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Fox News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson dead at 79: 'Legacy of love for God'
"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Roberton has died at the age of 79, his family announced on Sunday. The TV personality's daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced the news on Instagram. Robertson had previously battled Alzheimer's disease. "We celebrate today that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord," the post read. "He reminded us often of the words of Paul, 'you do not grieve like those who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." The post added, "Thank you for the love and prayers of so many whose lives have been impacted by his life saved by grace, his bold faith, and by his desire to tell everyone who would listen the Good News of Jesus. We are grateful for his life on earth and will continue the legacy of love for God and love for others until we see him again." Korie Robertson said a public celebration of life would be announced at a later date. This is a breaking story. Please check back for more details.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Community Remembers Former Richwoods High Football Player After Tragic Drowning
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Family, friends, and former teammates are mourning the loss of Santonio Wallace, a former Richwoods High School football player who tragically drowned on Easter Sunday while swimming at Navarre Beach in Florida. He was just 17 years old. Wallace's family had recently relocated from Peoria to Florida. The tragedy has sent shockwaves through both communities, with many remembering Wallace as a promising athlete and a kind-hearted young man. A celebration of life was held Sunday at the Grandview Drive Pavilion in Peoria, where loved ones gathered to honor his memory. Jim Ulrich, Wallace's former football coach at Richwoods High School, expressed his sorrow upon learning of the teen's passing. 'Gut punch. He was such a good young man,' said Ulrich. 'He had a good, strong family. You just hate to see bad things happen to good people. And that's what happened here, unfortunately.' Wallace was a devoted fan of the Miami Dolphins and had been looking forward to starting his senior year of high school in the fall. His family has started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover funeral expenses and transport his body back to Peoria for burial. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Times
14-05-2025
- General
- Times
Births, marriages and deaths: May 14, 2025
IN every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.1 Thessalonians 5.18 (AV) Bible verses are provided by the Bible Society BYRNEJohn on 21st April 2025, aged 79 Peacefully after a long illness. Well-respected archivist. Brother to Edmund, Uncle to Lucy and Tom, Friend to many, Dedicated fundraiser. A memorial service will be held at St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, on Thursday 5th June at 2.30pm. After the service there will be a celebration of John's life in the Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place. Donations if desired to Blond McIndoe Research Foundation. GURDONGillian Margaret (née Thomson) died on 9th May 2025, aged 88. Treasured wife of the late Brigadier Adam Gurdon and beloved mother
Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Woman who did not eat solid food and was fed vital nutrients through a tube for the 10 years of her life dies aged 26
A young woman who was fed through a tube for the first decade of her life has died aged 26, her family have announced. In a case which baffled medical experts across the world, Tia-Mae McCarthy had to receive all her vital nutrients through a tube while she slept for the first 10 years of her life. Her unexplained aversion to food was the subject of a TV documentary as her mother Sue desperately searched for answers, even travelling abroad to get her daughter help. The mystery was never solved, but eventually Tia surprised her family when she started eating at age 10 - and by 15 she had a normal diet and appetite. Tragically she died suddenly on April 28, with her mother, Sue McCarthy, finding her unresponsive in her bed. Her cause of death is not known yet and more tests are being carried out to ascertain how she died. Tia's family are now fundraising to organise a celebration of life to 'honour Tia with the send-off she truly deserves'. Tia was born 12 weeks premature, weighed a tiny 2lb 3oz and had a rare congenital disorder - oesophageal atresia - which meant her oesophagus and stomach did not connect. She spent most of her first year in hospital and had to have an operation when she was three months old to move her stomach into her chest. While Tia did have other disabilities, there was no medical reason after the surgery why she could not eat food and her case baffled the experts. Her mother suspected it was a psychological problem that stemmed from the early months of her life where Tia stopped breathing multiple times and had to be resuscitated. But nothing they tried could convince the youngster to eat anything. Tia was featured in a documentary, The Girl Who Never Ate, in 2006 when she was seven and her mother took her to a specialist clinic in Austria. The controversial research programme even included periods of controlled starvation. Eventually when she was ten, Tia suddenly started showing an interest in food. Ms McCarthy was amazed when she offered her daughter some yoghurt and she said yes. She started eating all kinds of soft foods - soup, custard, ice cream and mousse - and eventually had the tube she had once relied on to keep her alive removed in December 2012. By the time she was 15 she ate completely normally, with salmon, venison and scallops among her favourite foods. Although she was still monitored by a dietician to check her weight, what she was eating and if any additional supplements were needed. Because of her disabilities, Tia could never live independently and still lived at the family home in Alderholt, Dorset. Her brother Fin, 22, said: 'There was nothing abnormal, she had a bit of a cough, but was otherwise well. 'Her mindset was a lot younger than her physical age, so she couldn't live independently or have a job but she had a very full life. She loved horse riding and she was really into her arts and crafts. 'It's a real shock to all of us that she's gone. 'Everyone loved Tia, she put a smile on everybody's faces. She brightened every room she entered and to lose her so unexpectedly has been incredibly difficult for all who loved her. 'She didn't have an easy childhood, she faced many medical challenges in her short life, but whatever life threw at her she just took it on. She never let it dim her spirit or sense of humour. 'We are not a religious family and she wouldn't have wanted a traditional funeral so we're hoping to organise more of a celebration of life. 'We will ask everyone to wear orange and yellow, because they were Tia's favourite colours. 'We want to honour Tia with the send-off she truly deserves - one to reflect the joy she brought to us and to show our immense love for her.'
