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28 Aug, 2015

Darren Goforth murdered at 47

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Goforth, a deputy county sheriff in Harris County, Texas, dies after being shot multiple times in the back while filling up his car.  The officer was in uniform and had stopped at a gas station near Houston about 30 minutes after attending to a routing traffic accident. Goforth is survived by his wife and two children.

 

26 Aug, 2015

Smaller cub dies

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The smaller of twin panda cubs born to Mei Xiang dies after experiencing respiratory difficulty. After the twins were born, zoo keepers decided to swap the cubs in Mei Xiang’s possession every four hours so each had time to nurse and spend quality time with her. After the most recent swap staff noticed the smaller cub’s weight was faltering.

We are sad to report that the smaller of the two panda cubs has died. The larger cub appears to be strong, robust, behaving normally and is with mother Mei Xiang.

16 Aug, 2015

E’Dena Hines stabbed to death age 33

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Hines, Freeman’s step-granddaughter, is fatally stabbed in New York City. Her body is found lying in the street outside her home, with multiple stab wounds to her torso. EMS to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead. A 30-year-old man is arrested at the scene. Freeman:

The world will never know her artistry and talent, and how much she had to offer. Her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known what she meant as a person. Her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace.

15 Aug, 2015

Julian Bond dies age 75

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Bond dies in Fort Walton Beach, FL. His wife says the cause was complications of vascular disease. Wife:

[He] never took his eyes off the prize and that was always racial equality…He had a wonderful sense of humor. You know, that got him through the serious things he dealt with all his life. He used to joke that on his tombstone, one side would say ‘Race man’ and the other side would say, ‘Easily amused.’

9 Aug, 2015

Cub killed

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One of Cecil’s cubs dies after being attacked by another lion. Park official:

One of the eight cubs was killed by a male lion after Cecil was killed. The lionesses fended off his advances but it is unlikely they can continue to protect the cubs for much longer.

8 Aug, 2015

Saad Dawabsheh dies age 32

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Dawabsheh’s father dies of wounds sustained in the fire. A postmortem is to be held in Rafidiya hospital in Nablus. A Palestinian official says this will provide evidence for a complaint to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Saad Dawabsheh will be buried next to his son.

5 Aug, 2015

Come Harerimana killed

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Harerimana, president of the CNDD FDD chapter in Kanyosha, is attacked and killed in Bujumbura. He is heading to his office on the back of a motorbike when a crowd throw stones at him, pull him off the bike and shoot him.

2 Aug, 2015

Adolphe Nshirimana killed in rocket attack

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Nshimirimana is killed, along with three bodyguards, in a rocket attack on his car in Bujumbura. Nshimiramana was widely seen as the central African nation’s de facto internal security chief and considered by some as the president’s effective deputy. He was seen as the mastermind behind the crackdown on the protests as well as a key player in foiling the coup attempt. The presidency’s communications chief:

I have lost a brother, a companion in the struggle. The sad reality is that General Adolphe Nshimirimana is no longer with this world.

31 Jul, 2015

Ali Dawabsheh dies in fire at 18-months

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download (1)Eighteen-month-old Dawabsheh burns to death after Jewish extremists attack his family in the Palestinian village of Duma. Ali’s uncle says the attackers approached the village in the early hours and knocked on the windows of the Dawabsheh house. The attackers then hurl molotov cocktails inside, setting fire to the house. Before fleeing, the attackers left the word Revenge in Hebrew spray-painted on the house, a so-called price tag attack.

30 Jul, 2015

Lynn Anderson dies aged 67

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Anderson dies of a heart attack at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She had been hospitalized for pneumonia. She is survived by her father, three children, four grandchildren and her partner Mentor Williams.

28 Jul, 2015

Clive Rice dies aged 66

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Rice dies from septicemia in Cape Town, South Africa. His family say he was admitted after suffering from severe stomach pains.

27 Jul, 2015

Ann Rule dies at 84

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Rule dies at the age of 84. She was able to see all of her immediate family before she passed at Highline Medical Center.  Rule’s daughter, says on Facebook that her mother had many health issues, including congestive heart problems. She asks that donations are made to an animal shelter.

Abdul Kalam dies at 83

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Kalam dies at a hospital in Meghalaya, where he had gone to deliver a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong. Doctors say he suffered from a cardiac arrest. He is addressing students at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong when he collapses on stage. He is rushed to the Bethany Hospital without a pulse. Doctors are not able to resuscitate him

26 Jul, 2015

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies age 22

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Brown dies after six months in an induced coma. Family representative:

Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months.

23 Jul, 2015

John Russell Houser kills self age 59

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After firing 13 rounds, Houser leaves the theater through a side door and heads toward his car, a 1995 Lincoln. On seeing a police cruiser arrive in the parking lot he reloads his handgun, re-enters the theater and fires three more rounds, then he fatally shoots himself in the head.

Emmanuel Ndereyimana dies

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Ndereyimana. a member of Rwasa’s FNL political group, who had been organizing protests, is shot dead outside his parent’s house in the Kinama area and then his attackers, believed to be from the government youth wing, Imbonerakure, throw a grenade at his body.

Tensing kills Dubose at traffic stop

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Tensing, a University of Cincinnati police officer is under investigation after Dubose is shot in the head and killed during a routine traffic stop. After Tensing stops Dubose’s car for not having a front license plate, Dubose refuses to provide a driver’s license, produces an alcohol bottle instead and refuses to get out. A struggle ensues, Tensing fires one shot and is knocked to the ground.

Tom Moore dies at 86

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Moore dies age 86. The cause of death is lung cancer. Archie Comics:

Archie Comics is saddened to hear of the passing of artist Tom Moore. Our thoughts are with his family and fans.

Archie editor:

Tom was very funny and had a knack for putting together really great, hilarious gags and special pages when he worked at Archie. He was probably best known here for inking our Jughead relaunch decades ago. We’re all sad to hear this news and wish his family the very best during this time.