Watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher is dead at 76

Watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher is dead at 76

Comedian Gallagher, famous for smashing watermelons on stage with a hammer, passed away Friday morning at age 76. The prop comic’s long-time manager confirmed his passing in a statement to TMZ. According to the report, the comedian died of massive organ failure while at a hospice in Palm Springs, California. Gallagher had reportedly been sick … Read more

Dead sexy! Woman caught at airport carrying boyfriend’s ashes inside sex toy

Dead sexy! Woman caught at airport carrying boyfriend’s ashes inside sex toy

Her kinky carry-on is not gonna fly. An Australian law student was caught passing through airport security with her dead boyfriend’s ashes hidden in a wearable sex toy, she said in viral TikTok video. Sarah Button, 23, was about to board a flight in the United Arab Emirates while wearing a butt plug in her … Read more

‘Survivor’ star Roger Sexton dead at 76

‘Survivor’ star Roger Sexton dead at 76

“Survivor” star and Vietnam War veteran Roger Sexton has died at age 76. Sexton, who appeared in Season 6 of the CBS reality series, passed away after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, his family confirmed. According to his obituary, Sexton died on Oct. 26 in his daughter and son-in-law’s home in Washington, surrounded by … Read more

Christina Applegate on shooting ‘Dead to Me’ with MS: ‘It was like torture’

Christina Applegate on shooting ‘Dead to Me’ with MS: ‘It was like torture’

Christina Applegate said that filming her Netflix series “Dead to Me” while having multiple sclerosis was “like torture.”  In a new interview with Variety, Applegate, 50, opened up on being diagnosed with MS while in the middle of filming.  “I didn’t know what was happening to me,” she said. “That January, my toes got numb, … Read more

Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty dead at 76

Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty dead at 76

Dan McCafferty, the lead vocalist and founding member of the Scottish rock band Nazareth, has died aged 76. “This is the saddest announcement I ever had to make,” McCafferty’s heartbroken bandmate Pete Agnew wrote on Instagram. “Maryann [McCafferty’s wife] and the family have lost a wonderful loving husband and father, I have lost my best … Read more

Susan Tolsky, ‘Here Come the Brides’ and ‘Madame’s Place’ actress, dead at 79

Susan Tolsky, ‘Here Come the Brides’ and ‘Madame’s Place’ actress, dead at 79

Actress Susan Tolsky, best known for appearing in “Madame’s Place” and “Here Come the Brides,” died at age 79 from natural causes. Tolsky’s sister, Noel Foreman, confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter, saying the actress died at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif. on Oct. 9. A funeral service was held on Oct. 31 at North … Read more

Alabama band co-founder Jeff Cook dead: Country rock star was 73

Alabama band co-founder Jeff Cook dead: Country rock star was 73

Musician Jeff Cook, who co-founded the country rock band Alabama, has died. He was 73. Cook passed on Monday with his family and close friends by his side at his coastal property in Destin, Florida, on Tuesday, according to a news release. “Jeffrey Alan Cook: 1949 – 2022,” Alabama’s Twitter account posted with a red heart. … Read more

Matthew Perry: I ‘was so dead inside’ during ‘Friends’ finale, I ‘felt nothing’

Matthew Perry: I ‘was so dead inside’ during ‘Friends’ finale, I ‘felt nothing’

Matthew Perry bluntly described his numbness from his addiction in his bombshell memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which came out last week, as feeling “dead inside.” He recalled the finale of “Friends,” pointedly named “The Last One,” when the iconic group of six were in Monica Geller’s apartment for the very last … Read more

Harry Potter actor Leslie Phillips dead at 98

Harry Potter actor Leslie Phillips dead at 98

Legendary British actor Leslie Phillips, best known in the US for voicing the Sorting Hat in the “Harry Potter” films, has died after a long battle with illness. He was 98 years old. Phillips’ agent Jonathan Lloyd confirmed that the thespian passed away “peacefully in his sleep” on Monday, the Guardian reported. Born April 20, … Read more

Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dead at 64

Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dead at 64

Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, died Thursday. He was 64. The death was announced by the producers of McGrath’s solo off-Broadway show, “Everything’s Fine,” which opened last … Read more

