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This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 15:23, 28 February 2025 (UTC).
In Cincinnati, some 200 patients were irradiated over a period of 15 years. In Chicago, 102 people received injections of strontium and cesium solutions. In Massachusetts, 74 schoolboys were fed oatmeal that contained radioactive substances. In all of these cases, the subjects did not know what was going on and did not give informed consent. [10]
Accounting fraud. An auditor was murdered, an adviser committed suicide. The largest collapse in Hong Kong history. Texaco: United States: 13 April 1987: Oil: After a legal battle with Pennzoil, whereby it was found to owe a debt of $10.5 bn, Texaco went into bankruptcy. It was later resurrected and taken over by Chevron. Qintex: Australia ...
Death as the main story: For deaths where the cause of death itself is a major story (such as the unexpected death of a prominent figure by homicide, suicide, or accident) or where the events surrounding the death merit additional explanation (such as ongoing investigations, major stories about memorial services or international reactions, etc ...
In mainland China and Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, the number 4 is often associated with death because the sound of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words for four and death are similar (for example, the sound sì in Chinese is the Sino-Korean number 4 (四), whereas sǐ is the word for death (死), and in Japanese "shi" is the number 4, whereas ...
9,517 deaths were registered in England & Wales in the week ending 30 Dec 2022 (Week 52), 20.1% above the five-year average (1,592 excess deaths). The number of deaths registered was affected by ...
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
“We just see how things go from month to month,” Suetholz explained this past fall. “We discuss her issues, and we discuss her son at the same time.” Five weeks ago, the woman’s son went AWOL from Grateful Life and overdosed. He had to be revived by paramedics. Now he faces charges stemming from the incident.