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Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst Dies in Apparent Suicide
Former Miss USA
Cheslie Kryst
Found Dead in NYC
obituary
Jan 31, 2022 4:07 AM CST

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst Found Dead in NYC

Police say the 30-year-old lawyer died in an apparent suicide

(Newser) - Cheslie Kryst, winner of the Miss USA title in 2019 , has died in an apparent suicide. NBC News reports New York City police say the body of the 30-year-old lawyer was found on West 42nd Street around 7am Sunday. Police say she apparently jumped from a terrace on the 29th...

Johnny Fever Put Counterculture in WKRP
Johnny Fever Put
Counterculture in WKRP 
obituary
Jan 30, 2022 1:20 PM CST

Johnny Fever Put Counterculture in WKRP

List of TV roles includes Charlie Moore on 'Head of the Class'

(Newser) - Howard Hesseman, who played radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati and actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, has died. He was 81. Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles due to complications from colon surgery, his manager said Sunday. Hesseman, who had been...

College Student Dies After Exposure to Sub-Zero Temps

Tyler Loprestri-Castro, 20, went to SUNY Oneonta in New York

(Newser) - A 20-year-old New York college student who was found unconscious after spending hours in sub-zero temperatures has died, per ABC News . Tyler Lopresti-Castro was a student at SUNY Oneonta and a graduate of Columbia High School in the Albany area, the Times-Union reports. Oneonta city employees found Lopresti-Castro near a...

Blind Hero of the Oklahoma City Bombing Dies
Blind Hero of
the Oklahoma City
Bombing Dies
OBITUARY
Jan 26, 2022 7:54 AM CST

Blind Hero of the Oklahoma City Bombing Dies

Raymond Washburn, who led 5 to safety, died Jan. 16 at age 75

(Newser) - Raymond Washburn, a blind man who was credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, has died, per the AP . He was 75. Washburn died on Jan. 16 at his home in Oklahoma City, and funeral...

Celebrated Fashion Designer Thierry Mugler Dead at 73

He was known for his architectural style

(Newser) - French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Cardi B, has died, the AP reports. He was 73. He died Sunday, his official Instagram account said. “May his soul Rest In Peace,” it said in a post that...

Adventurer's 2nd Attempt to Cross Atlantic Ends in Death

Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, successfully crossed the Atlantic in 2019

(Newser) - He'd done it before and thought he could do it again. Sadly, he couldn’t. French adventurer Jean-Jacque Savin is dead at 75 after attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the second time, this time by rowing, the BBC reports. Savin, who in 2019 had ventured from Europe...

Hate Mail Flooded In After Golfer's Greatest Moment

Fans considered Bob Goalby's Masters tainted

(Newser) - Bob Goalby, who helped establish the modern PGA Tour and senior tour but was punished by fans for winning a Masters after another golfer's scorecard error, has died. He was 92 and died Thursday in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois, Golf Digest reports. Goalby's greatest moment in golf,...

Zen Master Preached Compassion, a 'Return to the Breath'

Revered Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has died at the age of 95

(Newser) - Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95. The death was confirmed by a monk at Tu Hieu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, who said that Nhat Hanh, known...

Funny Man Louie Anderson Dies of Cancer
Louie Anderson
Is Dead at 68
OBITUARY
Jan 21, 2022 10:38 AM CST

Louie Anderson Is Dead at 68

Comedian had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

(Newser) - He kept audiences laughing over four decades. But comedian Louie Anderson has taken his last bow. The longtime Family Feud host and actor who took home a 2016 Emmy for his role in the FX series Baskets died Friday morning at age 68, his longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz confirms to...

Meat Loaf Dead at 74
Meat Loaf Dead at 74
OBITUARY
Jan 21, 2022 4:30 AM CST

Meat Loaf Dead at 74

Beloved rock legend died surrounded by family, friends

(Newser) - The world has lost a rock and roll legend. The death of Meat Loaf, singer of some of the most beloved power ballads of all time, was announced early Friday on his verified Facebook page , reports CNN . He was 74. "Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable...

