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After Asking Students to Write Their Obituary, Teacher Is Out

High school assignment was prompted by plans for an active shooter drill

(Newser) - When he learned the Orlando high school where he teaches was going to hold an active shooter drill that day, Jeffrey Keene had an idea for an assignment. "This isn't a way to upset you or anything like that," Keene said he told the 35 students in...

UK Pop Group S Club 7 'Devastated' by Singer's Death

Paul Cattermole, 46, died of so-far unknown causes, right before band's reunion tour in October

(Newser) - Paul Cattermole, a member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, has died just weeks after the band announced a reunion tour. He was 46. The band and Cattermole's family said Friday that "it is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved...

Lance Reddick Starred in The Wire , John Wick Films
Lance Reddick's Cause
of Death: Heart Disease
udpated
Apr 6, 2023 1:44 PM CDT

Lance Reddick's Cause of Death: Heart Disease

60-year-old starred in the 'The Wire,' the 'John Wick' films, and more

(Newser) - The cause of Lance Reddick's unexpected death at age 60 has been revealed: heart disease. More specifically, ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, according to the death certificate for the late actor obtained by TMZ . Reddick died in his home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los...

Creator of Catan Board Game Dies at 70
Creator of Catan
Board Game Dies at 70
OBITUARY
Apr 4, 2023 7:35 PM CDT

Creator of Catan Board Game Dies at 70

Klaus Teuber's game became a smash hit

(Newser) - Klaus Teuber, creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island, has died after a brief illness, according to a family statement. He was 70. The board game, originally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based...

Raquel Welch Is Dead at 82
Raquel Welch
Had Alzheimer's
updated
Apr 4, 2023 8:46 AM CDT

Raquel Welch Had Alzheimer's

International sex symbol of the '60s, '70s died in February after cardiac arrest

(Newser) - The death certificate for Raquel Welch has revealed that the 82-year-old died in February after suffering a cardiac arrest, reports TMZ . It also revealed a surprise—that the actor had Alzheimer's disease, which is listed as one of the underlying causes of her death. Neither Welch nor her family...

Fleetwood Mac Singer Christine McVie Dies
Stroke, Cancer Caused
Christine McVie's Death
updated
Apr 3, 2023 7:05 PM CDT

Stroke, Cancer Caused Christine McVie's Death

The 'smoky' voice of Fleetwood Mac was 79

(Newser) - Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac died of a massive stroke and cancer, according to her death certificate. The document says the singer was diagnosed with "metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin," per the Blast , which obtained the death certificate. The information was not released when McVie died on...

He Discovered Madonna When She Was Just a 'Club Kid'

Seymour Stein, who also helped launch Talking Heads, dies at 80

(Newser) - Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient, and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads, and many others, died Sunday at age 80, the AP reports. Stein, who helped found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and was himself inducted into the...

Gordon E. Moore Saw the Future of Computing
Moore's Law
Saw the Future
of Computing
obituary
Mar 25, 2023 1:30 PM CDT

Moore's Law Saw the Future of Computing

Gordon Moore's vision led to laptops, microprocessors everywhere

(Newser) - Gordon E. Moore, an Intel Corp. co-founder whose vision helped lead to the rise of Silicon Valley and put laptop computers and microprocessors everywhere, died Friday. He was 94. Moore called himself an "accidental entrepreneur" who became a billionaire and philanthropist after—having failed to be hired as a...

First Magician on Las Vegas Strip Dies at 100
She Was the First Magician
on the Las Vegas Strip
OBITUARY
Mar 20, 2023 7:35 PM CDT

She Was the First Magician on the Las Vegas Strip

Gloria Dea dies at 100

(Newser) - Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. Dea died Saturday at her Las Vegas residence, said LaNae Jenkins, the director of clinical services for Valley Hospice, who was one of Dea's caretakers....

When Celebrities Died, He Was the Man Behind the Scenes

Ed Winter, former Los Angeles County coroner, has died at 73

(Newser) - When celebrities died in Los Angeles County, there was one man's name you could pretty much count on hearing: that of Ed Winter, the county's former deputy coroner, who handled investigations into the deaths of some of the most high-profile stars in Hollywood. Now, a goodbye to Winter...

&#39;Icon for the Feminist Movement&#39; Dead at 82
'Icon for the Feminist
Movement' Dead at 82
obituary
Mar 14, 2023 1:16 AM CDT

'Icon for the Feminist Movement' Dead at 82

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder was a pioneer for women's rights

(Newser) - Former US Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night, the AP reports. She was 82. Schroeder's former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, the city where she had...

&#39;Fosbury Flop&#39; Remains a Lesson in Innovation
'Fosbury Flop' Remains
a Lesson in Innovation
obituary
Mar 13, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

'Fosbury Flop' Remains a Lesson in Innovation

Dick Fosbury changed high jumpers' technique

(Newser) - Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday, the AP reports, after a recurrence with lymphoma, his publicist said. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared...

Steely-Eyed Vikings Coach Reached Four Super Bowls

'You've got to handle losing,' Bud Grant said

(Newser) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of them, died Saturday. He was 95. Wearing his trademark purple Vikings cap and a stone-faced demeanor, Grant'...

Allegation That He Killed His Wife Overshadowed His Acting Career

Robert Blake dead at 89

(Newser) - Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, surrounded by...

Fiddler on the Roof &#39;s Tevye Bows Out
Fiddler on the Roof's
Tevye Bows Out
OBITUARY
Mar 9, 2023 10:50 AM CST

Fiddler on the Roof's Tevye Bows Out

Israeli actor and icon Chaim Topol dies at 87

(Newser) - Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in Fiddler on the Roof, has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday, per the AP. He was 87. The cause wasn't immediately released. Israeli...

Entomologist Who Created Schmidt Pain Index Dies

Justin Schmidt suffered a lot of stings for science

(Newser) - "A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain," Justin Schmidt wrote of the sting of the bullhorn acacia ant. "Someone has fired a staple into your cheek." The Arizona-based entomologist has died at age 75, but his name will live on for as long as people are...

Last Surviving Lynyrd Skynyrd Founding Member Dead at 71
Last Surviving
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Founder Dies
obituary
Mar 6, 2023 2:42 AM CST

Last Surviving Lynyrd Skynyrd Founder Dies

Gary Rossington survived a 1977 plane crash

(Newser) - Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given, the AP reports. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our...

Advocate Led Efforts to Ensure Disability Rights

Judy Heumann, chronicled in 'Crip Camp,' had to sue to be able to teach school

(Newser) - Judy Heumann, whose advocacy for the rights of disabled people resulted in the passage of landmark federal legislation, died Saturday. She was 75 and died in Washington, DC, the BBC reports. Heumann, who was robbed of the ability to walk by polio when she was 2, was the first wheelchair...

Tom Sizemore Dead at 61
Tom Sizemore
Dead at 61
OBITUARY
Mar 4, 2023 5:30 AM CST

Tom Sizemore Dead at 61

'Saving Private Ryan' actor never recovered from brain aneurysm he suffered last month

(Newser) - Tom Sizemore, the Saving Private Ryan actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61. The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He died in his sleep Friday...

A Jazz Giant Is Gone


A Jazz
Giant
Is Gone
obituary
Mar 2, 2023 1:29 PM CST

A Jazz Giant Is Gone

Wayne Shorter hailed as one of the most influential modern musicians in the genre

(Newser) - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died at age 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, a representative for the musician said , per the AP . No cause of death was...

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