Second child dies after alleged Blue Mountain stabbing as mother faces additional murder charge
One-year-old dies after alleged attack on Sunday, while three-year-old sibling remains in critical conditionGet our breaking news email, free app or d...
Pete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74
Duo had US hits with their cover of Always Something There to Remind Me as well as Promises, Promises and morePete Byrne, the frontman of British new ...
Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France’s Algerian War, Dies at 95
He was among the first to chronicle the French force’s systematic abuse of Algerians, brutal encounters that he documented in his journal and with his...
Beluga whale rescued from closed Canadian marine park dies in US
Osiris, one of 30 belugas removed from Ontario’s shuttered Marineland, struggled to acclimate to her Illinois homeAn Illinois aquarium has said that a...
Angry Anderson dies aged 79: Rose Tattoo frontman was a ferocious rock ’n’ roll singer and youth advocate
The singer, songwriter, actor and advocate, who has died following a cardiac arrest while touring in Europe, kept his band’s flame burning until the e...
Terry Denton, beloved Australian illustrator best known for Treehouse series, dies aged 76
The illustrator and author ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’, his family saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod...
Chad Gilbert, New Found Glory’s founding guitarist, dies aged 45
Gilbert’s family says he died ‘peacefully in his sleep’ months after My Friends Over You musician shared stage four cancer diagnosisGuitarist Chad Gil...
Elaine Mokhtefi, American Witness to Algeria’s Revolution, Dies at 98
As a fixer for Algeria’s government, she befriended radicals and revolutionaries and helped the Black Panthers establish an international base in Algi...
Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84
Cole, described as an ‘extraordinary talent’, also appeared in Waiting for God, Tenko and had an extensive theatre careerThe actor Stephanie Cole, bes...
Duncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56
The musician, who went from 90s altpop hits to Tony-winning Broadway success, died of organ failureDuncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 90s ...
Swimmer dies after being bitten by shark off popular Perth beach
Authorities called to Sorrento Beach on Friday morning following reports of shark-related incidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updat...
Jon Kyl, former Republican US senator who served three terms, dies aged 84
The Arizona senator shepherded the confirmation of conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh Jon Kyl, a Republican former US senator from Ari...
Rapper won prestigious award as an unsigned artist before breaking UK Top 10 and nurturing artists including KSIThe British rapper Sway, who proved in...
Peter Max, psychedelic pop artist who epitomized flower power, dies aged 88
The US artist, whose swirly, colorful, instantly recognizable designs became hugely commercially successful, died on MondayPeter Max, whose colorful, ...
Sunny, who joined the Obama family at the White House in 2013, was the second Obama dog after Bo, who died in 2021Sunny Obama, the Obama family’s seco...
Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generationAnnie ...
Battle of Chile director Patricio Guzmán dies aged 85
Passionate documentary maker won international acclaim for unsparing but poetic films exploring the impact of the Pinochet regime in Chile Patricio G...
New Orleans priest accused of abusing children in deaf community dies from apparent fall aged 87
Archdiocese knew of allegations against Gerard Joseph ‘Jerry’ Howell for 40 years but continued to support himA New Orleans Catholic priest whose prol...
Fourth person dies of measles-associated illness in US
All deaths occurred in Pennsylvania, in worst year since 1992 for one of the most contagious diseasesPennsylvania health officials said a fourth perso...
