British family holidaying in France shot dead
September 7th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A hunt is on for the killer of three members of a British family and an cyclist at an Alpine beauty spot, a media report said ... Read more...
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British comedian Eric Sykes dead
July 5th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
London, July 4 (IANS) British comic legend Eric Sykes died Wednesday after short illness. He was 89 years old.Some of his best remembered films are "Harry Potter: The Goblet Of ... Read more...
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‘Stayin’ Alive’ singer Robin Gibb dead
May 21st, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who was battling colon and liver cancer, died Sunday. He was 62."The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce ... Read more...
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British teen comes alive after being brain dead
April 25th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
London, April 24 (IANS) A teenager declared brain dead by four doctors in Britain made a miraculous recovery after his emotive parents requested medics for a second opinion moments before ... Read more...
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World’s ugliest dog is dead
March 15th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) A dog named Yoda that won an "ugliest dog" contest last year has died. She was 15.Yoda, a Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix, died in her ... Read more...
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Sherbet guitarist Clive Shakespeare dead
February 17th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) British-born Australian guitarist Clive Shakespeare died after losing his battle with prostate cancer. He was 62.The veteran guitarist died Wednesday after a long struggle with the ... Read more...
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South African-born England all-rounder Basil D’Oliveira dead
November 19th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 19 (IANS) South African-born English cricketer Basil D'Oliveira passed away early Saturday morning. D'Oliveira, 80, was not keeping well for some time.
He came into the limelight in ... Read more...
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Facebook scam says Lady Gaga’s dead!
August 7th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) A scam doing the rounds on social networking website Facebook claims that singer Lady Gaga has been found dead in a hotel room.To warn people ... Read more...
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Sam Raimi to remake “The Evil Dead”
July 13th, 2011 - 9:27 am ICT by IANS
London, July 13 (IANS) Filmmaker Sam Raimi is going to remake horror movie "The Evil Dead", his first big directorial hit.The "Spider-Man" director rose to fame with the horror film ... Read more...
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Australian actor Bill Hunter dead
May 22nd, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 22 (IANS) Australian acting legend Bill Hunter has passed away following cancer, his manager Mark Morrissey said. He was 71.He died Saturday in a Melbourne hospital, where ... Read more...
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Tim Robbins’ mother dead
April 21st, 2011 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
London, April 21 (IANS) Actor Tim Robbins' mother Mary Robbins has passed away, 12 days after his father died of prostate cancer.Musician Mary Robbins, 78, died Sunday of a heart ... Read more...
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Che Guevara’s motorcycle companion dead
March 6th, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) Alberto Granado, the motorcycle companion of Ernesto Che Guevara, has died in Cuba at the age of 88, BBC reported.Cuban state media reported that Granado died ... Read more...
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Ronaldo’s kids’ mystery mother ‘is dead’
January 27th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27(ANI): The mystery mother of Cristiano Ronaldo's baby is 'dead', the Real Madrid winger's sister has claimed.According to the Sun, Katia Aveiro spoke out as she denied stories about the ... Read more...
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Son of Pink Floyd legend arrested over ‘insult to war dead’
December 13th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 13 (ANI): Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's son has been arrested after he was photographed swinging from the Union Flag on the Cenotaph, London's most revered war memorial, during Thursday's ... Read more...
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Prince William pays tribute to war dead
November 14th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) Britian's Prince William, the second-in-line to the throne, went to Afghanistan Sunday to pay tribute to the British soldiers killed in conflicts since the First World War.While ... Read more...
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Actor mistaken for gunman, shot dead
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 2 (IANS) An actor starring in a British movie was shot dead while filming in the Philippines after being mistaken for a gunman by a watchman, it was reported here.Kirk ... Read more...
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Britain’s Giant red Exmoor Emperor shot dead
October 25th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Deer experts and wildlife enthusiasts are deeply angered by the killing of a red stag.The animal though was not an ordinary red stag. It was thought to ... Read more...
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Penthouse founder dead
October 21st, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 21 (IANS) Bob Guccione, who started Penthouse magazine, is dead. He was 79, it was reported here Thursday.Guccione created an erotic corporate empire that crumbled as his investments ... Read more...
