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The custom likely originates with Roman funeral rites. Dirt would be cast on the body three times followed, and the ceremony was ended by the deceased's name being called three times. It was then customary for the friends and relatives of the deceased to repeat the word 'vale' (meaning farewell or goodbye) three times.
American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board both aircraft died.
The ragtag members of the Kennedy clan turned out Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy — the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, and the last link to the family's days of "Camelot" in the White House.
A Virginia family of four who dedicated their lives to figure skating and each other were among the victims who died in Wednesday's devastating plane crash near Reagan National Airport.. Business ...
Cecil Hoskins was the fourth-eldest child of Charles Hoskins and his wife Emily. He was born in Petersham, New South Wales, on 11 November 1889.He was one of their eight children who would survive their early childhood, and the second-eldest son.
Melissa Hoskins, 32, Australian Olympic cyclist , traffic collision. [729] Eddie Bernice Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2023) and Texas Senate (1987–1993). [730] Amir Banoo Karimi, 92, Iranian academic, pulmonary heart disease. [731]
In North Carolina, Hurricane Helene damaged more than 7,000 private bridges, roads and culverts. They're a critical part of the infrastructure, but the state isn't paying for repairs.
A 51-year-old Fire and Rescue New South Wales firefighter dies while fighting a housefire in the Sydney suburb of Grose Vale. [ 360 ] A young boy and a man in his 30's are killed when the light plane they were in clipped powerlines and crashed on a rural property next to the Clarence River at Lilydale near Grafton, New South Wales .