Sad news from Japan: Tama the Stationmaster Cat, who supervised the Kishi Station of the Wakayama Electric Railway, has died. She worked at the station since 2007. We featured Tama in 2007, 2008, and 2010. Tama served as...

Don Featherstone of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, passed away Monday morning, a victim of Lewy body disease. A couple of years ago, we featured Featherstone and his wife Nancy, who wore matching outfits every day for the las...

Legendary actor Christopher Lee died Sunday at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. His family delayed the news until today so that all family members could be notified first. Known to a younger generation as the...

(Image credit: Flickr user Great Beyond)1. Betty RobinsonAt the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Betty Robinson, a 16-year-old student from Riverdale, Ill., won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash and a silver medal as...

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.— Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015 Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.&mdash...

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The Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough dies on...  ...The Thorn Birds, died on Thursday at age 77. Her obituary at The Australian (warning: auto play video) bega...  ...oth a scientist and an author, McCullough’s obituary would begin with her appearance and then her rela...

These real death notices weren’t written by...  ...e Daily Item (Pa.)Jack Balmer. As this is my auto- obituary , I’d like to write it in my own fashion! I...

[http://youtu.be/bRzKUVjHkGk] (YouTube link)Joe Cocker is remembered best for singing “With a Little Help From My Friends,” which closed out his set at Woodstock in 1969, and for the love song “You Are...

For many of us, just the mention of the name Jack Bruce makes the ten note bass line of “Sunshine of Your Love” play in one’s head. The bass player/singer made up a third of the band Cream, along with E...