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Wife of Man Who Died After Wrongful Arrest: 'I Will Never Forgive'

Top Japanese officials from police, prosecutor's office apologize to Shizuo Aishima's family at grave

(Newser) - An unusual graveside visit went down this week in Japan, after a businessman there who was wrongfully arrested died after his illegal detention. CBS News notes that Shizuo Aishima, a former consultant for the Ohkawara Kakohki machinery company, was one of three execs unlawfully detained and indicted in March 2020...

Emily in Paris Assistant Director Dies During Filming

Diego Borella, 47, is believed to have suffered a heart attack

(Newser) - Filming for the Netflix series Emily in Paris is temporarily in limbo for the worst of reasons: an assistant director died on set, reports the Independent . Diego Borella, 47, collapsed during filming in Venice, Italy, on Thursday, during preparations for a scene at Hotel Danieli. Borella was pronounced dead...

Eco-Friendly Burial Option: Water Cremation

Maryland's first funeral home like this offers alkaline hydrolysis, though it's not the only one nationwide

(Newser) - In a quiet Baltimore funeral home, a new era in eco-friendly farewells is unfolding as Maryland embraces "water cremation"—a process that dissolves bodies in chemical baths rather than flames. The Washington Post reports that Maryland has joined a growing list of states offering the process, also...

Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson Dead at 89

Child psychologist who started a radio show was long a campaigner against abortion, gay rights

(Newser) - Dr. James Dobson , a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family, and was long a campaigner against abortion and gay rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. His death was confirmed...

General Hospital 's 'Robert Scorpio' Is Dead
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General Hospital Has Lost Its Most Famous Spy

Tristan Rogers, 'Robert Scorpio' on General Hospital, is dead at 79 after lung cancer battle

(Newser) - Tristan Rogers, the Emmy-winning actor who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC's General Hospital, died Friday, less than one month after he made a special appearance on the soap opera, reports the AP . He was 79. His longtime manager tells ABC7 that Rogers died after a battle with...

Chinese Climber Dies on K2 After Reaching Summit

Teams are now on foot after weather halts helicopter recovery efforts

(Newser) - A recovery team set out on Thursday to retrieve the body of Guan Jing, a Chinese climber who died just a day after summiting K2, the world's second-highest mountain. According to a local official, Guan was killed by falling rocks on Tuesday while descending the perilous slopes of...

Athlete Collapses at World Games, Dies

Italy's Mattia Debertolis was one of a dozen who failed to finish orienteering event

(Newser) - Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died four days after collapsing during the World Games in China. The 29-year-old was found unconscious Friday while competing in the men's middle-distance final, held in temperatures exceeding 86 degrees, per the BBC . Organizers reported that Debertolis received emergency care at a...

Texas Hunter Killed by His African Prey
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Texas Hunter Killed by His African Prey

Asher Watkins was tracking Cape buffalo, one of Africa's most dangerous animals, with guides

(Newser) - A Texas man's hunting trip in South Africa ended in his own death—by a Cape buffalo he was pursuing. Asher Watkins, 52, was killed by the 1.3-ton buffalo in Limpopo province on Sunday during an expedition organized by Coenraad Vermaak Safaris. The safari company said Watkins...

Churchill's Platypus Mystery Solved After 8 Decades

Australia's attempt to send a platypus to the UK wasn't felled by a German U-boat

(Newser) - In 1943, Australia tried to win Winston Churchill's favor with a unique wartime gift: a live platypus, named Winston, shipped for 45 days across oceans to London in a custom habitat with 50,000 worms to feed him. The "rare monotreme" was meant to boost diplomatic ties...

One Dead, 17 Hurt in Sturgis Bike Rally

One motorcyclist even led local cops on a chase in the South Dakota city

(Newser) - Opening weekend for South Dakota's 85th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was one marred by multiple accidents, leading to one death and at least 17 injuries, reports USA Today . A 58-year-old man on a 2019 Harley was the lone fatality, after he lost control while cruising on Saturday morning and...

Olympic Gold Medalist Dies in Climbing Accident

German athlete Laura Dahlmeier, 31, was caught in a rockfall on Pakistan's Laila Peak

(Newser) - German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan following a climbing accident , and efforts are underway to retrieve her body, a local government spokesman said Wednesday. Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold medalist, was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range on Monday when she...

Cause of Death Found for Girl Who Died at Hersheypark

Child was found to have accidentally drowned, per Pennsylvania officials

(Newser) - A 9-year-old girl who died at Hersheypark last week was determined to have accidentally drowned in fresh water, according to an autopsy. "The decedent did not have a medical event that caused the drowning," says Vincent Paese, deputy chief clerk for the Dauphin County Commissioners, per WGAL News...

Crew Member Takes Fatal Fall Off World's Largest Cruise Ship

Police in the Bahamas are calling incident on Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas a suicide

(Newser) - A crew member aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas died after falling overboard while the ship was off the coast of the Bahamas. Officials say the incident happened around 7pm local time on Thursday, reports WSVN . TMZ cites a Bahamian police official who says the man's...

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...

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...

Teen Motocross Star Repeatedly 'Run Over'

Aidan Zingg dies at 16 following Mammoth Motocross event

(Newser) - "Remember the name," MotoSport.com wrote of Aidan Zingg, a 16-year-old up-and-coming Motocross star from Washington. Ten days later, Aidan—who signed with Kawasaki's prestigious Team Green and sponsors including Oakley, Bell, and Renthal—suffered "fatal injuries" at the Mammoth Motocross event in Mammoth Lakes, California,...

'Cletus Hogg' Has Chased After His Last General Lee

Rick Hurst, who played slightly dopey deputy on Dukes of Hazzard , dies at 79

(Newser) - For a while during the era when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were president, Rick Hurst was a household name, playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on the popular '80s action-comedy series Dukes of Hazzard, per ABC7 . He wasn't quite as well known in his later years, but the tributes...

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