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Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dead at 46

Ezra Grant — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:05:27 +0000

He was the mayor of Toronto but you probably wouldn’t have known that if it weren’t for the nightly news portraying the Toronto mayor as a loudmouth, weed and crack smoking conservative who always knew where the next party was. With the world’s attention focused on him and wondering what he will do next, Ford […]

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Breaking – Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead at 94

Ezra Grant — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:41:14 +0000

According to reporting by TMZ, former First Lady and wife of former President Ronald Reagan, has died. She was 94 years old.

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Natalie Cole – Dead At The Age of 65 – #RIP

Ezra Grant — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:55:29 +0000

“This Will Be” singer Natalie Cole is dead at the age of 65. Cole reportedly died from congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital. The singer, songwriter, who is best known for her songs “Unforgettable,” and “Inseparable,” is the daughter of the late jazz singer Nat King Cole and singer Maria Hawkins Cole. She […]

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Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dies at 75

Ezra Grant — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:08:48 +0000

We are definitely a better nation because of the tireless work of civil rights leader and activist and former NAACP leader for 10 years, Julian Bond. Bond passed away today. He was 75 years old. Mr. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after a brief illness, the center said in a statement Sunday morning. He was […]

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Dash Cam Video of Sandra Bland’s Arrest Released – Video

Ezra Grant — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:54:11 +0000

She was pulled over for allegedly changing lanes without using her signals. She ended up dead in police custody a couple days later. Face with mounting pressure from the community, Texas police finally released the dashcam video showing the arrest of the 28-year-old, Sandra Bland. Sandra Bland was arrested on July 10th and was found […]

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Ebola Victim Thomas Eric Duncan Dies in Texas

Ezra Grant — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:08:51 +0000

Bloomberg news is reportinh that Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., died from the virus while in isolation at a Dallas hospital. Duncan was diagnosed with the disease on Sept. 30 after contracting it in West Africa, where Ebola has infected about 7,500 people, killing half. He had come […]

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Joan Rivers Dies at The Age of 81

Ezra Grant — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:54:21 +0000

Just a short while ago, Joan Rivers passed away in a New York hospital. She was 81 years old. Joan’s daughter Melissa Rivers took her mom off life support so she could pass comfortably in a private room. The death has been reported to the NYC Medical Examiner’s Office — and officials tell TMZ the […]

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Robin Williams Found Dead At The Age of 63 – Apparent Suicide

Ezra Grant — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:25:52 +0000

Robin Williams will be missed. He brought a special piece of joy to the world. Beloved actor Robin Williams was found dead on Monday, police reported. He was 63. The apparent cause of death was suicide, authorities said. Williams was best known for his starring roles in classic comedies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Jumanji. He won […]

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Former Democratic Representative Ken Gray Has Died

Ezra Grant — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:28:44 +0000

Former U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, who represented southern Illinois in Congress and earned the nickname the “Prince of Pork” for bringing $7 billion in projects to his district, died Saturday at age 89. Parker-Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort said Sunday that Gray died at a hospital in Herrin after a long illness. Gray was […]

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Mississippi Teaparty Activist Dead from Apparent Suicide

Ezra Grant — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:44:22 +0000

Mark Mayfield, an attorney and tea party activist in Mississippi who was arrested in connection with a scheme to take illicit photographs of Sen. Thad Cochran’s infirm wife, has died of an apparent suicide. Ridgeland, Miss., police responded to a call from Mayfield’s wife shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, according to a statement from the […]

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Baseball Great Don Zimmer – Dead at The Age of 83

Ezra Grant — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:57:57 +0000

He was player, a coach, and for the final 10 years of his life, a senior advisor for the Tampa Bay Rays. He became living history, a treasure trove of baseball memories that spanned from Jackie Robinson to the New York Yankees’ dynasty of the late 1990s and early 2000s to the Rays’ transformation from […]

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The Actress Who Played The House Keeper on “The Brady Bunch” Died

Ezra Grant — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:09:03 +0000

Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the country’s favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of “The Brady Bunch,” died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88. Bexar County, Texas, medical examiner’s investigator Sara Horne said Davis died Sunday morning at University Hospital. Horne said no cause of death […]

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Breaking: Maya Angelou Dead at The Age of 86 – RIP

Ezra Grant — Wed, 28 May 2014 13:52:50 +0000

According to her agent, Helen Brann, the noted author and poet died near her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina early this morning. “She’d been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book,” Brann told ABC News. “I spoke to her yesterday. She was fine, as she always was. […]

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RIP Jennifer Lopez is Trending on Twitter

Ezra Grant — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:40:09 +0000

Calm down folks, Jennifer Lopez is still alive and kicking. But for some strange reason, the hash tag #RIPJenniferLopez is trending.

