Esteemed actor, director, producer, and all-around hero Richard Attenborough has passed away—according to his son Michael Attenborough, he had been in poor health for some time. » 8/24/14 6:08pm 8/24/14 6:08pm

Two women, a 19-year-old and a 42-year-old, have been found hanging from trees in Uttar Pradesh in the past two days, bringing the number of women hanged in India's most populous state up to four in the last month. In May, two teenage girls were found gang raped and hanged in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh,… » 6/12/14 7:20pm 6/12/14 7:20pm

A funeral for Peaches Geldof — who died earlier this month at the age of 25 — was held today in Kent, England, at the same church in which she was married two years ago, which is also the same location of her mother's funeral in 2000. » 4/21/14 12:40pm 4/21/14 12:40pm

Socialite/model/TV host/writer Peaches Geldof — daughter of musician Bob Geldof and TV host Paula Yates — has died at the age of 25. » 4/07/14 1:51pm 4/07/14 1:51pm

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. Police in Pontiac, Michigan have discovered the body of a woman in the garage of her home where experts say she's been lying dead for at least four years. All of her organs have decomposed, but her skin remains intact, essentially leaving her mummified. Those were the gruesome bits and… » 3/07/14 4:45pm 3/07/14 4:45pm

The bodies of two former Navy SEALs were found on board the Maersk Alabama, the same cargo ship which was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009 and portrayed in the film Captain Phillips. » 2/19/14 9:00pm 2/19/14 9:00pm

Friends. It breaks my heart to report this, but Colonel Meow has passed into the great white catnip field beyond this realm. » 1/30/14 8:30pm 1/30/14 8:30pm

Juanita Moore, pioneering actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee, died in her home on Wednesday at the age of 99. » 1/02/14 10:15am 1/02/14 10:15am

This is both very sad and kinda lovely: Joy Johnson, 86, finished Sunday’s New York City Marathon for the 25th time, making her the oldest finisher in the race. The very next day, she laid down to rest in her hotel room, and passed away. » 11/05/13 10:30pm 11/05/13 10:30pm

Naomi Watts' face, which is very pretty in the Diana trailer, is now also measuring six feet by four feet in poster form and looming near the entrance to a Paris tunnel where the Princess of Wales was killed in a 1997 car crash. Some people are rather pissed about this fact. » 9/30/13 10:30pm 9/30/13 10:30pm

Ariel Castro, who was sentenced on August 1 to life in prison, plus 1,000 years, for kidnapping, imprisoning, and repeatedly raping Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight in his Cleveland home, has been found dead in his prison cell. » 9/04/13 12:15am 9/04/13 12:15am

Muriel Siebert, often times known as "Mickie," passed away this Saturday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She was 80 years old. » 8/26/13 2:50pm 8/26/13 2:50pm

Glee's Cory Monteith has died in a hotel room in Vancouver, British Columbia. » 7/14/13 9:37am 7/14/13 9:37am

When it comes to child stars, Annette Funicell0, born in 1942, was the OG: She started working for Disney as a Mouseketeer on Mickey Mouse Club at the age of 12 — after being personally selected by Walt Disney himself. While there were many shows for kids with adults on them, Funicello and her costars really cemented… » 4/08/13 2:45pm 4/08/13 2:45pm

As reported earlier today, Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau died Sunday morning. She was 81. » 4/07/13 10:30pm 4/07/13 10:30pm

Mississippi State Rep. Jessica Upshaw (R), an attorney who had been a lawmaker since 2004, was found dead at the home of former state Rep. Clint Rotenberry (R) in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The cause of death is a single gun shot wound to the head. She was 53. » 3/24/13 9:45pm 3/24/13 9:45pm

Well, this is incredibly creepy and very sad. » 2/21/13 12:00am 2/21/13 12:00am

According to TMZ and this site, Mark Balelo, one of the rascally figures who makes A&E's Storage Wars so entertaining, killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday night. » 2/11/13 11:15pm 2/11/13 11:15pm

RIP former NYC Mayor Ed Koch. From the Times: » 2/01/13 9:10am 2/01/13 9:10am