Posts Tagged ‘his-death’

Two deny murdering PSNI officer

Monday, January 9th, 2012

The trial of two men charged with the murder of Police Constable Stephen Carroll in Craigavon hears he was lured to his death when he answered an emergency call.

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Former Smithsonian Secretary Michael Heyman dies at 81 after long illness

Monday, November 21st, 2011

WASHINGTON — I. Michael Heyman, who once led the Smithsonian Institution after serving as chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, has died. He was 81. Heyman died at his Berkeley home Saturday after a long battle with emphysema. The Smithsonian and the university announced his death Monday. Read full article > >

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Design: Saul Bass Made the Title Sequence Into a Film Star

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Fifteen years after his death, Saul Bass remains a revered figure in the world of film, where he was known for the opening sequences to movies like “Vertigo,’’ “Psycho,’’ and “West Side Story.”

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Jobs ‘died of respiratory arrest’

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Steve Jobs’ immediate cause of death was respiratory arrest, as cancer spread to other organs in his body, his death certificate reveals.

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Power station death £450,000 fine

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Two companies are fined a total of £450,000 after a maintenance worker fell to his death at a power station three years ago.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Commits Suicide

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Olympic gold medalist Samuel Wanjiru, a Kenyan marathoner who won at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, fell to his death Sunday in what appears to be a suicide. Wanjiru ran into trouble last December for threatening to kill his wife, assault, and…

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VIDEO: Internet craze ‘planking’ turns fatal

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Police in the Australian city of Brisbane say a man who fell to his death from a seventh floor balcony was taking part in the internet craze of “planking”.

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Australian dies after ‘planking’

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Australian police say a man who plunged seven floors to his death from an apartment balcony was participating in the internet craze of “planking”.

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VIDEO: Legend lives on

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Bob Marley’s legacy as strong as ever, 30 years after his death

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VIDEO: Designer McQueen honoured in NY

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Over a year after his death, the late British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, is honoured at The Met Ball in New York

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Toddler balcony fall ‘accidental’

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

A father tells an inquest about the moment he saw his toddler son trying to cling on to a balcony before falling to his death while on holiday.

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Toddler balcony fall ‘accidental’

NASA Shuttle Worker Dies

Monday, March 14th, 2011

A space-shuttle worker fell to his death from a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Space Shuttle Endeavor was undergoing tests on the pad in preparation for its final flight to the International Space Station on April 19. NASA…

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Batac Journal: A Hero’s Burial for Long-Dead President Marcos? It’s Being Considered

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Two decades after his death, former President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines is being formally considered for a burial with honors in a cemetery reserved for prominent figures.

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Batac Journal: A Hero’s Burial for Long-Dead President Marcos? It’s Being Considered

Larkin and me

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Philip Larkin’s first publisher remembers the poet 25 years after his death

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Larkin and me

Boy falls to death at Lakers game

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

A young boy fell to his death from a luxury suite at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Sunday night, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

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