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He also played a crash test dummy in public service announcements for seat belt safety. [201] July 16 Tom Fenton: 94 CBS News correspondent [202] July 18 Lou Dobbs: 78 Television host on CNN and Fox Business (Lou Dobbs Tonight) [203] Bob Newhart: 94 Actor and comedian best known as the star of The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.
On 31 August 1974, Norman Kirk, the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand, died unexpectedly aged 51 after a period of poor health. The death led to an outpouring of grief, and weakened the Labour Party, contributing to their loss of the 1975 election. [1] His state funeral was held on 4 September 1974. [2]
A premature obituary is a false reporting of the death of a person who is still alive. It may occur due to unexpected survival of someone who was close to death. Other reasons for such publication might be miscommunication between newspapers, family members, and the funeral home, often resulting in embarrassment for everyone involved.
A missing skydiver was found dead over the weekend after his parachute "failed to deploy," Louisiana authorities say. The unidentified skydiver − described as an Asian man sporting an orange ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Police say Leyva called 911 at around 3:30 a.m. to report that he had killed his family in their home in Belen, New Mexico, a small town about 33 miles south of Albuquerque.
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.
Norman died of a heart attack on 3 October 2006 in Melbourne at the age of 64. [13] The US Track and Field Federation proclaimed 9 October 2006, the date of his funeral, as Peter Norman Day. Thirty-eight years after the three first made history, both Smith and Carlos gave eulogies and were pallbearers at Norman's funeral. [5]