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We like to give shouts outs to the legends of the game here on TOW, so it is only fitting that on the anniversary of 2Pacalype's death he gets a shout out on the page. We cant endorse everything that came out of his mouth, but if you consider rappers: 'the reporters of the street', sometimes just have to accept the bad with the good. I'm a fan of ...

Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert in Soweto on the eve of the World Cup, his office said on Friday. (June 11) Zenani Mandela was returning home from the event’s Thursday night kickoff concert in Soweto, an extravaganza that included stars like Alicia Keys and Shakira ...

John R. Wooden is the greatest coach ever. Period. And its not even close. His accomplishments on the floor are massively outreached by his success away from basketball. John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach. He was a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a ...

Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic "Easy Rider," died on Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer, a friend told Reuters. Hopper was 74. (more...)

Gary Coleman, who by age 11 had skyrocketed to become TV's brightest star but as an adult could never quite land on solid footing, has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42. Coleman had been in a coma on life support in a Utah hospital, where he was admitted after falling at home, his manager had manager told PEOPLE magazine ... Hit the ...

Siphiwo Ntshebe, the man who was nicknamed the "Black Pavarotti" and was set to open the 2010 World Cup in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela has passed away at the age of 34 after a brief battle with acute bacterial meningitis at Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth. (more...)

Keith Edward Elam, known as Guru from the hip hop duo Gang Starr, died on April 19 after a long battle with cancer. He was 43. DJ Premier, who joined Gang Starr two years after Guru founded it in 1987, released a statement about his friend on his blog. "Since the onset of illness, Guru tried to live a 'normal' life as an influential and ...

A preliminary investigation into the death of former child actor Corey Haim found he died early Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, sources said. There was no sign of foul play, investigators said, but it was not immediately clear what type of substance led to the death of the 38-year-old actor, who was taken to Providence St. Joseph ...