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Rapper Mac Miller died of drug overdose: coroner

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 01:29 PM

Rapper Mac Miller was killed by a deadly mix of drugs and alcohol, the Los Angeles medical examiner's office said on Monday. Read more »

Paalam, Rico J. Puno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 07:05 PM

Pumanaw na ang OPM icon na si Rico J. Puno. Read more »

BALIKAN: Huling panayam kay Rico J. Puno

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 08:59 PM

Naganap ang panayam sa isang press conference sa Quezon City para sa kanyang paparating sanang concert na "Sana Tatlo Ang Puso Ko" kung saan makakasama niya ang mga komedyanang sina Marissa Sanchez at Giselle Sanchez. Read more »

OPM icon Rico J. Puno passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 09:28 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - OPM icon Rico J. Puno died of heart failure Tuesday at the age of 65, his long-time manager Norma Japitana said. Read more »

Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of fashion brand, dies aged 77

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 06:03 AM

ROME, Italy - Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of the eponymous clothing brand, died Monday at the age of 77 after an illness, the Italian group announced. Read more »

Wanda Ferragamo, matriarch of famed shoemaker, dies at 96

Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 03:02 AM

FLORENCE - Wanda Ferragamo, the honorary president of the Florentine shoemaker founded by her husband Salvatore, has died at the age of 96, the family said on Friday. Read more »

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer: family

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 16 07:18 AM

Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65. Read more »

SBP mourns passing of FIBA's Baumann, 'friend of PH basketball'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 11:18 PM

FIBA confirmed the passing of Baumaan, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee aside from being the organization’s secretary general.  Read more »

Beteranong direktor Mike Relon Makiling, pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 01:45 PM

Pumanaw sa komplikasyon ng sakit na colon cancer si Makiling sa edad na 86 anyos. Read more »

Kabayan Rep. Calalang passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 02:42 PM

Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ciriaco “Acoy” Calalang passed away on Sunday. He was 67. Read more »

Arthur Mitchell, trail-blazing black American ballet dancer, dead at 84

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 07:57 AM

Arthur Mitchell, a pioneering black American ballet dancer, died Wednesday at the age of 84, the Dance Theater of Harlem troupe which he co-founded announced.    Read more »

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds dies at 82

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 04:47 AM

(UPDATED) U.S. actor Burt Reynolds, best known for his roles in "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights," died on Thursday, his publicist announced. Read more »

Olympian Ian Lariba passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 03:58 PM

Olympic table tennis player Ian Lariba passed away Sunday night after losing her battle with cancer. She was 23. Read more »

Ex-Cebu governor De La Serna succumbs to cancer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 09:32 AM

Former Cebu Governor Vicente "Ting Ting" De La Serna, 66, passed away due to lung cancer on Saturday, his family confirmed. Read more »

US playwright, 'king of comedy' Neil Simon dead at 91

Jennie Matthew and Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 27 07:42 AM

Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday. He was 91.  Read more »

US senator John McCain dead at 81: office

Will Dunham, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 26 09:33 AM

(UPDATE 2) U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. He was 81. Read more »

Direk Christopher Ad Castillo, pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 02:30 PM

Pumanaw na nitong Agosto 18, ang horror movie director na si Christoper Ad Castillo. Siya ay 54 anyos.   Read more »

Kofi Annan struggled to escape the curse of history

Reuters
Posted at Aug 18 08:08 PM

Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died on Saturday, will be remembered as a dedicated humanitarian whose career was tarnished by ugly conflicts that spun out of control. Read more »

'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76

Bill Trott, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 16 11:56 PM

NEW YORK (2nd UPDATE) - Aretha Franklin, the preacher's daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning "Queen of Soul" with such hit songs as "Respect" and "Chain of Fools," died on Thursday at the age of 76, officials said. Read more »

Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 04:15 PM

British author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Read more »