Daily Mail
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Kings Cross nightclub king holds wild rave 'funeral' for himself - even though he is still alive
One of Sydney 's true kings of the Cross, renowned nightclub identity Steve Lowe, has marked the premature end of his life much the way he lived it: by hosting a star-studded bash the whole city is talking about. The much-loved promoter and top-shelf chef was this week joined by more than 180 of his closest friends aboard a party boat on Sydney Harbour for a final 'send off' and 'live funeral' before he heads into palliative care. The 60-year-old club baron has been fighting an aggressive throat cancer since being diagnosed with the disease just six months ago - but now sadly concedes he has lost the devastating battle. 'I'd had this pain in my chest or probably a year or so and I always just dismissed it as indigestion,' Lowe told Daily Mail Australia. 'I went to a few GPs and they just told me to take [heartburn medication] Nexium or something like that. 'Finally, in late November last year, I went and saw a specialist, and they sent me in for an endoscopy, and that's when they found the tumor on my esophagus and it just went from there. 'I went through a very stringent radiation treatment, which was really brutal. It was daily treatments for three weeks and it wasn't until at the very end that the pain and agony really started to kick in. 'Unfortunately, it had already metastasized to my liver, so it's stage-four cancer. It's now just a process of palliative care until, until the time comes - that's why I thought I'd throw a party.' Lowe - better known as Stevie in Sydney's hip entertainment world - admitted he had initially been a little apprehensive about the idea of holding a 'live funeral' to mark the end of his life. But he said that, the more he thought about it, the more he realised he wanted his friends to remember at his bright-spirited, fun-loving best rather than for the dark days to come. 'It was actually my sister's idea - she'd heard about people doing these "live wakes",' Lowe said. 'At first, I was like, "That sounds a bit morbid," but she said, "Well, no, actually think about it." 'And she was right, you know. We've all been to funerals, and they're f***ing miserable - people have to take the morning off work, then you have to go to a church and all that sort of stuff. 'Then there's this sad after-party, and you just can't wait to get the f*** out of there - it's all so depressing. 'So I thought, you know what, I'd rather my friends see me now, albeit all 60 kilos of me when I used to be 85 kilos, but I'd rather them see me and remember me this way than come to see me in a hospital and feeding tubes and s***t like that. 'I thought it was a more dignified option - so I said, "Okay, let's do it - let's throw a "live funeral" - and it seems it was really well received and reciprocated, which was wonderful.' Despite his strong links to the King Cross nightclub scene, Lowe said he ultimately decided to take to the Harbour for his last big bash on Thursday night. 'I booked the one of those large pontoon boats through All Occasion Cruises, which I used to work for as a catering chef. Yeah, and I put an invite out about a month ago, and I got about 180 RSVPs,' he said. The invitation asked guests to 'forget the sad stuff' and sitting through a 'depressing wake' and instead celebrate his life 'on a boat, martini in hand'. 'I had a very dear friend of mine who's the GM at Hugo's, do the em-ceeing and welcome everybody aboard to have a drink,' he said. 'Then I basically gave a speech saying, "Guys, this is where I'm at. To save you asking me how I am all night: This is where I'm at. 'And, "this is where I'm going. And I'm just really, really happy that you've all taken the time to come because... this is how I want to leave you".' Among those who joined Lowe for the sea-borne soiree were a Who's Who of the Harbour City's fashion and luxury identities. They included television presenter Sophie Falkiner, former model Michelle Leslie, swimsuit designer Tali Jatali, stylist Mars Marsanic, Pip Edward's interior designer ex Josh Clapp, Chic models boss Kathy Ward, Luxe Cruising Group founder Scott Robinson and luxury experience director Louisa Dickson. 'I had the best DJ, Aiden Bega, who DJs at all the coolest nightclubs and s*** around,' Lowe said. And at the end the last half an hour, I got everybody downstairs on the dance floor, and I played my music, all my disco music and stuff that I loved, and we ... (danced) and it was, it was just a fantastic night. 'I also had Alex Cadger, who owns The Blonde Butler, do the catering, and he worked sensationally hard. He's a very dear friend of mine. 'The sad part about having cancer is you've actually got the time to plan ... but at the same time, I'm glad I did. Everybody I invited pretty much came and they had the best time. 'There was lots of lots of tears, lots of hugs, but also lots of laughs, because I'm not, I'm not going out in a fit of depression and f***ing tears and all that sort of stuff. 'Instead, I spent the night catching up with all my friends, yeah, and just like sitting down with them and having a drink with them and having a laugh with them and having a hug - you know that to me, is better than anything. 'It was just a really, really good way to sort of go.' Although Lowe knows the week ahead will be anything but a party, he said he appreciated all the fun and friends he had made over the past six decades and asked that they always remember the good times. 'I've been very, very fortunate - I've had an absolutely fantastic life,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'I had all best time with all the nightclub stuff that I did; I had an icon on Oxford Street: [my nightclub] called Nevermind; and I got to meet people like George Michael and Lady Gaga through it - it's been a wild ride. 'So when all my mates ask, "What else have you got on your bucket list?" I can honestly say, "I've pretty much done it all. I've nailed it. I don't have anything that I need to do." 'I went to Switzerland in January with my family to go skiing, and that was very special for me, because it'll be the last time I'll be able to do that. So that was wonderful. 'So if that's it... please just remember me as that guy who let you into best nightclubs, bought them drinks and had a great time with you - because it truly was fun.'
