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Elderly Cruise Passenger Left Behind on Island Is Found Dead

Apparent search delay followed group hike on Australia's Lizard Island

(Newser) - An 80-year-old cruise ship passenger died over the weekend after she got off on an island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and was reportedly left behind. The woman, traveling alone as part of a Coral Expeditions cruise, took part in a group hike of a steep trail on Lizard...

NFL Star Dies at 41, Days After Kidney Plea

Longtime center Nick Mangold sought kidney donor before dying of kidney disease

(Newser) - Nick Mangold, the longtime anchor of the New York Jets offensive line, died Saturday at age 41, just days after publicly seeking a kidney donor due to complications from chronic kidney disease, People reports. His health struggles, rooted in a genetic condition diagnosed in 2006, had recently forced him onto...

As Boy Was Dying From Snake Bite, Dad Thought He Was Drunk
As Boy Was Dying From Snake
Bite, Dad Misread Symptoms
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Oct 25, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

As Boy Was Dying From Snake Bite, Dad Misread Symptoms

Coroner says medical care could have saved Australian child

(Newser) - The 2021 death of an 11-year-old boy from a brown snake bite may have been prevented if he had received medical attention sooner, an inquest in Queensland, Australia, has concluded. The inquest revealed that Tristian James Frahm's father and two other adults mistakenly believed the boy's symptoms were...

Limp Bizkit Bassist's Death Was an 'Attended' One

Which seems to indicate it was not unexpected

(Newser) - More details are emerging regarding the death of Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers over the weekend, TMZ reports. Emergency responders in St. Johns County, Florida, received a call about a "nonresponsive person in cardiac arrest" on Saturday, which led them to Rivers' home. Officials later confirmed Rivers died in...

Cops: Woman Sparks Deadly Fire Trying to Kill Cockroach

Her alleged use of improvised flamethrower preceded neighbor's fall from 5th-floor window

(Newser) - A South Korean woman's attempt to kill a cockroach with a homemade flamethrower ended with her accidentally setting her apartment building on fire, resulting in a neighbor's death, according to police in Osan, about 20 miles south of Seoul. Authorities say the woman in her 20s used a...

A Former Star Running Back Is Dead at 36

Pro Bowler Doug Martin played for Tampa Bay and Oakland

(Newser) - One of the NFL's top players a decade ago has died at age 36. TMZ reports that former running back Doug Martin—a first-round draft pick in 2012—died early Saturday. No official cause of death has been released. Martin played six of his seven NFL seasons with the...

Son Is a Suspect in Billionaire's Fatal Plunge

But family insists Mango founder's son is innocent

(Newser) - Mango founder Isak Andic's death last December , initially believed to be a tragic hiking accident, is now under suspicion as a possible homicide, with the fashion chain founder's son Jonathan emerging as a potential suspect. Family members, however, insist Jonathan is innocent, the Guardian reports. Andic, 71, fell...

Limp Bizkit Co-Founder Dies at 48
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Oct 20, 2025 2:00 AM CDT

Limp Bizkit Co-Founder Dead at 48

Bandmates remember bassist Sam Rivers as the band's 'heartbeat'

(Newser) - Sam Rivers, the bassist of Limp Bizkit who founded the nu metal band with singer Fred Durst, died Saturday at the age of 48. The band announced his death on Instagram, but did not share a cause, USA Today reports. In a tribute signed by Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, drummer...

Roommate Mistakes Professor for Intruder, Shoots Her Dead

Erica Anderson had just returned to Georgia after visit to cancer-stricken husband

(Newser) - A first-year professor at Georgia's Columbus State University returned to her apartment Monday only to be shot and killed by her roommate, who mistook her for an intruder. Erica Anderson, 31, was returning to her rented room just after midnight after visiting family in Indiana—where her husband is...

The Fight Is Over for Kenya's 'Father of Democracy'

Raila Odinga, 80, dies in India, where he was receiving medical care

(Newser) - Raila Odinga, the enduring face of Kenya's fight for democracy and a towering figure in African politics, has died in India at age 80, leaving a nation to mourn one of its most influential leaders. The former prime minister and longtime opposition leader collapsed Wednesday during a morning...

