Blackadder, Red Dwarf and QI: How I wrote comedy’s best-loved theme tunes

I was very nearly a pop star. At 17, I signed a record deal with my band, Half Brother. Our album – of love songs – came out in the same month as the Sex Pistols’ debut, Never Mind the Bollocks, so ...
EurekAlert!

Lifespan-extending treatments increase variation in age at time of death

A key goal in ageing research is not just to extend life, but to ensure more people live longer and healthier lives with less variation in age-at-death; a concept known as “squaring the survival curve ...
The Indianapolis Star

Rondale Moore cause of death released; Purdue All-American died at age 25

Former Purdue football star Rondale Moore died of a self-inflicted gunshot, according to results of a death investigation by New Albany police. Moore, 25, was found dead in the garage of a New Albany ...
People

Cause of Death Revealed for World's Only Captive Spotless Giraffe, Who Died Suddenly at Age 2

Kipekee was born in 2023 at the Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn. Bright's Zoo A rare spotless giraffe named Kipekee was born in 2023 at the Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn. She then died at two years ...
The Indianapolis Star

What was Rev. Jesse Jackson's cause of death? How civil rights activist died, MLK, wife, children

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at his home on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. Jackson's cause of death was related to a lengthy battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a neuromuscular ...
Us Weekly

Influencer Chinnu Papu’s Boyfriend Found Dead 6 Days After Her Death at Age 24

UPDATE 2/16/26 at 12:53 p.m. ET — Influencer Chinnu Papu’s boyfriend was found dead six days after she died by an apparent suicide. Sandesh, 29, was found dead inside his home on Sunday, February 15.
al.com

Iconic actor, 86, reflects on age: ‘Death becomes ever present’

Ian McKellen has had a long and storied career. The “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men” star knows his best years are behind him. “I have accepted that I’m not immortal,” the 86-year-old actor told The ...

The full list of death notices across Wales as families remember loved ones

Every notice published to our newspaper and news site also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk - the UK’s number one site for death notices and memoriams. Every notice remains online forever providing ...
Page Six

Wiz Khalifa painfully announces sudden death of his dad at age 63

Wiz Khalifa took to X to announce the death of his dad, Laurence W. Thomaz, writing that “today my father decided not to wake up.” The rapper continued on Friday: “I will always love him, miss him and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Shelly Desai, Actor on ‘Men of a Certain Age’ and ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ Dies at 90

He also appeared on Broadway and in everything from ‘ER’ and ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ to ‘Escape From L.A.’ and ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Shelly Desai, the ...
WKYT

Coroner identifies man found dead in Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The Rowan County Coroner’s Office identified the man found dead along the side of a roadway on Wednesday, Feb. 11. William Loren Manning, 41, was found after Morehead 911 ...