Death in News

On February 26, 2010, Osmond's adopted son Michael (18) committed suicide, by jumping to his death. Michael leapt from the floor of his apartment building in Los Angeles, California. He had reportedly battled severe depression for most of his life and had been in rehabilitation at the age of 16

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Orlando's SeaWorld suspended its famous orca shows after a killer whale lived up to his name Wednesday, drowning a trainer in front of horrified onlookers.

Police said 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau slipped and fell into his pool, but a witness said the orca rose up from the water and grabbed her by the waist and shook her

• On February 22, 2010, former vice president Dick Cheney was admitted to George Washington University Hospital after experiencing chest pains. His doctors are evaluating the situation and he is resting comfortably, according to a statement by his staff.

• On February 22, 2010 Bob Dole (1996 presidential nominee)was hospitalized for pneumonia.

• On February 20, 2010, Alexander Haig died from complications from a staphylococcal infection

  Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the number-two ranking officer in the Army, and as Supreme Allied Commander Europe commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.

Nodar Kumaritashvili (November 25, 1988 – February 12, 2010) was a Georgian luger who had competed since 2008. He finished 44th in the 2008-09 Luge World Cup. Kumaritishvili is the third sportsman who died in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

Accident & death of Nodar Kumaritashvili
Kumaritashvili qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. During a training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre Kumaritashvili was injured after serious accident. He flew off the track and hit a support column. His injuries apparently required medical personnel to perform chest compressions. He was reportedly going 90 mph (144.3 km/h) when he hit the concrete post. He succumbed to his injuries in a Vancouver hospital.

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Jean Biden, who raised her son Vice President Joe Biden to believe in what he called ''America's creed ... everyone is your equal,'' died Friday after falling ill in recent days. She was 92.

In a statement, the vice president said she died in Wilmington surrounded by her family and loved ones. She had suffered a broken hip in a fall in March 2009.

The October 26, 2009 show for the Working on a Dream Tour in Kansas City, Missouri was canceled an hour before its scheduled start time due to the death of Lenny Sullivan, Springsteen's cousin and assistant road manager.

He was found at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City MO

• Sep 29, 2009: Thailand's 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej spent his 12th day in a Bangkok hospital Wednesday with fever and inflammation in his lungs. 
• Sep 23, 2009: Former Panama president Endara die
• Sep 28, 2009: The real life Lucy from the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died after a long fight against lupus
• Sep 27, 2009: Gap co-founder Donald Fisher dies 81

A concert stage for upcoming Madonna collapsed yesterday (July 16, 2009). Two stage workers died from this accident at the Velodrome in Marseilles, France

53 yr old French worker died on scene.
A British worker died the day after.

Madonna is scheduled to perform on Sunday

A woman who missed Air France Flight 447 that crashed last week died in an auto accident, the London Times Online reported today.

1. May 30, 2009 - Sudan's Former President Nimeiri died 79
2. May 30, 2009 - Former Israeli president Ephraim Katzir died 93
3. May 23, 2009 - Former South Korea president committed suicide at 62

Singer Natalie Cole received a kidney transplant earlier this week, May 18. Her sister Carol Cole died on the same day.

Natalie's sister Carol Cole recently found a "cancerous spot". It was a Lung Cancer.

Natalie Cole was at Carol Cole's death bed when the kidney was available for an emergency transplant surgery.

"She said, ‘What do you mean? I can’t deal with that right now! I’m here with my dying sister!’ And they said to her, ‘No, ma’am. We’ve got to do it now. You’ve got to be at Cedars-Sinai in two hours,”

Natalie Cole's kidney transplant was a success. She is resting. But she lost her sister Carol Cole. She used to call her "Cookie"

Mark Landon, an actor and eldest son of "Little House on the Prairie" star Michael Landon, was found dead at his home in West Hollywood. He was 60.

The cause of death was not immediately clear but there was no evidence of foul play.

Actor (producer, director) Stanley Tucci, Jr's wife, Kate Tucci, passed away in May 2009 after a battle with cancer. Tucci told the New York Post, "My wife was an extraordinary person who showed us all what great strength is."

Stanley Tucci 

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After battling cancer for more than 10 years, American Idol star David Cook's brother, Adam, 37, succumbed to the disease Saturday. David made the announcement at the Washington D.C. Race for Hope 5K, which raises money to support finding a cure for brain cancer, this morning. "Like everybody here, I'm affected by this disease.

Dorothy Bridges was actor Lloyd Bridges' wife for 59 years.  She was the mother of Beau and Jeff Bridges (actors).

Dorothy Bridges was 93 years old at the time of her death.