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Florida Woman Dropped Dead Because State Republicans Refused Obamacare

Ezra Grant — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:10:00 +0000

While Obamacare is saving millions of lives today, there are still some states – headed by Republican governors – that insist on killing their citizens… literally. One of those states is Florida and the case of Charlene Dill is a sad but perfect example. Dill, a 32-year-old mother of three, collapsed and died on a stranger’s floor […]

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Woman’s auto-payments hid her Death for Six Years

MelodyM — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:40:23 +0000

Woman found dead years later in garage (CNN) — For years, the payments went out of the woman’s bank account. Nobody batted an eyelid. Bills were paid. And life went on as normal in the quiet neighborhood of Pontiac, Michigan. Neighbors didn’t notice anything unusual. The woman traveled a lot, they said, and kept to herself. […]

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Four Year Old Girl Shot Dead in Florida

Ezra Grant — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:11:54 +0000

A 4-year-old girl is dead following a shooting at her home in Lake Worth. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials say the girl was flown to Delray Medical Center, where she died Thursday night. Authorities haven’t identified the child, or her parents. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. A neighbor told the Palm Beach Post the […]

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RIP Shirley Temple – Dead at 85

Ezra Grant — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:05:50 +0000

Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85. Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night at about 11 p.m. at her home near San Francisco. She was […]

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Report: 70 Bags if Heroin Found on Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Home

Ezra Grant — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 05:53:00 +0000

The NYPD reportedly found 70 bags of heroin labeled “Ace of Spades” or “Ace of Heart” in the apartment of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was discovered dead of a drug overdose yesterday morning. Police have launched a citywide hunt for Hoffman’s drug dealer. “An internal email went out to all supervisors asking if anyone has […]

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Philip Seymour Hoffman dead after apparent drug overdose: cops

MelodyM — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:43:31 +0000

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose inside a Greenwich Village home on Sunday, cops said. Hoffman’s body was found by a friend at 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning in an apartment at 35 Bethune St., sources said. Cops are at the scene and are investigating, sources said. Hoffman has […]

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Marlboro Man Dead at 72 from Chronic Lung Disease

Ezra Grant — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:03:18 +0000

Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died on 10 January at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife, Susan Lawson, said on Sunday. Lawson was an actor with bit parts […]

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Conservative Radio god Bob Grant Dead at 84

Ezra Grant — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:15:37 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime conservative radio host Bob Grant, whose combative style became the template for broadcasters such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, has died at age 84. Grant’s death on Tuesday in Hillsborough, N.J., after a short illness was confirmed on Thursday by New York radio station WABC, which once fired him […]

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Woman’s Scary Facebook Message Before She Was Stabbed to Death

Ezra Grant — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:11:52 +0000

An East St. Louis woman who was found stabbed to death in her apartment Saturday night had posted a Facebook status update prior to her murder warning her friends that she might die. “If anything happens to me tonight just let my kids know I loved them dearly and tell my momma I love her,” […]

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Paul Walker dead at 40: ‘Fast and Furious’ star killed in fiery car crash

MelodyM — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 04:01:47 +0000

The star of “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise and a passenger died after his vehicle crashed into a tree his agent confirmed to the Daily News. “The Fast and the Furious” movie star Paul Walker, 40, has died in a car accident Saturday afternoon in southern California, his agent confirmed to the Daily […]

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Arial Castro Found Dead in Jail Cell

Ezra Grant — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:54:59 +0000

The man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade before one escaped and alerted authorities has been found dead and is believed to have committed suicide, a prison official said. Ariel Castro, 53, was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, […]

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Tommy “The Duke” Morrison Dead At The Age of 44

Ezra Grant — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:14:57 +0000

Tommy Morrison, the hard-punching heavyweight with boy-band good looks who once beat George Foreman and later starred in the Rocky franchise before falling ill in recent years — all the while denying he was HIV positive — died on Sunday at a hospital in Nebraska. Morrison, who was nicknamed “The Duke,” was 44. Morrison’s death […]

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George H.W Bush Issued Statement Announcing The Death of Nelson Mandela

Ezra Grant — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:32:21 +0000

Of course, Nelson Mandela is alive. He was in fact, discharged from the hospital today. Bush however, got the wrong information and quickly issued this statement. The former president’s statement read: “Barbara and I mourn the passing of one of the greatest believers in freedom we have had the privilege to know. As President, I […]

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Why You Can’t Believe Psychics – Prediction That Amanda Berry Was Dead

Ezra Grant — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:46:17 +0000

Remember Sylvia Browne? She is one of the most famous or infamous “psychics” of our time, and she also predicted that Amanda Berry was dead. Of course, we all now know that is not the case, as Amanda herself ran into the arms of a black man earlier this week. Browne’s prediction about the fate […]

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Funeral Director Says Cemeteries Don’t Want Boston Bomber’s Body

Ezra Grant — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:38:01 +0000

(AP) – A funeral home director was scrambling to find a cemetery that would bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, ignoring protesters gathered outside his business and saying everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of his or her death. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died from “gunshot wounds of torso and […]

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Is Christopher Dorner Dead? Police Identifying Human Remains

Ezra Grant — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:31:21 +0000

After what LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called “a bittersweet night,” investigators Wednesday were in the process of identifying the human remains found in the charred cabin where fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner was believed to have been holed up after trading gunfire with officers, authorities said. If the body is identified as Dorner’s, the standoff would […]

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