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3 Men Who Went Fishing Near Memphis Found Dead

'Once you get into that water, you cannot get out of the Mississippi. It will take you'

(Newser) - Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Search and rescue teams with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and other Memphis-area agencies began looking for the men Tuesday evening after...

Horse Once Owned by Burt Reynolds Breaks a Record

Mokie, a therapy horse who spent his final years in Florida, was world's oldest horse, dying at age 40

(Newser) - Guinness World Records has announced that Mokie, a Florida-based Arabian horse who just earned the distinction of being the world's oldest living horse, has died at age 40, per the Guardian . Mokie's journey began on the ranch of actor Burt Reynolds in 1985, where he was bred...

Women Who Went Over Waterfall Were in Tubes Tied Together

2 victims have been identified

(Newser) - The two women who died in a fatal waterfall accident on Saturday were part of a group of six who were floating down Oregon's Deschutes River in tubes that had been tied together, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. The victim have been identified as Amanda Lloyd,...

In Search for Missing Plane, a Smartwatch Comes Through

Victim's device leads searchers to aircraft that went down in dense forest in Montana, killing 3

(Newser) - Hidden deep in Montana's forests, a downed plane went undetected—until searchers picked up a signal from a victim's smartwatch, guiding them to the tragic scene. According to the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, rescuers homed in on the wreckage just south of the town of West...

Baumgartner Began to 'Spin Like a Top' Before Fatal Fall

Witnesses describe scene in Italy where famed daredevil died while paragliding

(Newser) - Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant , extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, when it crashed next to a swimming pool near the Adriatic Sea. A 30-year-old mother watched the deadly descent unfold Thursday afternoon...

Paranormal Investigator Dies on Tour With Annabelle Doll

Allegedly haunted doll wasn't in the hotel room where Dan Rivera died, coroner says

(Newser) - The New England Society for Psychic Research says it's "heartbroken" by the sudden death of Dan Rivera, a paranormal investigator who was on tour with the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll made famous by the Conjuring movies. The 54-year-old Army veteran was the society's lead investigator. Adams County...

Cops: He Was Power-Washing Oven, Then Got Trapped

Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, dies after getting stuck in industrial oven at Missouri Gilster-Mary Lee plant

(Newser) - A worker at a Missouri cereal plant died after getting trapped in one of the facility's industrial ovens. Per a Friday statement from the Perryville Police Department, cops were dispatched to the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in Perryville shortly after 3pm local time on Thursday, after a male employee got...

Elderly Woman Is First Fatality After Boulder Attack

Karen Diamond, 82, dies after June 1 attack on demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages

(Newser) - An 82-year-old Colorado woman injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday. Karen Diamond died as a result of severe injuries she suffered in the June 1 attack in downtown Boulder, Colorado, the local district attorney's office...

San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33
San Jose State Legend
Dead in LA Car Crash at 33
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Jun 25, 2025 10:50 AM CDT

San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33

Chandler Jones held multiple Spartans records, played in NFL practice squads, coached

(Newser) - A star player for San Jose State who also spent some time in the NFL died in a car accident in Los Angeles over the weekend. According to the California Highway Patrol, Chandler Jones, 33, was driving east on the Marina Freeway around 2am Sunday when the crash involving a...

6 Dead After Storm Capsizes Boat on Lake Tahoe
Boat Capsizes
on Lake Tahoe,
Killing 8
UPDATED
Jun 24, 2025 1:15 AM CDT

Boat Capsizes on Lake Tahoe, Killing 8

Sudden storm overturned 27-foot boat Saturday

(Newser) - Two more bodies have been recovered from Lake Tahoe, bringing the death toll in Saturday's boat capsizing to eight. Just two of the 10 people on board the vessel survived; their conditions are not known, the AP reports. Even forecasters were surprised by the intensity of the storm that...