Bizarre video of a naked hunter with dead partridges sparks outrage

Bizarre video of a naked hunter with dead partridges sparks outrage

This is one partridge you will not find in a pear tree this holiday season. A video of a naked man with a dead partridge dangling from his genitals has gone viral with several people calling it “bizarre.” The video — which has since garnered more than 125,000 views on social media as well as … Read more

NY rapper Hurricane G dead: Gloria Rodriguez was 52

NY rapper Hurricane G dead: Gloria Rodriguez was 52

Trailblazing New York rapper Hurricane G — real name Gloria Rodriguez — has died at 52. The groundbreaking musician’s passing was confirmed Sunday by associates but her cause of death hasn’t been disclosed at this time. However, the rapper’s daughter Lexus first revealed back in May that her mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung … Read more

Aaron Carter dead at 34: Pop star had troubled life

Aaron Carter dead at 34: Pop star had troubled life

Aaron Carter has died at the age of 34, The Post can confirm. “Aaron has passed,” Lori Graf, manager of Aaron’s older brother, Nick Carter, wrote in an email to The Post. The former child pop star was found dead Saturday at his house in Lancaster, Calif., TMZ reported. Sources told the outlet Carter was … Read more

Julie Powell, best-selling author of ‘Julie & Julia,’ dead at 49

Julie Powell, best-selling author of ‘Julie & Julia,’ dead at 49

Julie Powell, the food writer best known for her wildly popular memoir “Julie & Julia,” has died suddenly at the age of 49. The best-selling author passed away at her home in Olivebridge, New York, last Wednesday after going into cardiac arrest, according to the New York Times. She is survived by her husband, brother … Read more

Day of the Dead 2022: The history and meaning behind the Mexican holiday

Day of the Dead 2022: The history and meaning behind the Mexican holiday

In life, death is only the beginning. An excerpt from “Flayed God: The Mesoamerican Mythological Tradition”, decrees “For bones are like seeds: everything that dies goes into the Earth, and from it new life is born in the sacred cycle of existence.” Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, honors that sacred cycle … Read more

Family turns beloved dead golden retriever into rug

Family turns beloved dead golden retriever into rug

Many pet owners find ways to honor their pets’ memory after they pass — but one family may have taken “man’s best friend” a little too far. After an Australian family’s golden retriever passed, they decided to turn their beloved pet into a rug. While some might find the memento disturbing, pet taxidermy is becoming … Read more

Walking Dead Syndrome and the spookiest medical conditions explained

Walking Dead Syndrome and the spookiest medical conditions explained

Rare and odd medical syndromes are hard for many people to understand and are often hard to treat, according to medical experts.  Read on to learn more about three unusual and baffling disorders. In these three conditions, sufferers believe they are dead, suffer severe size distortions in their visual perception, or speak in a foreign language and … Read more

Tim Roth’s son dead at 25: Cormac was a rock star on the rise

Tim Roth’s son dead at 25: Cormac was a rock star on the rise

Cormac Roth, a musician and the son of British movie star Tim Roth, has passed away at 25, following a battle with cancer. He died on Oct. 16; however, the family didn’t disclose the tragic news until recently. “He was a wild and electric ball of energy and his spirit was filled with light and … Read more

Jerry Lee Lewis misreported dead — still alive, rep confirms

Jerry Lee Lewis misreported dead — still alive, rep confirms

Rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis did not die on Wednesday, as TMZ reported. The outlet said it got a bogus tip. The 87-year-old musician, nicknamed “The Killer,” is known for hits such as “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire.” His sister, Linda Gail Lewis, posted to Facebook Tuesday: “Please … Read more

My grandpa married his dead ex-wife’s bestie

My grandpa married his dead ex-wife’s bestie

Grandpa’s going out with the old and in with the … even older. An 87-year-old grandfather is social media’s hottest new husband thanks to a viral video of him tying the knot with his dead ex-wife’s best friend in an over-the-top wedding celebration.  And the octogenarian’s big day blowout came complete with a decked-out bridal … Read more