Oldest working British woman dies after first hospital visit

UK - The oldest working woman in Britain, Connie Brown, has died aged 102 after briefly being admitted to hospital for the first time in her life. Mrs Brown worked six days a week for more than 80 years in the west Wales chip shop she opened with her late husband Sydney.
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Death-row inmate dies before execution

TAMPA, Florida - A Tampa, Florida, man sentenced to die 23 years ago for the deaths of an elderly couple has died in prison of natural causes, state authorities said. Alphonso Green needed money for crack cocaine when he went to the Tampa home of Robert J. Nichols, 77, and Dora V. Nichols, 72, the night of Oct. 10,1986, killing them with a butcher knife--More

Bizarre News-Man Dies Stealing Copper From Power Pole

FLOYD COUNTY, Georgia - A 36-year-old Rockmart, Ga., man is dead after authorities said he tried to cut copper cable from a Georgia Power pole.
Floyd County police investigator Sabrina Hall identified the victim as Derek Charles Siniard. While cutting the line, Hall said, Siniard collapsed. More...
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Odd News-Taiwan student dies during fast food binge

TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) – A man died just as he was about to win a university binge eating contest in Taiwan, scoffing down two buns filled with rice and cheese as well as some of his teammate's food, the college said on Friday.

The 23-year-old, described as tall and strong, vomited relentlessly, passed out and died on Thursday during the "Big Stomach King" contest at Dayeh University in central Taiwan. He had pulled ahead of 30 other teams.

"I can't say why he died," said Huang Te-hsiang, the university's dean of student affairs. "He had been in the contest before. He was a strong guy."

The graduate student, surnamed Chen, may have eaten too fast rather than too much, a campus publicist said. Chen was on course to win the five-year-old annual competition, she said. He would have won T$2,000 ($60).

Taiwan's education ministry has halted campus-based eating contests while an investigation is launched.


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19 Year Old Rangers Hockey Star Dies Suddenly

19 Year Old Rangers Hockey Star Dies Suddenly

NEW YORK (TICKER) —New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov died during a game in his native Russia on Monday night. He was 19.

The New York Post reported that Cherepanov suffered a heart attack and collapsed on the bench during Avangard Omsk’s game against Vityav Chekhov.

Former Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr had just finished a shift with Cherepanov and was talking to the him when the Russian suddenly collapsed.

TSN of Canada reported that medical officials attempted to get Cherepanov’s heart beating again. According to the web site, the ambulance that is normally at all games had already departed and had to be called back to the arena. The report stated that it took between “15 and 20 minutes” to transport Cherepanov from the arena to the hospital.

“They tried to get his heart started again but they couldn’t,” Omsk head coach Wayne Fleming told the web site.

New York general manager Glen Sather addressed the tragedy in a statement released by the team.

“We are extremely saddened by the tragic passing of Alexei,” Sather said. “On behalf of the New York Rangers organization, I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family. Alexei was an intelligent, energetic young man with tremendous talent and an extremely bright future.”


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