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He was a friend of the Dalai Lama. He talked spirituality with Aldous Huxley. He transcended through peyote with Native Americans. He moved in academic circles, defending and defining the value of religions in an era marked by a distinct distaste for faith. His name was Huston Smith, and he passed away on December 30th,…

Hollywood and the world lost another royal member, sadly. Actress Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, died from complications from a stroke on Wednesday at the age of 84. The actress who represented the golden era of Hollywood passed away only 1 day after her daughter tragically died from a heart attack. Fisher was…

“Star Wars” icon Carrie Fisher died Tuesday morning after suffering a massive heart attack on her flight from London to Los Angeles. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother, Carrie Fisher, passed away at 8:55 this morning,” a family spokesman, Simon Hall, wrote in a statement. Fisher…

British singer, songwriter, and pop superstar, George Michael, passed away in his home in Oxfordshire, England on December 25th at 53 years old. His manager, Michael Lippman, has stated that the star died of heart failure. George Michael—whose real name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou—was born in London to Greek Cypriot parents, and found fame in…

Glamorous socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor died in Los Angeles at the age of 99 on Sunday of a heart attack according to her husband, Frederic von Anhalt. “We tried everything, but her heart just stopped and that was it,” he said. “Even the ambulance tried very hard to get her back, but there…

Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, game show host, and songwriter, passed away of a heart attack while playing hockey with his son, Carter, in Los Angeles. Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1947, Thicke launched into the entertainment world on the Canadian television variety show, “It’s Our Stuff,” going on to serve as a producer on the…

Former astronaut and American icon John Glenn died on Thursday at the age of 95 at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The reason for his death was not disclosed. Glenn, who was an aviator, an engineer and a democrat senator Ohio–was recently hospitalized for an illness at James Cancer Hospital over a week ago, but…

Another star has fallen from the sky. Florence Henderson was everybody’s mom when she played the congenial and perky Carol Brady on the popular show the “Brady Bunch” during the 1960s and during the 1970s. Today we say “goodbye” to Henderson who passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 82 from heart failure.…

Gwen Ifill broke barriers as a black female journalist and as the news anchor of PBS “NewsHour” and as the managing editor of “Washington Week.” She died from endometrial cancer on Nov.14 at a hospice center in Washington at the age of 61. Ifill was considered one of the most prominent journalists of her generation…

Shimon Peres has passed away at age 93. Peres was the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. He served as a constant force for generations in Israeli politics. Peres died after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago. He had been making progress but…
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