We know the internet loves a good death rumour hoax but this poor bloke holds the record. Now it’s official – he is sleeping with the fishes.
Alan Rickman will forever be known as the man who played the misunderstood Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series. RIP.
Due to the large amount of selfie deaths, India now had lifeguards that warn you of potentially dangerous selfie areas.
Legendary singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer in secret for 18 months.
Here’s something to really put you off elevators. And cruise ships. And red-carpeted lobbies.
In what could be the most detrimental reshuffle of Jacob Zuma’s presidency it is clear that the nepotism is far more powerful than integrity.
When hashtags on your funeral selfies are something like #DustToDustThings and #AshesToAshesSituation, does it mean you have lost respect for the act of mourning?
South Auckland played host to an emotional service as Lomu family members and friends gathered to pay their respects to the big man.
A touching tribute to the late Paul Walker has just made history in multiple ways on Youtube.
One would like to be buried in a ceremony befitting of the life one led, unless that life entailed the hiring of prostitutes and your send-off took a turn for the worse.
It is nice how humans, in the wake of something incredibly sad, can rally together and create something so special and touching in tribute to a fallen sportsman. #FaithInHumanity
Arguably the most tragic and insane love stories you’ve ever heard…
The most horrific crucifixion murder you’ve ever heard of, just happened….
One of the world’s most renowned authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, died of pneumonia at the age of 87 this weekend. The man was a Nobel Prize winner, a friend of statesmen, and a pioneer of magical realism in literature. Get up to speed with the man, and his impact, below.
Countless of friends, family members and celebrities have been paying tributes to the sudden death of model Peaches Geldof. The 25-year-old daughter of Irish musician and Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof, was found dead in her home in London on Monday.
The daughter of Bob Geldof, Peaches Geldof, was found dead in unexplained circumstances in her home on 7 April. Just 24 hours before she was found dead, Peaches shared a haunting image of her as child with her mother, who passed away from a drug over dose in 2000.
He may not have been known that well by his name, but actor James Rebhorn’s face will have you recognize him in an instant. The popular actor passed away at the age of 65, after a long battle with skin cancer.
Doomsday evangelist Harold Camping passed away in his California home on 15 December – without seeing the world ascend to heaven. He passed away at the age of 92 from a fall. You might remember that Harold Camping is the man who swept everyone into a frenzy by predicting the world would end on 21 May 2011.
Hundreds of corporate entities have expressed tributes to Nelson Mandela since his passing last week. Notable examples have included Business Day and First Rand Bank. Woolworth’s released their own tribute in partnership with the Soweto Gospel Choir via video, and it’s pretty special. And here’s a video of the time Nelson Mandela cruised onto the stage during a Johnny […]
My first image of Nelson Mandela took the shape of an illegal portrait, spray-painted on a concrete wall surrounding a rugby field in George, South Africa.
The legacy of Nelson Mandela all too easily overshadows the reality of the person he was. At the end of the day, he was a simple man who saw the wrong in the world, and committed himself to undoing it by any means.
The world lost one of its greatest sons last night at 8:50 PM. Since then, news stations, politicians and celebrities have been pouring out tributes for South Africa’s former president.
Chopper Read, one of Australia’s roughest criminals and best-selling authors has died at age 58 of liver cancer. Read spent 23 years in jail, before being released in 1998. I wonder if Neville will be at the funeral.
An American woman named Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick recently passed away, and her children marked the occasion in their local newspaper with a haunting obituary that paints her as a woman who hated the “gentle and kind human spirit.” Johnson-Reddick was born on January 4, 1945, and passed away last month.
Last week a truck blasted through a red light in Durban hitting four minibus taxis and three cars in Fields Hill, Pinetown. 19 people died on the scene, and three later passed away in the hospital. Watch this video shot on the dashboard camera of a car directly behind the vehicles that were hit.
This is sure to make you shed a tear. Comedian Sarah Silverman’s dog named Duck, has passed away and she has written a very heartfelt obituary for him. In her tribute, Sarah recounts the journey they had together, and remembers Duck as her companion and best friend.
Everything about this story is very sad. In this video you will see an emotional, Turkish football player, Volkan Sen who plays for Trabzonspor FC. He burst in to tears during a match on Monday because fans of his OWN TEAM heckled his dead mother. Wait until you hear what the chairman of the football club had to say.
The body of a University of Cape Town student was found in Newlands Forest on Monday. Ilan Belcher, 19, went hiking with his brother on Sunday, and decided to continue hiking after his brother went home.
Sunday marked the one year anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s death, and NASA released this music video as a tribute to the late astronaut. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
A Philadelphia woman was found alive and well, two weeks after her funeral. Yes, you read that right. Sharolyn Jackson was thought to be dead by her family. They identified a body as hers, but noted the only thing “odd” about the body was that her nose looked a little thinner than normal. Sharolyn had […]