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Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday, September 8, 2022, at her estate in Scotland. The British monarch was 96 years old. Members of the Royal family had traveled to be at her bedside after doctors announced Thursday they were “concerned” for her health. Queen Elizabeth was born in London at the Mayfair home of her maternal…

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, died at the age of 91. Russian state news agencies reported that Gorbachev died after a long illness. According to RIA Novosti, the Central Clinical Hospital said, “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness.” The man…

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Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose voice and natural beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the ’70s and captivated generations of viewers in the hit movie “Grease,” died on Monday, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, wrote in a statement on Newton-John’s Instagram…

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In a 2016 interview with the Los Angeles Daily News, legendary sportscaster Vin Scully talked candidly about the role faith had had in his 67 season career. He spoke openly of his prayers during the 1988 World Series and his plans to attend a Catholic mass right before his final broadcast that year. A devout…

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NBA legend Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league, passed away “peacefully” Sunday, according to a family statement from his verified Twitter account. He was 88. The statement reads, “It is with a very heavy heart we would like to pass along to all of Bill’s friends,…

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Paul Sorvino, who starred in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and early seasons of the NBC series Law & Order, died yesterday of natural causes after suffering health issues over the past few years. He was 83 years old. His death was announced by his publicist Roger Neal on behalf of Sorvino’s wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, who was at his…

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Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, has died in New York City, the former president announced on social media Thursday. In response to a call for cardiac arrest, Manhattan paramedics found a 73-year-old woman in the Upper East Side apartment where Ivana Trump lived just after 12:30 p.m, according to the FDNY. However,…

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James Caan, the American actor renowned for his role as Sonny Corleone in the mafia epic The Godfather and a string of key films in the 1970s, has died aged 82. His Twitter account released the news on Thursday. A statement read, “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on…

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Ray Liotta, the actor whose career breakout came in the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas after co-starring in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67. Deadline first reported that Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a film titled Dangerous Waters. No foul play is suspected, but any other information…

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Legendary country singer Naomi Judd passed away at 76. Fans were shocked to hear of Judd’s passing which happened just a day before Judd was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Judd’s sister shared that the singer lost her battle with mental illness and took her own life in a tragic suicide. Daughters…
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