Report: Burrell Probe Focusing on Possible Drug OD
Celebrity
Chef Took
Her Own Life
UPDATED
Jun 21, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Celebrity Chef Took Her Own Life

Anne Burrell's death is ruled a suicide

(Newser) - The death of celebrity chef Anne Burrell last month has been ruled a suicide, reports the New York Times . The chief medical examiner's office in New York City listed the 55-year-old's cause of death as "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine, ethanol, cetirizine, and...

Missing Hoarder Found Dead Among Trash 'Mountains'

Connecticut authorities didn't find remains of Mary Notarangelo, 73, for months due to her hoarding

(Newser) - Mary Notarangelo lived a reclusive life in her later years, according to the few people who had contact. The retired police detective tended to many birds at her Connecticut home and posted videos of them on social media. But a welfare check request to police last July uncovered hoarding conditions...

HGTV Exec, House Party Host Loren Ruch Dies at 55
HGTV Loses
a 'Warm Light in
a Dark World'
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Jun 20, 2025 7:50 AM CDT

HGTV Loses a 'Warm Light in a Dark World'

Longtime network exec, House Party host Loren Ruch dies of acute myeloid leukemia at age 55

(Newser) - Loren Ruch, a longtime HGTV executive and co-host of the 2021 HGTV series House Party, died on June 12 at age 55 from acute myeloid leukemia, report Variety and People . According to an internal memo from Channing Dungey, chair of Warner Bros. Television Group, Ruch died "surrounded by...

Bobby Flay Pays Tribute to Anne Burrell

We 'were just alongside for the Anne Burrell ride,' he says of Worst Cooks in America host

(Newser) - With the sudden death of celebrity chef Anne Burrell on Tuesday, Bobby Flay offered up a tip of the hat to his co-host on Worst Cooks in America, reports People . "Worst Cooks in America was the funnest show on TV. All of your co-hosts (me included) were just alongside...

Woman Killed While Pumping Gas: Police

Police say woman was killed in freak accident at gas station in Kansas City, Missouri

(Newser) - A woman pumping gas in Missouri has died after being run over by her own truck. The Kansas City Police Department says an unidentified patron at a Fast Stop in Kansas City was filling up her Ford F-150 on Sunday afternoon when, "for unknown reasons," her vehicle started...

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef
She Began as
a Headhunter,
Ended Up as
a Top Chef
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Jun 18, 2025 6:34 AM CDT

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef

Anne Burrell of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America has died at age 55

(Newser) - TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of Worst Cooks in America, died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55. The Food Network, where Burrell began her two-decade television career on Iron Chef America and went on to other shows, confirmed her death....

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release
Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies
Weeks After Release
OBITUARY
Jun 17, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release

David Hekili Kenui Bell, a native Hawaiian, was 46

(Newser) - A rising actor has tragically died while his most recent movie, the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, is still in theaters. David Hekili Kenui Bell, a member of SAG-AFTRA who also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI, joined "the company of our Heavenly Father,"...

They Went From a Family of 12 to Just 2 After Israeli Strikes

Doctor Alaa al-Najjar, 11-year-old son move to Italy after assault kills all 9 of her other kids, husband

(Newser) - A Gaza doctor who lost nine of her 10 children to an Israeli airstrike last month has landed in Italy with her surviving child, an 11-year-old boy who was badly injured in the attack. The Guardian reports that pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, her son Adam, and other critically ill patients were...

Cops: Dead Burglar Was Shot by One of His Own

Authorities in LA County say 5 men all in black entered home in Lynwood; only 4 made it out

(Newser) - In today's "with friends like these" files, a California burglary gone wrong left one of the suspects dead—and cops now say he was shot dead by one of his own crew, reports the Los Angeles Times . Per a release from the LA County Sheriff's Department, deputies...

Parents Warn of 'Dusting' Dangers After Teen's Death

Arizona's Renna O'Rourke, 19, died after inhaling keyboard cleaner

(Newser) - An Arizona couple is mourning the loss of their 19-year-old daughter, and warning other parents about the dangers of how she died. AZFamily and News 3 Las Vegas report that Renna O'Rourke died of sudden sniffing death syndrome after taking part in a social media challenge known as "...

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