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Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.

23 June 2015

Turkey ex-leader who survived two coups dies aged 90 Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a giant figure in the country's politics for over half a century, died Wednesday.

17 June 2015

Mayweather tops Pacquiao on Forbes' richest athletes list Floyd "Money" Mayweather has beaten Manny Pacquiao again: the undefeated US boxer leads his Filipino rival atop Forbes' latest list of the world's highest-paid sports figures.

11 June 2015

German big band legend James Last dies at 86: promoter German composer and big band leader James Last, whose trademark easy listening music brought him international success, has died aged 86.

10 June 2015

Dzhuna, Kremlin psychic healer, dies at 65 Dzhuna, a famed mystic healer and astrologer who is said to have treated Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Russian celebrities, died on Monday at 65.

09 June 2015

Obama to deliver eulogy for Biden's son US President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the burial of Vice President Biden's son Beau, who died of cancer aged 46.

03 June 2015

Memphis pays final tribute to blues legend B.B. King The city where B.B. King got his musical start paid final tribute to the blues guitar master, as thousands walking in the rain with his hearse shouted, "long live the king!"

28 May 2015

Clinton snaps at Merkel heels in 'powerful women' list German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women for the fifth straight year but Hillary Clinton is snapping at her heels.

27 May 2015

'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in US car crash Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife in a New Jersey car crash.

25 May 2015

Poet Joseph Brodsky's flat opens as museum in Russia Russia opened the doors of a new museum dedicated to Nobel Prize-winning dissident poet Joseph Brodsky in the communal flat where he spent his youth.

23 May 2015

Memphis plans send-off for 'King of the Blues' Memphis, Tennessee, where guitar legend B.B. King started his career, will mourn the late King of the Blues with a procession next week before his burial in his native Mississippi.

22 May 2015

Blues legend B.B. King, 89, mourned by music world Blues legend B.B. King, whose crisp, powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument's greatest masters and a towering influence for generations of musicians, has died at 89.

16 May 2015

30 minutes of exercise is key to health in old age Elderly men who do 30 minutes of physical activity six days a week are likely to have a 40-percent lower risk of death compared to couch-potato counterparts.

15 May 2015

Art collector leaves NY waitresses $100,000 A long-time patron at a New York steak house chalked up a surprising addition to his final tab: $100,000, given to his favorite waitress and her niece.

15 May 2015

Smartphones among top gadgets for Americans: survey Smartphones are now used in 72 percent of US homes and have become the third most owned electronics item for Americans.

12 May 2015

Aged 100, Australian dancer still hears call of the stage Starring in music videos at the age of 100, Eileen Kramer is probably the oldest working dancer and choreographer in Australia.

11 May 2015

Baby first royal affected by new succession laws The birth of Britain's royal baby girl is a cause for celebration not just across the Commonwealth realms but also for campaigners.

02 May 2015

Prince William's wife Kate in labour Prince William's wife Kate was admitted to hospital in London in labour with the couple's eagerly-awaited second child.

02 May 2015

'Stand By Me' singer Ben E. King dead at 76 Ben E. King, the soul singer whose Gospel-influenced "Stand By Me" became one of the most broadcast songs of the 20th century, has died at 76.

02 May 2015

US Olympic hero Bruce Jenner comes out as transgender US Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner came out as transgender, saying: "For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman."

25 April 2015

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