People Die
Colorado man... killed when a 3-foot tree branch flew through his windshield and impaled him in the chest was able to steer the car to safety before losing consciousness... saving [his wife] from any injury....
A 76-year-old man has been stabbed to death while leading Boy Scouts on a hiking trip in northern Indiana, and a suspect who battered his mother and killed a dog at their home nearby is under arrest
32-year-old Shawnee man has died after saving 8-year-old girl from drowning at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Murray County.
Police say a New York man running to the aid of another motorist fell to his death from a bridge, apparently because he didn't know there was a large gap between lanes.
An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol — similar to morphine.
Ed McMahon, best known for his role as Johnny Carson's No. 2 on the "Tonight Show," died at a hospital in Los Angeles this morning.... esponsible for bringing the infamous "Heeeere's Johnny!" line into the pop culture lexicon.....
A 79-year-old Vienna man who was fed up with his Verizon service died after trying to stop a technician's van from pulling out of his driveway.
Actor David Carradine likely practiced the dangerous and secretive sex practice auto erotic asphyxia safely for a lifetime before accidentally killiing himself at 72.... may have been a lifelong practitioner of the secretive and dangerous practice, one that can go fatally awry....
Mother-in-law and publicist don't believe Kung Fu star would take his own life, despite evidence to contrary
As an actor, and possibly as a human being, David Carradine was a walking yin-yang symbol, a bundle of opposites tightly stitched together... Carradine's manager said the actor had died of natural causes.. [Like, cessation of breath?]
Thai police have said he was found naked, hanging in the closet of his hotel room....
A 70-year-old man who dove into the Atlantic Ocean to save two children from drowning is being hailed a hero. Charles Schulze... saw two boys struggling in a rip current.... dove in to save the boys and brought them to shore. Shortly afterwards, Schulze became caught in the undertow. Another man jumped into save Schulze but it was too late. Schulze died.... [Brought them to shore, but was himself caught in the undertow?? That's... rough.]
A [69yo] man died Monday, days after he was stabbed in a swordfight with the grandson of a woman who was also fatally stabbed when she tried to intervene in the fight.... [77yo man] also died as a result of stab wounds after the fight early Thursday morning, but police were not initially sure which of the men had stabbed her.
77-year-old woman suffered a fatal stab wound while trying to break up a sword fight
A 17-year-old boy suffered a head wound and was knocked unconscious when a woman jumped to her death off a New York City mall balcony and landed on him. ... Witnesses said she was muttering to herself and had removed her shoes before she took her own life....
A teenage boy walking in the woods of Bruckberg, Bavaria... spotted what looked like human bones in the branches half way up a tree... the body of a 69-year-old pensioner who disappeared in 1980. It is believed the man tied himself to a branch of the tree with rope and shot himself - and then lay undiscovered for decades.
A 24-year-old man shot and killed himself inside a movie theater at a shopping mall during a screening of the movie "The Watchmen...."
An Ellensburg couple, married for more than 50 years, died within minutes of each other at their home. ... medics responded to the home Wednesday because 78-year-old Charles Elkins was having trouble breathing. While they were trying to revive him 76-year-old Grace Elkins lost consciousness. Both died at the scene.
According to Bartlesville Public Schools Community Relations Coordinator David Austin, Nora King, 18, was reportedly with school staff members Monday when she fell ill. King, who was a junior at Bartlesville High School, was immediately administered CPR, and 911, as well as her father, were called. According to BHS Principal Terry Brant, the ambulance arrived within approximately four minutes.... [Harsh. Very sad, very harsh.]
Mary Sue Merchant died of natural causes in a tightly locked house on 25 acres in this small community, with only a dog for company. Now her small town is reflecting on why no one noticed for 18 months....
Jerry Tibbs, 51, owner of Mr. Tibb's Ribs in Bakersfield, was aboard his boat The BBQ on Sunday when the whale hit and tossed him into the sea five miles off Port San Luis. Three other fishermen were able to remain aboard the damaged boat, which was towed to shore by the Coast Guard.
A woman in Thailand has killed herself by jumping into a pit full of crocodiles in front of scores of horrified tourists.