Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100
Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a ...
Gene Shalit, longtime Today show movie critic, dies at 100
Beloved movie critic and arts reporter was known for bushy hair and mustache and affection for groan-inducing punsGene Shalit, a movie critic and arts...
Revolutionary British artist David Hockney dies aged 88
Bradford painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has diedDavid Hockney, the iconic British painter who cast a re...
Jemma Stapleton, Australian sprinter and Stawell Gift finalist, dies aged 25 on family holiday
Flood of tributes for Victorian athlete, who died while overseasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, fre...
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies aged 47 after years in a coma
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol’s health had worsened since she was hospitalised in December 2022 with heart problems that left her gravely illThe eld...
French sailor Charlie Dalin has died aged 42 after a long battle with cancer, which he was going through during his record win in the most recent Vend...
Northumbria police officer, 19, dies after being struck by car
PC Jess Turnbull was responding to separate crash when she was hit by MercedesA 19-year-old police officer has died after being struck by a car while ...
Souleymane Diallo Dies at 80; Daring, Mocking Journalist in Guinea
He was harassed and briefly jailed for his work on Le Lynx, his satirical weekly newspaper, which investigated and caricatured a series of repressive ...
James Blood Ulmer, adventurous US guitarist and vocalist, dies aged 86
Musician who spliced jazz, funk and blues, including in a spell on a major label in the early 1980s, was celebrated as ‘fearless’ by his familyJames B...
Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island
A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarket’s parking lot and later died of the injuriesGordon S Wood, a Pulitzer priz...
Richard Scolyer, cancer researcher and former Australian of the year, dies aged 59
Scolyer, who did pioneering work on immunotherapy, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2023Prof Richard Scolyer, the world-renowned cancer r...
Bob Packwood, senator who resigned amid sexual misconduct scandal, dies aged 93
The moderate Republican, an advocate of abortion rights, resigned in 1995 amid accusations of sexual harassmentFormer US senator Bob Packwood, a moder...
Bernadette Chirac, Formidable Ex-First Lady of France, Dies at 93
Long seen as the cool, coifed wife of the president, she emerged as a political player in her own right, as well as a relentless champion of charities...
Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France, dies aged 93
Widow of French ex-president Jacques Chirac was a steely behind-the-scenes operator known for her charity workBernadette Chirac, the formidable widow ...
EuroMillions winner dies after suspected hit-and-run in Essex
Eighteen-year-old man arrested after car collides with cyclist Anthony Canty, who died in hospital four days laterA lottery winner has died after a su...
Park ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska's Mount McKinley
Robin Pendery died after she fell while climbing on patrol on the mountain known locally as DenaliSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A ...
