One of Delta’s original flight attendants dies at 103
Sybil began her career as a stewardess, as they were called, at Delta in 1940. She worked on the airline’s DC-3 from 1940 to 1943 before she left to serve in World War II. She entered ...
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Veteran dies with no family, so the public is invited to his funeral — let’s give him the sendoff he deserves
Edward K. Pearson, an 80-year-old veteran from Naples, Florida, died on August 31. Sadly, he died with no immediate family. His arrangements were handled by Legacy Options Funeral and Cremations Services, and an interment was ...
10-year-old dies two weeks after contracting brain-eating amoeba from river
“The water is in Lily’s backyard,” Wendy Scott, a cousin, told WFAA. “She has swum in there day in, day out. The day she was in there, we had 40 people in there with her.” ...
As a man is dying, a stranger steals his beloved dog
On July 30, Robert Corbey, a 59-year-old from Longmont, Colorado, had not been feeling well all day, but decided to walk his pet chihuahua Sampson to the nearby 7-Eleven. According to CBS Denver, Corbey had ...
Navy veteran Aaron Cook, one of the last remaining survivors of Pearl Harbor, dies at 96
Aaron Cook, who served as a US Navy Aviation Chief Ordnanceman during the war, died on August 10 at the age of 96. Cook, from Fort Worth, enlisted in the Navy just days after his 18th ...
Twin babies found dead after father leaves them in hot car for eight hours
Juan Rodriguez, 39, is a disabled Iraq war veteran and social worker for homeless veterans at a Bronx hospital. By all accounts he has always been a committed, doting father to his five children. But ...
Couple married for 71 years die on the same day – exactly 12 hours apart
On July 12, Herbert Delaigle died at 2:20 a.m. and exactly 12 hours later at 2:20 p.m. his wife, Marilyn Frances Delaigle, of 71 years died. Herbert was 94 years old and Frances was 88. According ...
Denise Nickerson, who played the gum-loving Violet in ‘Willy Wonka,’ has died at 62
Born in New York City in 1957, Nickerson began as a child actress in the 1960s, most notably recurring roles of Amy Jennings and Nora Collins on the soap opera Dark Shadows. She was 13 when she ...
Mother accused of hiding special needs child in closet and feeding him cold medicine for 3 years
For years Veronica Aguilar managed to keep her fourth child, Yonatan, hidden from the world. The only people who knew he still existed were sworn to secrecy. According to court records, Aguilar told anyone who asked about her ...
Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion icon and mother of CNN’s Anderson Cooper, dies at 95
Gloria Vanderbilt was born in New York in 1924, but grew up in France. At a young age she became the center of a bitter custody battle. She studied acting at a young age and ...