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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 ...

Keith Alexander, the Macclesfield Town manager, has died. He was 53. Alexander was in the dugout for Macclesfield's 1-0 defeat by Notts County last night, but collapsed and died soon after arriving home from the match. The exact cause of his death remains unclear, but Alexander, who also held management roles at Lincoln City, Peterborough and ...

A luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia was killed after a horrific crash on the year-old sledding track Friday, Olympic officials confirmed. On a morning training run, Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled at nearly 80 mph and was catapulted over the lip of the track and slammed into an unpadded metal pole. Track and medical ...

Alexander McQueen - 1969-2010

Phil Harris, captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie, has died, a spokeswoman for the Discovery Channel said Tuesday. Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke Jan. 29 while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. He was flown to Anchorage for surgery. A Discovery spokesman said the Harris family ...

Jerome David "J. D." Salinger January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010 was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965, whilst his last ever interview was in 1980. Salinger died of natural causes on January 27th, 2010, in his home in New Hampshire. ...