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Man Kills Girlfriend, Posts Her Pic On Whatsapp
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A copycat killer in Costa Rica, known only by his surname, Macotelo, is accused of killing his girlfriend Melissa Zuniga. After a heated argument, he apparently strangled his girlfriend to death, took a picture of her body, and sent it to her sister via Whatsapp.
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UCT Student Falls To Her Death From Kimberley Hotel Balcony During 21st
30 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
UCT drama student, Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell fell to her death on Sunday night while celebrating her 21st birthday party with friends and family at the Kimberley Hotel on the corner of Roeland and Buitenkant in the Cape Town CBD.
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Shrien Dewani Pulled Down His Trousers And Threatened To Bark Like a Dog At Clinic
03 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2010 Shrien Dewani was the man accused of arranging the death of his wife Anni on their “honeymoon” in South Africa. Dewani allegedly organised for his 28-year-old wife to be shot whilst taking a ride in a Cape Town taxi. 33-year-old Dewani is wanted for trial in South Africa, but as a result of […]
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Harrowing Time-Lapse Of Speedy Arizona Wildfire That Killed 19 People [VIDEO]
02 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Sunday the terrible Yarnell Hill Wildfire took the lives of 19 firefighters (14 in their twenties). The tragic ordeal in Arizona engulfed the whole of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots area at a crazy speed, leaving them no chance. Click through to see the time-lapse video of the size and speed of the disaster.
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Like A Scene From The Sopranos – Stars Turnout For James Gandolfini Funeral [GALLERY]
28 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The funeral service of James Gandolfini took place on Thursday at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Family and friends gathered to pay their last respects to the actor.
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Air Show Stunt Goes Terribly Wrong – Kills Two [WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO]
24 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Things came to an abrupt holt at the Vectren Dayton Air Show on Saturday. At around 12h45, spectators were left flabbergasted as the plane with stunt pilot and wing-walker crashed into the ground and burst into flames. [WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO]
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2oceansvibe Remembers Paul Wilson
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
This piece is the hardest piece I have ever had to write, yet the easiest. It’s hard, because the local music industry lost a family member on Wednesday, so fighting back the tears while writing about Paul is an impossible task. This piece is also easy to write, because with Paul came so many happy memories and funny stories.
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Norah Ephron, Writer Of “When Harry Met Sally” Dies At 71
27 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Norah Ehpron basically created the mould for modern day romantic comedies, writing both “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless In Seattle.’ She passed away yesterday in Manhattan of complications relating to acute myeloid leukaemia.
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R.I.P. Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Bob Welch
08 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bob Welch, formerly Fleetwood Mac’s guitarist and succesful soft-rock soloist of the 70’s, was found in his Nashville home yesterday, dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 65. Police reports say that Welch’s body was found by his wife in the mid-afternoon, along with a suicide note.
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Donna Summer: “9/11 Gave Me Cancer”
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We reported in the Morning Spice that Donna Summer tragically passed away yesterday at the age of 63. The cause of her death is her long struggle with cancer, but before she passed, the devout Christian singer expressed her opinion that the source may have been 9/11.
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Former Minister Sicelo Shiceka Dies
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Troubled former South African Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, passed away in an Eastern Cape hospital this morning after a long illness, according to an ANC press release.
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“Men At Work” Member Found Dead In Melbourne
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you don’t know who Men at Work are, I suggest you go and sit in the corner and slap yourself around a bit. They were around in the 80’s and produced some great hits like “Who can it be now?”, “Overkill” and the legendary “Down Under”. One of their members, Greg Ham, has just been found dead in Melbourne.
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Whitney Houston
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As America lays their fallen songbird to rest, let’s take a look at five aspects of Whitney Houston’s life that never really hit the headlines.
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Apple Posts Online Steve Jobs Memorial
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When Apple released the statement announcing Steve Jobs’ death, it also set up a public email address, rememberingsteve@apple.com, where people could vent their memories and thoughts about Jobs. These have all been uploaded to Apple.com’s “Remembering Steve” page, a crowdsourced memorial to the company’s founder.
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Jackass Star, Ryan Dunn, Dies In Car Crash
20 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
One of the star’s of MTV’s highly-successful Jackass franchise, Ryan Dunn, has died in a car crash. Click through for details and pics.
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Leon Botha, aka DJ Solarize, Dies At Age 26
07 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Painter and musical performer Leon Botha, best known for featuring in the music video of Die Antwoord’s ‘Enter The Ninja’, passed away on Sunday, one day after celebrating his 26th birthday. Botha was diagnosed at an early age with progeria, which lowers life expectancy drastically. Despite this,he lived a longer and fuller life than most thought possible.
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Godfather Of Rap, Gil Scott-Heron, Passes Away
30 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most people think hip hop is all about guns, bitches, and money. And rightfully so. But long before all this mess it actually started very differently, with one man proclaiming: “The revolution will not be televised.” That man’s name was Gil Scott-Heron, also known as the “godfather of rap” and the “black Bob Dylan”. He passed away over the weekend.
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RIP ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Actress Dana Wynter
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, we seem to be running out of classy damsels nowadays. Dana Wynter, 1950’s starlet, best known for starring as the token distressed heroine in low-budget science-fiction film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” died May 5 of congestive heart failure in Ojai, California. She was 79.
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Last Living World War I Combat Veteran Dies
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving World War I combat veteran, passed away today, aged 110, in a Perth nursing home. Choules joined the Royal Navy at the age of 15, starting a military career that spanned 41 years, across both world wars. He is survived by his three children.
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RIP Photojournalist Tim Hetherington
21 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
British filmmaker and photojournalist, Tim Hetherington, who co-directed the Oscar-nominated documentary on the Afghanistan War, Restrepo, was killed yesterday in Misrata, Libya, following the firing of an RPG at a group of journalists. He was 41 years old. Three other journalists were injured in the attack.
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Legendary Filmmaker Sidney Lumet Passes Away
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Like most things in life, it’s not always the most talented that become household names. And while not necessarily as known as, say Steven Spielberg or Orson Welles, the impact a select few filmmakers have had on the global film industry is undeniable. Sidney Lumet one such director. You need to drink a toast to this guy.
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Elizabeth Taylor’s Obituarist Died In 2005
24 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I am, on the whole, reluctant to write an article that does exactly what it says on the tin, but Elizabeth Taylor passed away yesterday, so it seems worth bringing up. Mel Gussow, the New York Times critic who put together the Liz Taylor obituary, passed away six years before she did.
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RIP, Elizabeth Taylor
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elizabeth Taylor, one of the iconic film actresses of the 2oth century, has passed away in her California home at the age of 79. Taylor is survived by her four children (who were at her bedside in the moments prior to her death), 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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RIP Dave Brubeck Drummer Joe Morello
15 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Joe Morello, virtuoso drummer to the Dave Brubeck Quartet and contributor to such legendary recordings as Blue Ronda a la Turk and Take Five died at his New Jersey home on Saturday at the age of 82. No cause of death has yet been announced.
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