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Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after a medical emergency and a brief hospitalization. She was 54.“Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the…

  Title IX was signed into law in 1972 as part of the Education Amendment of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government. It was designed to…

Brixton Academy: Security worker dies after Asake gig crush BBCWoman dies after London crowd pushes through entrance to Asake concert USA TODAYSecond woman dies following Brixton Academy incident NMETributes to 'adorable' mum-of-two…

Brixton Academy: Woman dies after Asake concert crush BBCAsake Brixton crush: 4 fighting for their lives after '3000' extra fans arrived at sold-out gig The SunWoman injured during Asake's Brixton show dies due to injuries NMEFirst…

by Madeleine Hubbard   Mississippi State University head football coach Mike Leach passed away at the age of 61 due to complications from a heart condition, the school announced Tuesday. “Mike was a giving and attentive husband,…

New York CNN  —  Broadway actor Quentin Oliver Lee has died at age 34, according to an online announcement from his wife. The post comes six months after Lee said he was…

Former Cleveland pitcher and National Baseball Hall of Fame member Gaylord Perry died Thursday morning in Gaffney, S.C., the team announced. He was 84 years old.Perry's MLB career spanned 22 seasons, with parts of four coming with…

CNN  —  Actress and singer Irene Cara, an Oscar and Grammy winner best known for the theme songs of “Fame” and “Flashdance” in the early ’80s, has died, her publicist said.…

Jay Pasachoff, a solar astronomer who witnessed 74 solar eclipses over the course of his life, died at his home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Nov. 21. He was 79 years old. Pasachoff was Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy…

When humans finally tread the ochre-hued plains of Mars for the first time, one might glance up at the heavy, dust-laden skies and tender a wordless note of thanks to cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who helped pave the way. Polyakov died…