Mitt Romney: 'Our Family Is Heartbroken'

Senator's sister-in-law, Carrie Romney, found dead near California mall

(Newser) - Carrie Elizabeth Romney, the sister-in-law of former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, was found dead Friday evening near a shopping mall in Santa Clarita, California, authorities said. The circumstances surrounding her death remain murky, but investigators believe the 64-year-old Valencia resident may have fallen or jumped from a five-story parking...

Flying Solar Panel Kills NYC Woman in Nor'Easter

Authorities believe strong winds dislodged panel from parking lot canopy

(Newser) - The powerful nor'easter that hit the East Coast on Sunday dislodged a solar panel, causing the death of a Brooklyn woman, authorities say. The 76-year-old victim was hit just after 10:30 am Sunday outside an Ocean Parkway parking lot, where the wind tore a solar panel from...

Storied Nun Who Served as Loyola's Chaplain Dies at 106
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Oct 10, 2025 8:59 AM CDT

Loyola Nun Who Had Her Own Bobblehead Dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt served as chaplain for men's basketball team at Chicago school

(Newser) - Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola University Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106, per the...

Woman Dies After Haunted Mansion Ride

Disneyland attraction reopens after what police describe as a medical episode

(Newser) - A woman died Monday after taking the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, according to Anaheim police. Emergency responders were called to the theme park around 6:30pm, where they found the woman, who was in her 60s, unresponsive just after she exited the popular attraction. Disneyland security staff provided...

Joan Kennedy, First Wife of Ted Kennedy, Dies at 89

The former couple saw through the assassinations of JFK and RFK, his Chappaquiddick scandal

(Newser) - Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities, and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89, reports the AP . The former Joan Bennett was a...

Vice Principals Star Kimberly Hebert Gregory Dead at 52
Vice Principals
Star Dead at 52
Oct 6, 2025 1:00 AM CDT

Vice Principals Star Dead at 52

Kimberly Hebert Gregory remembered for roles in TV, film, and animation

(Newser) - Kimberly Hébert Gregory, best known for her standout performance as Dr. Belinda Brown on HBO's Vice Principals, died Friday at age 52. The news was confirmed by her ex-husband, Chester Gregory, on Instagram over the weekend, per the Hollywood Reporter ; he did not disclose a cause of...

She Escaped From Jail, Hid Out in Cuba for Decades

Assata Shakur, Black activist and godmother to rapper Tupac, is dead at 78 after years in Cuba

(Newser) - Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she'd been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died at the age of 78. She was also the godmother to the late rapper...

She Tried to Kill Gerald Ford, Missed
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Sep 26, 2025 7:56 AM CDT

She Tried to Kill Gerald Ford, Missed

Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate president in 1975, dies at age 95

(Newser) - Sara Jane Moore, who made headlines in the '70s for her failed attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford, died Wednesday at age 95, just two days after the 50th anniversary of the shooting. Her death at a nursing home in Franklin, Tennessee, was confirmed by a friend, though...

Teens Charged After Catastrophic Car Surfing Stunts

Authorities hope the Pennsylvania cases will deter risky social media challenges

(Newser) - Two Pennsylvania teens are facing criminal charges after separate TikTok-inspired car surfing stunts left a 17-year-old dead and a young woman with irreversible injuries. The two incidents, which prosecutors say were unrelated, both occurred in Northampton County, 80 miles north of Philadelphia. In the first case, David Nagy, 17,...

After Girl's Fatal Fall From Park Ride, Family Awarded $205M

Jury cites operator error, faulty restraints in tragedy at Colorado's Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

(Newser) - A Colorado jury has awarded $205 million to the family of Wongel Estifanos, a 6-year-old girl who died after falling from a ride at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in 2021, reports the AP . The verdict comes four years after Wongel's relatives filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the...

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