Posts Tagged ‘dead’
Rap star Juice Wrld dead at 21
Juice Wrld whose real name is Jarad Anthony Higgins died after suffering a seizure at Chicago’s Midway airport. The Chicago born rapper gained notoriety in 2018 with the release of the singles “All Girls Are The Same” and “Lucid Dreams” His album Goodbye and Good Riddance released in 2018 charted at No. 6 on the…
Read MoreToni Morrison, Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, dies at 88
Legendary and transcendent author Toni Morrison — the first African American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature — has died in New York City. She was 88. According to the Associated Press, Morrison’s publishing company, Alfred A. Knopf Morrison, confirmed that Morrison, who also won a Pulitzer Prize, passed away after a short…
Read MoreArrest made as autopsy results of ‘EJNYC’ star Lyric McHenry revealed
This past August 2018, a talented and pregnant Lyric McHenry, 26, was found unresponsive on a street in the Bronx section of New York City. According to police, she was sprawled out on the street, wearing a pink top, panties and with a small Ziploc bag of cocaine. She had been celebrating her birthday that night…
Read MoreStar of ‘EJNYC’ Lyric McHenry found half-naked and dead on New York street
What should have been a fun birthday celebration for Lyric McHenry, 26, instead has ended in tragedy as the NYPD has discovered her body. McHenry was a talented young woman who at the age of 15 found herself working on the Obama Presidential Election Campaign. She excelled in academics, was named a Ron Brown Scholar…
Read MoreBreaking: Austin bomber identified
Police in Austin, Texas, have released the name of the man responsible for a string of bombings that targeted Black and Hispanic residents. Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, was tracked to a hotel 20 miles away when police found him sitting in a vehicle. As police approached his car, he detonated an explosive device killing himself…
Read MoreAustin bomber blows himself up
The terror of a mad bomber is over after police in Austin, Texas, were able to track the suspect down. According to an Austin police spokesperson, around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, police surrounded a White male, 24, as he was sitting in his car. As it became clear there was no escape and police approached, the…
Read MoreAaron Hernandez dead
Jail officials are reporting that former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, 27, was found hanging in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts. The disgraced NFL star had just been acquitted last week of a 2012 double murder but was still incarcerated for a previous murder. Hernandez was serving life in prison without…
Read MoreCharlie Murphy dead at 57: Social media reactions
Comedian Charlie Murphy, 57, has made his final bow. According to his manager, he was receiving treatment for leukemia at a New York City hospital when he passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2017. Get ready Dallas! #Repost @eddiegriffin ・・・ This Friday! February 10th! #TheComedyGetDown Does #Dallas #AmericanAirlinesArena #TicketMaster Dallas, Texas are y’all ready to…
Read MoreFormer Miami Dolphins linebacker Quentin Moses dies in house fire
A tragic house fire claimed the life of former NFL star Quentin Moses over the weekend. The fire occurred in the city of Monroe, Georgia early Sunday morning and the home was fully engulfed by the time emergency services arrived. A neighbor identified as Melanie Anderson stated to media that around 6 a.m. she noticed…
Read MoreDisgraced teacher and son fathered by student found dead
Police in New York made a grisly discovery on Monday when a former teacher and her 4-year-old son were found dead. Felicia Barahona made headlines in 2012 after it was discovered she was having sex with an 18-year-old male student. She first struck up a relationship with the boy when he was 15, but waited…
Read More7-year-old finds parents dead of overdose and goes to school
A tragic string of drug overdoses in a small Pennsylvania town continues as a couple was found dead by their daughter. Police state that a 7-year-old girl told her school bus driver that she couldn’t wake up her parents. When she arrived at school she told administrators that she had fed and dressed herself and got…
Read MoreActor Jon Polito dies at 65
Prolific actor Jon Polito has reportedly died at 65. The Philadelphia native was most widely recognized for his unforgettable performances in Miller’s Crossing, The Big Lebowski, and his comedic guest appearances on the hit shows “Seinfeld” and “Modern Family.” For 35 years, Polito had the pleasure of starring in over 100 films leaving his friends,…
Read MoreUpdate: Thugs who robbed and set great-grandmother on fire face murder charges
There is an update on the brutal and senseless attack on an Dorothy Dow, an 83-year-old great-great-grandmother in Meriwether County, Georgia. According to law enforcement, five assailants are accused of breaking into Dow’s home. At least one of the attackers had been hired to work in a blueberry field on the property and knew Dow, who…
Read MoreHeroic Tuskegee Airman dies at 94
Roscoe Brown, a longtime New York City educator who flew with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, died Saturday. He was 94. Born in Washington on March 9, 1922, Brown discovered his passion for aviation at an early age when he saw Charles Lindberg’s donation of the Spirit of St. Louis to the Smithsonian…
Read MorePopular singer from ‘The Voice’ fatally shot after concert
Singer Christina Grimmie died early Saturday during a post-concert autograph signing Friday night, police said. The shooting was reported at the Plaza Live concert venue east of downtown Orlando, FL about 10:30 p.m., after a performance by the band Before you Exit and Grimmie, who has appeared on NBC’s The Voice. Grimmie, 22, opened the…
Read MoreWoman found stuffed in suitcase in Chicago
A woman’s body was discovered stuffed in a suitcase on the South Side of Chicago this past Sunday. It has been reported that a group of teenagers stumbled across the suitcase and when it was opened they saw a Black woman inside with no clothing on. The Roseland community is currently on notice and awaiting…
Read MoreSan Bernardino mass shooting; 2 suspects killed
The horrific mass shooting that killed 14 people and injured at least 17 injured in San Bernardino, California, ended with two suspects being killed during a gun battle with police. This latest massacre is the worst mass shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. The shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center…
Read MoreCivil rights icon Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow dead at 90
Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow was known as “The Little Warrior.” Rev. Barrow was short in stature but she was a towering force in the civil rights movement. Rev. Willie T. Barrow died March 12 at age 90. Here are some of the statements from officials on her death President Barack Obama “Reverend Willie T. Barrow…
Read MoreUpdate: 2nd member of Myles Munroe’s family among dead
Dr. Myles Munroe, along with his wife, and now, per a recent update, his daughter, Charisa also died in the plane crash. Prominent minister Myles Munroe, founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries and president of Myles Munroe International was on his way to his Global Leadership Forum in Freeport, Grand Bahama, when the private jet he…
Read MoreSt. Louis Cardinals player, Oscar Taveras, dies
St. Louis Cardinal Oscar Taveras, 22, dies. The MLB player allegedly lost control of his red Chevy Camaro while riding with his 18-year-old girlfriend, Edilia Arvelo, who also died, in his native Dominican Republic. “We are all stunned and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of the youngest members of the Cardinals family,” Cardinals…
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