Loving & Marriage
Mildred Loving, the aptly named civil rights leader and last victim to be criminally tried for interracial marriage, passed away last Friday, at the age of 68. In 1958, she happily married a white man...
View ArticleBettie Page Dies
Bettie Page, otherwise known as the "Queen of Pinups," has died. She was 85. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, Betty Mae Page had a hardscrabble childhood that included time spent in an orphanage. As a...
View ArticlePurrfect Singer, Dancer and Actress Eartha Kitt Dies At 81
Eartha Kitt, the "Santa Baby" crooner and former Catwoman, died of colon cancer at 81 on Christmas Day in Connecticut. The self-proclaimed "sex kitten" began her career as a dancer in the famed...
View ArticleObit: Actress Natasha Richardson Dead At 45
Her family issued the following statement:"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the...
View ArticleGet To Know Naomi Sims, Pioneering Black Model
By now you may have heard that over the weekend, Naomi Sims, the first black model to grace the cover of Ladies' Home Journal in November 1968, muse to many, and a successful designer of wigs and...
View ArticleRIP: Cosmopolitan Editor Helen Gurley Brown Has Passed Away
The most famous editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, has died at the age of 90, according to a press release from Hearst. The controversial editor, who was also the author of the...
View ArticleSpot “The Simpsons” Characters In Matt Groening’s Mom’s Obituary
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening lost his mother, Margaret Groening, at the end of April, which is super sad. But what's not: her obituary reveals several of the inspirations for popular "Simpsons"...
View ArticleThis Is Probably The Most Vicious Obituary You Will Ever Read
When someone dies, often the surviving family members submit an obituary to the local newspaper, celebrating their loved one's life. But what if that family member was a complete shitbird during the...
View ArticleJoy Covey, Former Amazon.com Executive, Dies Suddenly In Bike Accident At 50
Joy Covey, the former CFO of Amazon.com and a pioneering woman in tech, died suddenly in a bicycle accident yesterday in San Mateo County, California, at age 50. Named by Fortune magazine in 1999 as...
View ArticleHundreds Of Strangers Attend Lonely Vet’s Funeral After Obituary Goes Viral
Have I got the perfect heartwarming Veteran's Day story for you! When British World War II vet Harold Jellicoe "Coe" Percival passed away last month at the age of 99, the local newspaper ran an...
View ArticleLeonard Nimoy, Star Trek’s Beloved Captain Spock, Has Died at 83
Long before Zachary Quinto’s eyebrows were getting Chris Pine out of intergalactic jams, the Vulcan who won over the hearts of a universe was actor Leonard Nimoy, “Star Trek”‘s original Captain Spock,...
View ArticleOliver Sacks, Neurologist And Bestselling Author Dies At Age 82
Having a shrink and all-around intellectual science and brain curious mother, we had a heavily read copy of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat” by Oliver Sacks in our bookshelf growing up. It was...
View ArticleYou’re Not Alone: A Eulogy For David Bowie
David Bowie’s legacy is bringing together millions of scared and lonely super freaks.
View ArticleMan’s Obituary: “In Lieu Of Flowers, Don’t Vote For Trump”
A Pittsburgh man's obituary is pretty standard stuff, until you get to the end. Jeffrey H. Cohen, 70, died Sunday morning, and his obit, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, starts off by...
View ArticlePop Star Denise “Vanity” Matthews Dies At 57
Denise Matthews, who was perhaps best known as the '80s pop star Prince took under his majestic purple wing, passed away yesterday in Fremont, California, at the age of 57. An actress and a model,...
View ArticleHarper Lee Has Died At 89
The legendary Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird and the recent follow-up, Go Set a Watchman, died in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama this morning, Friday, February 19. Lee won a Pulitzer...
View ArticleFormer Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dies From Cancer
Former Toronto mayor and councilman Rob Ford is dead at the age of 46. Ford was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, pleomorphic liposarcoma, in September 2014, during a bid for re-election as mayor...
View ArticleChyna, WWE Wrestler & Reality Star, Dies at 46
WWE wrestler and erstwhile reality star Chyna, aka Joan Marie Laurer has died. The AP reports that Chyna was found dead in her Redondo Beach apartment late Wednesday night. A friend had gone Wednesday...
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