This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Billy Steinberg, who wrote the lyrics to some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s — including Madonna’s “Like a ...

Manchester Orchestra drummer Tim Very has died at 42 of an unknown cause. “The entire Manchester Orchestra family has been devastated by the sudden passing of our brother, Timothy Very,” the band’s ...

Actress Lory Patrick, known for her roles on such TV shows as “Tales of Wells Fargo,” “Wagon Train” and “Bonanza” has died. She was 92. Deadline reported she died peacefully at her Gettysburg home on ...

James Van Der Beek, the star of Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues, has died at the age of 48, his family have said. A post on his own Instagram account and that of his wife's said he had "met his final ...

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Former major league outfielder and speedy playoff bench weapon Terrance Gore has died at the age of 34, the Kansas City Royals announced on Saturday. Gore spent parts of eight seasons in Major League ...

A man has been shot dead by police after a suspected domestic stabbing on the NSW Mid North Coast. Police say the man was armed with a knife and chainsaw when he assaulted a woman at a Tuncurry home.

Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's ...

Former "The Voice Nigeria" contestant Ifunanya Nwangene has died after she was bitten by a snake while she was asleep at her home in Abuja, Nigeria. She was 26. In a statement shared on Facebook, Sam ...

Chet Brooks, a standout defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers who recorded an interception in Super Bowl XXIV, died following a cancer battle. He was 60. Although his NFL career was limited to ...

With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time Roger Allers, the Disney film-maker who co-directed The Lion King and ...

Philip Erdoes, a prolific entrepreneur and venture capitalist whose interests ranged from movie production and children’s furniture to artificial-intelligence tools, died Jan. 7 at Weill Cornell ...