older at an 18.6 percent grea…
Obese Dead Woman’s Body Fat Causes Crematorium Blaze
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Investigators say a fire that nearly destroyed an Austrian crematorium began when the excessive body fat of an obese dead woman clogged the facility’s air filters, causing overheating that resulted in the blaze.O…
Folk & Bluegrass Music Legend Doc Watson Dies
John Cohen/Getty Images(WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) — WFMY-TV in North Carolina reports folk music legend Doc Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he was listed in critical condition last week after a fall in his …