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Parking row leaves off-duty US cop dead
October 18th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 18 (IANS) An off-duty policeman died after he was hit on the head during a row over parking in the US, it was reported here.Thirtyseven-year-old Brian Stevenson had an argument ... Read more...
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Britain’s agony aunt dead
October 12th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 12 (IANS) Claire Rayner, who was Britain's most widely read agony aunt, is dead. She was 79, a family member said.Claire campaigned extensively for patients' rights, Sky News reported ... Read more...
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One third of ‘extinct’ animals back from the dead
September 29th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 29 (ANI): A new study has found that a third of all mammal species declared extinct in the past few centuries have turned up alive and well.Some of the more ... Read more...
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BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill well now “effectively dead”
September 20th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 29 (ANI): British Petroleum (BP) has finally capped the leaking well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.According to the BBC, a ... Read more...
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Taleban judges order pregnant woman to be flogged, shot dead
August 10th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.10 (ANI): A pregnant woman was flogged and shot dead in public in a remote part of western Afghanistan after being convicted of having an affair.A panel of three Taleban judges ... Read more...
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Richard Rudd blinked to ‘come back from the dead’
July 14th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): Richard Rudd had been declared brain dead with no chance of survival after a fatal motorbike accident.He had always said that if anything happened to him, the last ... Read more...
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John Carpenter bringing ‘Dracula’ back from the dead
June 8th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 8 (ANI): American horror filmmaker John Carpenter has decided to revive Bram Stoker's super villain vampire Count Dracula.The 62-year-old filmmaker has signed actress Hilary Swank in a modern-day adaptation ... Read more...
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Challenger Casamayor says he will knock out WBA champ Khan ‘dead’
June 4th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4(ANI): Former WBA super-featherweight and lightweight champion Joel Casamayor has issued a death threat to British boxer Amir Khan.The threat comes ahead of the Casamayor-Khan fight for the WBA light-welterweight ... Read more...
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3,300-year-old tomb of army chief discovered in ‘City of the Dead’
May 31st, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 31 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a 3,300-year-old tomb of a high-profile army commander in Egypt.The tomb, which belongs to Ptahmes, 19th Dynasty army leader and royal scribe, was discovered at ... Read more...
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Brittany Murphy’s widower found dead
May 24th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Actress Brittany Murphy's widower and British screenwriter Simon Monjack was found dead at his home in Hollywood.
According to reports, the Los Angeles fire department was called shortly ... Read more...
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ATM inventor dead
May 20th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) John Shepherd-Barron, who invented the world's first automatic cash dispensing machine, better known as ATM, is dead. He had come up with the idea after wondering why banks ... Read more...
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Lisa Niemi convinced Patrick Swayze back from the dead
May 7th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 7 (ANI): Actress/dancer Lisa Niemi is convinced that her late husband Patrick Swayze is back from the dead to watch over her.But instead of his Dirty Dancing soundtrack 'She's ... Read more...
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Heaven looked nice, says boy brought back from dead
April 19th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 19 (IANS) A three-year-old German boy, who claims to have seen his great grandmother in heaven when he was clinically dead after he fell into a pond, says "Heaven ... Read more...
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Madonna’s ex-manager dead
April 4th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 04 (ANI): Madonna's former manager Caresse Henry, has shot herself dead, it has emerged.Henry, 44, who worked with the Queen of Pop for a decade, was found dead in ... Read more...
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War hero who inspired movie The Great Escape dead
March 18th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
LOndon, Mar.18 (ANI): A war hero who helped inspire the film The Great Escape has died aged 87.Bill Dean, a resident of Cadishead, Salford, Greater Manchester, died in his sleep in ... Read more...
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Ashok Kumar, Indian-born MP, found dead
March 15th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) Ashok Kumar, a prominent British MP of Indian origin, was Monday found dead at his home in northern England, his office said.
The 53-year-old Labour MP's body was discovered ... Read more...
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‘The Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim is dead
March 11th, 2010 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
London, March 11 (IANS) "The Lost Boys" star Corey Haim was found dead Wednesday at his apartment in the Oakwood area of Los Angeles after a suspected accidental drug overdose. He was ... Read more...
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