Fashion Force Andre Leon Talley Is Dead at 73
Fashion Legend
Andre Leon Talley
Is Dead at 73
obituary
Jan 19, 2022 7:19 AM CST

Fashion Legend Andre Leon Talley Is Dead at 73

He was the former creative director and editor-at-large of 'Vogue' magazine

(Newser) - André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73, reports the AP . Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley’s death to USA Today late Tuesday, but no additional details were immediately available. Talley was an influential fashion journalist who...

Sidney Poitier, First Black Man to Win Best Actor Oscar, Dies
Sidney Poitier's
Cause of Death Revealed
UPDATED
Jan 19, 2022 12:37 AM CST

Sidney Poitier's Cause of Death Revealed

'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' star died earlier this month at 94

(Newser) - Update: Sidney Poitier's death certificate reveals that the renowned actor died of heart failure. Alzheimer’s dementia and prostate cancer were also listed as underlying health issues, CNN reports. Our original story from Jan. 7 follows:

At 16, Singer Launched Ronettes With &#39;Be My Baby&#39;
At 16, Singer
Launched
Ronettes With
'Be My Baby'
obituary
Jan 12, 2022 7:30 PM CST

At 16, Singer Launched Ronettes With 'Be My Baby'

Ronnie Spector was 'the voice of a million teenage dreams'

(Newser) - Ronnie Spector, who led the Ronettes to pop stardom in the 1960s with a series of hits including "Be My Baby," died Wednesday. She was 78 and had cancer, her family said. "Her joyful sound, playful nature, and magical presence will live on in all who knew,...

Murderer Robert Durst Dies at 78
Murderer Robert Durst
Dies at 78
Jan 10, 2022 12:58 PM CST

Murderer Robert Durst Dies at 78

He was either convicted or accused in 3 killings, including his wife

(Newser) - Robert Durst, a convicted killer and heir to a real estate fortune in New York, has died in a California prison at age 78, reports the New York Post . Durst was serving a life sentence for murdering his longtime friend Susan Berman, and he was subsequently indicted in the 1982...

Actor Bob Saget Found Dead at 65
Bob Saget's Cause of Death
at 65 Not Yet Clear
UPDATED
Jan 10, 2022 6:51 AM CST

Bob Saget's Cause of Death at 65 Not Yet Clear

TMZ broke the news that actor was found dead in an Orlando hotel

(Newser) - Update: While the circumstances surrounding Bob Saget's death at age 65 are still unclear, tributes to the comedian were pouring in Sunday night. Outlets including People , the Hollywood Reporter , and E! were rounding up devastated reactions from co-stars, fellow comics, and more. "I am broken. I am gutted....

Woodstock Went Beyond Michael Lang&#39;s Hopeful Vision
Promoter
Planned 
'3 Days of
Peace & Music'
obituary
Jan 9, 2022 1:05 PM CST

Promoter Planned '3 Days of Peace & Music'

Woodstock went beyond Michael Lang's hopeful vision

(Newser) - Michael Lang, concert promoter and co-creator of the 1969 Woodstock music festival, has died. He was 77. A representative said Lang died Saturday in a New York hospital of a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Rolling Stone reports. Working with promoter Artie Kornfeld and a pair of businessmen, Lang conceived...

Lyricist Teamed With Husband on 'The Way We Were'

Marilyn Bergman, a songwriting hall of famer, won 3 Oscars

(Newser) - Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who wrote, with her husband, Alan Bergman, the words for "The Way We Were," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and hundreds of other songs, died Saturday at her Los Angeles home. She was 93. Bergman died of respiratory failure not...

Director Peter Bogdanovich Was No Stranger to Controversy

Filmmaker is dead at 82

(Newser) - Longtime director Peter Bogdanovich has died of natural causes at the age of 82, his family announced Thursday. He gained fame early in his career in 1971 in just his second film, The Last Picture Show, per the Hollywood Reporter , which has a detailed obituary. Among the long list of...

Her Daughter Died in '63 Bombing at Alabama Church

Maxine McNair, 93, was last surviving parent of 4 Black girls killed in Birmingham blast

(Newser) - Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair's family announced her death in a press release, per the AP . A cause of death wasn't given. McNair's daughter, 11-year-old Denise...

Noted Paleoanthropolgist Dies in Kenya at Age 77

Richard Leakey was the son of world-famous anthropology couple

(Newser) - Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Sunday evening. The cause of death was not announced. Leakey, the son of globally known anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, also held a number of public service...

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