A guiding light.A landmark actor.An absolute legend. The best of the best. There’s no shortage of praise and accolades pouring in Friday after the death of trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier at age 94. Among those expressing condolences: Morgan Freeman, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Iger, LeVar Burton, Magic Johnson and […]
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Death of bullied Utah girl draws anger over suicides, racism
DRAPER, Utah — When her 10-year-old daughter tried spraying air freshener on herself before school one morning, Brittany Tichenor-Cox suspected something was wrong with the sweet little girl whose beaming smile had gone dormant after she started the fifth grade. She coaxed out of Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor that a boy […]
New dad tells of grief at death of ‘beautiful soul’ Amelia weeks after she gave birth to their baby girl
A young father has told of the heartbreak of losing his 23-year-old partner just six weeks after she gave birth to their baby girl. Tom Mooney found Amelia Smith, a 23-year-old beautician, dead in bed at their home in Kirkby, Merseyside, on November 14. The cause of her death, the […]
Tributes paid to ‘beautiful’ Scots girl, 6, after sudden death as football teams hold minute’s silence
A minute’s silence has been held at football games in the North East of Scotland in tribute to a six-year-old Scots girl who died suddenly. Football-loving Kacey Seivwright was attending a club in Aberdeen when she took ill and passed away last week, according to local reports. Her cause of […]