Washington Fire Captain Found Dead in His Bed Hours After Responding to Call: ‘Completely Unexpected’
A firefighter in Clallam County, Washington, was discovered dead in his bed Thursday morning only hours after returning from a call.
A firefighter in Clallam County, Washington, was discovered dead in his bed Thursday morning only hours after returning from a call.
British guitar legend Jeff Beck died on Tuesday at the age of 78, after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his family said.
Diamond, born Ineitha Lynette Hardaway, of “Diamond and Silk” fame, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, former President Donald Trump announced.
Beloved YouTube star and internet sensation Keenan Cahill died on Thursday at the age of 27, a spokesperson for the family told WGN Morning News. Cahill, who was known for his videos in which he lip synced popular songs, became an internet
Rapper Big Scarr, whose real name was Alexander Woods, died on Thursday at the age of 22. His cause of death remains unclear.
Canadian TikTok star Megha Thakur passed away recently at the age of 21, Yahoo! Style reported Thursday.
Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie died on Wednesday at age 79 following a “short illness.” The British singer-songwriter died peacefully at a hospital surrounded by her family.
Up-and-coming country singer star Jake Flint died hours after his marriage this past Saturday at the age of 37.
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) has died after a yearslong battle with colorectal cancer, his office announced in a statement Monday night.
Government data shows deaths due to alcohol spiked nearly 30 percent in America during the first year of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, a time that also caused anxiety and depression.
Workers at Frankfurt airport discovered the body of a man in the landing gear of an aeroplane this week that had flown from the Iranian capital of Tehran, fueling speculation the man may have been trying to escape the regime.
An Illinois high school student, Daniel Moshi, 17, tragically died after he collapsed while singing a solo at a choir event Friday night.
A worker at a New Jersey food processing plant was found dead inside a kettle cooker Monday and authorities said it did not appear suspicious in nature.
A woman was discovered dead inside a Belk department store bathroom in Columbia, South Carolina, four days after she had entered the room.
Actress and “Triangle of Sadness” star Charlbi Dean died Monday in New York City at the age of 32 from “an unexpected sudden illness,” according to a report by Deadline.
Country singer Luke Bell has died at the age of 32, just one week after going missing during a trip to Arizona.
Steven Hoffenberg, a former mentor and business partner of deceased serial sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in his Connecticut apartment on Tuesday.
A family in Aukland, New Zealand, recently discovered the remains of two children aged 5 and 10 years old inside suitcases they purchased unseen at an auction for an unclaimed storage locker, Reuters reported on Friday, noting that New Zealand authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the children’s deaths as they suspect they were murdered.
Zimbabwe’s latest outbreak of measles — an infectious viral disease that typically occurs during childhood — has killed at least 157 children in the country in recent weeks and caused more than 2,000 cases of the disease nationwide, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Tuesday.
An electrical fire broke out at a Coptic Christian church outside of Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, killing at least 41 congregants, including “mostly children” gathered inside the house of worship for Mass, Reuters reported Monday.
A man was crushed to death by a trash compactor after climbing into the garbage chute in a Brooklyn apartment building.
Seoul’s government announced plans on Wednesday to ban basement apartments in the South Korean national capital — a style of subterranean home depicted in the Oscar-winning film Parasite — after four people drowned to death in such apartments in recent days during record floods, the BBC reported.
A woman died in a freak accident after a beach umbrella became loose and impaled a woman in the chest, according to officials.
A mother died in her sleep with her children seated next to her for eight hours during a flight from Hong Kong to the U.K., according to a friend.
An undisclosed number of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers opened fire “for unexplained reasons” on a group of people at a border checkpoint between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda on Sunday killing at least two Congolese people and injuring 15 others, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
Nearly 50 people have been killed by lightning in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state within the past week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday, noting that India has recorded almost 750 deaths from lightning strikes nationwide since April.
Comedian, actor, and television writer Jak Knight died at the age of 28 on Thursday night in Los Angeles, California. Knight’s family announced his death through an agency representative. His cause of death is reportedly not yet being released at this time.
Three people have died in Tanzania’s Lindi region in recent days after contracting an unidentified illness characterized by symptoms including “nosebleeds, fever, headaches and fatigue,” Africanews reported on Thursday.
Mourners of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on Friday – assassinated in broad daylight on Friday – offered flowers and watermelon juice, reportedly Abe’s favorite fruit juice, at makeshift shrines set up across the country on Saturday.
Southern China’s Shenzhen city, which is considered a special economic zone by China’s central government, recently became the first community in China to pass a regulation protecting a person’s “right to die,” the Global Times reported on Tuesday, noting that the novel legislation aims to help terminally ill patients refuse “excessive life-saving treatment.”
Government officials in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province said at least 21 teenagers were “found dead” at a bar on Sunday morning under unclear circumstances, South Africa’s DispatchLive reported, noting that while the cause of the deaths remains unknown, some have speculated that the youths may have been “exposed to some form of poison.”
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) predicted on Thursday that deaths caused by the Chinese coronavirus in Africa will drop by 94 percent this year compared to 2021.
North Korea documented six deaths from the Chinese coronavirus on Friday amid an “explosive” outbreak of the disease that infected 18,000 people in the country on Thursday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Liao Guoxun, the mayor of a major port city in northern China called Tianjin, died suddenly on Wednesday due to an undisclosed illness at the age of 59, China’s Caixin Global media outlet reported on Friday.
An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria last week killed 110 people, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Hong Kong health officials confirmed this week that 1,100 cadavers remained in municipal cold storage facilities unclaimed because local funeral parlors have failed to keep up with the surging demand for funerals caused by Hong Kong’s latest epidemic of the Chinese coronavirus, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Friday.
Violent clashes between Muslims and Hindus broke out across the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Jharkhand on Sunday during local observances of a Hindu religious festival, prompting authorities in two of the three states to impose curfews or gathering bans later Sunday, the Times of India reported on Monday.
Rep. Don Young (R-AK), the longest-serving member of the current Congress, died on Friday at the age of 88.
Just 300 coffins remained in Hong Kong as of March 17 due to a recent surge in coronavirus deaths, a funeral industry spokesman said.
Video footage showed the moment a man appeared to fatally break his neck while jumping over a subway turnstile in Queens.