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Russian tycoon Berezovsky died by hanging: police

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in the locked bathroom of his luxury mansion near London over the weekend, died by hanging, British police said on Monday.

 

Father grieves son killed by Alabama airport sign's collapse

In a Facebook post Saturday, Ryan Bresette expressed his grief and love for his late son, who was killed a day earlier when a flight display board fell on him at the Birmingham, Alabama, airport.

 

Girl, 9, walks to get help after crash kills dad

A 9-year-old girl who walked about a mile in Southern California to find help after surviving a crash says she was sad to hear that her father did not survive....

 

Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies

Joe Weider, the legendary bodybuilding impresario Arnold Schwarzenegger has often cited as his key mentor, has died at age 93.

This Oct. 25, 2003 file photo shows then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, raising the arm of Joe Weider, the creator of Mr.

 

'Deep Throat' porn star Harry Reems dies at 65

In a 2005 interview, the actor estimated that he starred in between 300 and 400 adult films, but the 1972 classic made him famous.

 

Author James Herbert dies aged 69

Best-selling author James Herbert who wrote the horror classic The Rats, dies aged 69.

 

Seven Marines killed, others injured in Nevada training explosion

Seven Marines were killed during a training exercise at a U.S. Army depot in western Nevada, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday.

 

Reports: Ex-Sooners QB killed in plane crash

A University of Oklahoma official says the starting quarterback for Oklahoma's national championship teams in 1974 and 1975 is one of two men killed when a small plane slammed into a house in northern Indiana.

 

3 dead after plane crashes at Florida parking lot

A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport Friday afternoon, killing all three people onboard and burning about a dozen cars. No one on the ground was hurt.

 

Man dies of rabies from donated kidney

Rabies - USA Today

The fact that it took over a year for the recipient to begin to show symptoms threw investigators off, as usually rabies develops within a month or two. Health officials confirmed Friday that a Maryland man who received a donated kidney more than a year ago contracted rabies and died from it.

 

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