Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen.Mali’s highly acclaimed director Souleymane…
A BRAZILIAN footballer has died moments before he was set to play a match.Tributes have poured in for Gabriel Popo after he passed away aged…
Emmerdale could be paving the way for multiple exits this week with numerous deaths, as some twists were confirmed and others were teased amid a…
Irish jockey Michael O'Sullivan has died after a fall at Thurles, Republic of Ireland, earlier this month.The 24-year-old had been in an induced coma in…
Over more than a half century of clear writing, clever quips and exhaustive scholarship, Donald Shoup became one of the world’s foremost experts and influencers…
A BRITISH woman died suddenly following an "incident" at her dad's house in America, police said.Lucy Harrison, 23, was discovered at the property in Texas…
Joe Saumarez Smith, the former British Horseracing Authority (BHA) chairman, has died at the age of 53.Saumarez Smith stepped down from the role last month…
Sam Nujoma, the revolutionary leader who guided Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years,…
Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday.The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and…
Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs and was voted AP coach of the year in 2001,…
A SEVEN-year-old girl has died after being fatally injured in a crash at a drag racing circuit.Elienisse Zoe Diaz Rodriguez was left fighting for her…
WASHINGTON — Former Atty. Gen. Elliot L. Richardson, who became a symbol of government integrity when he refused to carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire…
SEARCY, Ark. — Former Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, the powerful Arkansas congressman whose career was destroyed by a stripper’s plunge into Washington’s Tidal Basin, died Saturday of…
Marianne Faithfull, the singer, actress, steely-eyed “It” girl of Swinging ‘60s London and subject of numerous Rolling Stones songs including “Wild Horses” and “Sister Morphine,”…
Comedian Ken Flores, a rising talent in the Los Angeles stand-up comedy scene, died on Tuesday, according to his manager, Cameron Silzle. His body was…
David Gaskell, who holds the record of being Manchester United's youngest ever player, has died at the age of 84.Former goalkeeper Gaskell made his debut…
RAPPER DJ Unk, famed for the track Walk It Out, has died aged 42 - his wife has revealed in a heartbreaking tribute.Sherkita Long-Platt shared…
Francisco San Martin, an actor who appeared on the soap operas “Days of Our Lives” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” has died in Los…
Guitarist John Sykes, who played with the rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65. He helped compose one of the defining power…
Stephen Gibson/Buchanan PhotosPolice closed off several roads around the scene in PaisleyA teenager has been arrested for assault after a man died during a disturbance…