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Queen “Politely” Refuses Oldie-of-the-Year Honors

London (CNN) – Queen Elizabeth II will skip next week's key climate conference in Glasgow, according to a royal source. The news comes after the 95-year-old monarch was admitted to a hospital last week for "preliminary investigations" ...  Last week, she declined an honor of being named "Oldie of the Year" by a British magazine, saying she didn't meet "the relevant criteria." She "politely but firmly" declined the award through her assistant private secretary with...

Clinton ‘Touched By The Outpouring Of Support’

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton released a video saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in Southern California for six days to treat an infection unrelated to COVID-19. The 75-year-old Clinton arrived Sunday at his home in New York. He said in the Wednesday video that he was glad to be back home and that he was "so touched by the outpouring of support" he received while hospitalized last...

New Sex Charges Against ‘Predator’ Bill Cosby

"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court let a predator back on the streets." – Cosby accuser Lili Bernard

David Letterman’s Long-Time Partner Dies

Alan Robert Kalter (March 21, 1943 – October 4, 2021) was an American television announcer from New York City. He is best known as the announcer for the Late Show with David Letterman, a role he held from September 5, 1995 until Letterman's retirement on May 20, 2015. He also hosted Alan Kalter's Celebrity Interview that ran concurrently with The Late Show. Kalter, nicknamed "Big Red" and "TV's Uncle Jerry" by Letterman, began his stint...

Prolific Nashville Drummer Dies of Covid

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Drummer Kenny Malone, an in-demand session player who played on hits by Dolly Parton, Dobie Gray and more, has died. He was 83. Malone's friend Dave Pomeroy said he died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He is credited on hundreds of records, including hits like “Drift Away." He was known for a unique style of hand drumming and combining percussion techniques with traditional drumming. Originally from Denver, Malone served in the U.S....

Nicole Kidman Gets Personal Exemption From Quarantine Rules

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's granting of a quarantine exemption to Hollywood star Nicole Kidman is drawing criticism from lawmakers as the city tightens entry restrictions for international travelers to control the coronavirus. Kidman, who reportedly flew to Hong Kong last week from coronavirus-hit Sydney, was exempted from a weeklong quarantine and was spotted in the city this week filming a new Amazon Prime Video series titled "Expats," according to local media reports. The government...

Tony Esposito, 78, Pancreatic Cancer

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Tony Esposito, who as a rookie in his first of 15 N.H.L. seasons as the Chicago Blackhawks’ goaltender recorded an astonishing 15 shutouts, earning the nickname Tony O, died on Tuesday, the Blackhawks announced. He was 78. The cause was pancreatic cancer, the team said. It was not immediately clear where he died. Esposito, who played all but 13 games of his 16-season N.H.L. career with Chicago, joined the Blackhawks for...

Pro Wrestling Hall-Of-Famer Dead At 62, Weeks After Wife

NBC NEWS – Legendary professional wrestler "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton has died, the National Wrestling Alliance announced Thursday. He was 62. "His impact & legacy will always be remembered," the National Wrestling Alliance tweeted. "We send our love to his friends and family." Eaton's cause of death was unclear. His friend, wrestler Thomas Laughlin, better known as Tommy Dreamer, told NBC News on Thursday that he was "gutted." "He was one of the best, but what a better person...

“It Slices, It Dices!” – Veg-O-Matic Pitchman Dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died, his family said. Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement. He was 86. No cause of death was given. Popeil essentially invented the popular image of the...

JFK Faked Illness During Cuban Missile Crisis: Politico

POLITICO – Twenty-one months into his term in the White House, the youngest elected president in American history found himself facing a crisis so grave that it threatened not only his political life but also humanity itself. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sitting in the dining room of the “Suite of Presidents” in Chicago’s historic Blackstone Hotel, eating a bowl of the hotel’s famous Boston clam chowder while he scanned the local newspapers. It was Saturday,...

Photos Reveal Prison Toll On Cosby’s Health

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The seven justices who reversed Bill Cosby’s conviction this week spent months debating whether he had a secret agreement with a prosecutor that tainted his 2018 criminal sexual assault conviction. In the end, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled that a district attorney had induced Cosby to give incriminating testimony in 2005 for a lawsuit, with the promise that no criminal charges would be filed. Then, a decade later, another prosecutor used it against...

Vaccine Refusal Could Force NFL Star Into Retirement

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, in a challenge to the National Football League's new Covid-19 training camp and preseason protocols, tweeted that he'd rather retire than get a vaccine.

PGA Tourney Leader Sent Home After Positive Covid Test

Jon Rahm was rolling in dominant fashion to his second consecutive Memorial Tournament win after an unbelievable 64 on Saturday. Things took a devastating turn, however, as he was alerted that he tested positive for COVID-19 and would be forced to withdraw.

Tony “The Battman” Marino, 90

Tony "The Battman" Marino died at the age of 90 on May 28, 2021.
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