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• Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

  April 8, 2013 9:20 AM

  Britain's former Prime Minister and "Iron Lady" has died of a stroke at the age of 87. Margaret Thatcher was the Uk's first and only female prime minister and served from 1979 to 1990 as the leader of Britain's Conservative Party. Her former spokesman confirmed Monday morning that she... more »

• Teen dies in head-on collision

  December 6, 2012 12:52 PM

  A teen is dead after a crash on southbound I-25 early this morning. It happened just before 4:30 near mile marker 125. That's just south of Fountain. All lanes are now open. State Patrol reports a driver in a Toyota Camry was going northbound in the southbound... more »

• Sage Stallone dies of natural causes

  August 30, 2012 11:52 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sylvester Stallone's son Sage died at age 36 from natural causes due to a heart condition, coroner's officials said Thursday. Sage Stallone's death on July 13 was attributed to a condition that causes blockage of the arteries, and no other factors were involved. It has been... more »

• Inventor of TV Remote control dies

  May 23, 2012 5:12 AM

  The inventor of the TV remote has died at age 96. Eugene Polley, died of natural causes on Sunday. His family says he passed away in a suburban Chicago hospital. Polley's Flash-Matic pointed a beam of light at photo cells in the corners of the television screen. Each... more »

• Man dies in train station with $180,000 in briefcase

  May 3, 2012 7:54 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors want to hold on to $180,000 in cash that was discovered in the luggage of a Boston man who died of a heart attack after getting off an Amtrak train in New York. William Coyman died in August after collapsing at New York's Pennsylvania... more »

• 6th person dies in avalanche

  February 17, 2012 5:33 AM

  PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A backcountry skier has died in an avalanche on Wolf Creek Pass. The victim Thursday was a first-year ski patroller at Keystone Ski Resort, about 200 miles away. The resort says the patroller was skiing on personal time. The victim's name wasn't immediately released. The... more »

• Fort Collins tree trimmer dies

  December 14, 2011 6:38 AM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters say a tree trimmer working in Fort Collins has died. Patrick Love of Poudre Fire Authority says rescuers found the man unconscious Tuesday afternoon in a tree, suspended from a safety harness about 40 feet off the ground. A branch may have hit... more »

• Castle Rock woman dies from beating

  October 15, 2011 9:40 AM

  A Castle Rock woman who was beaten by her boyfriend in September has died. Michelle Stella, 42, died Monday from injuries inflicted by Jason Melledy, 39, of Peyton. Melledy killed himself after beating Stella at a wedding in Gothenburg, Neb. Stella was recovering in her home when she... more »

• Former CBS News vice president dies

  August 20, 2011 7:44 PM

  MAUI, Hawaii (AP) - Former CBS News vice president Lane Venardos has passed away at the age of 67. A spokesman for CBS says Venardos died Friday after suffering a heart attack in his home in Maui, Hawaii. During his 30-year career with the network Venardos worked as executive producer... more »

• Top 40 songwriter dies at 76

  August 3, 2011 1:56 PM

  KITTERY, Maine (AP) - Gene McDaniels, a singer who became a star in the 1960s after several Top 40 hits and later a hit-making songwriter, has died in Maine. He was 76. Karen McDaniels told the Associated Press her husband died Friday at their home in Kittery after a... more »

• Toddler dies after falling from 9th floor

  August 3, 2011 8:40 AM

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Police say an 11-month-old girl has died after falling from the window of a ninth-floor apartment in St. Paul. Anthony Parker was outside with his two young daughters at a playground below the 24-story high-rise Tuesday night and saw several children "leaning back and... more »

• Leslie Nielsen dies at 84

  November 28, 2010 9:54 PM

  Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in "Airplane!" and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" comedies, has died. He was 84. His agent John S. Kelly says Nielsen died Sunday at a hospital near his home in Ft. Lauderdale... more »

• Dad kills 2 sons, wounds third

  October 1, 2010 8:27 AM

  Authorities say a man shot his three teenage sons, two fatally, at their home in southern New Jersey before police killed him. Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, says the shootings occurred late Thursday at the home in Pennsauken, a Camden suburb. Laughlin identified... more »

• Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85

  September 30, 2010 9:18 AM

  Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85. The actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las... more »

• Entertainer Eddie Fisher dies at 82

  September 24, 2010 8:29 AM

  Entertainer Eddie Fisher, whose singing career was overshadowed by scandals of his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 82. His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, said Fisher died Wednesday night of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in Berkeley, Calif. Fisher sold millions... more »

• Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dead at 84

  August 9, 2010 9:30 AM

  Family members say actress Patricia Neal has died at her Massachusetts home at the age of 84. She'd had lung cancer -- which her family says she fought with "grace" and "stubbornness." Less than two years after she won an Oscar for her role in "Hud," Neal suffered a... more »

• Mom dies saving 3 sons from tornado

  April 26, 2010 5:20 PM

  Nicki Carpenter's priority was always her three young boys. As a massive tornado with 170 mile an hour winds bore down on her mobile home, Nicki apparently reacted the only way she knew how. "She had gotten a mattress off the bed and put it over those 3... more »

• Man dies on Colorado ski lift

  February 9, 2010 2:51 PM

  A North Carolina man has died after going into cardiac arrest on a ski lift in Colorado. The Summit County coroner says Christopher Harrison, 46, of Durham, N.C., was riding a chairlift alone Monday at Copper Mountain Resort when his head fell forward in the chair. The lift operator... more »

• Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania dies at 77

  February 8, 2010 3:04 PM

  A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War... more »

• Man charged for leaving baby alone so he could go drinking

  January 29, 2010 10:00 AM

  Prosecutors have charged a Jefferson County man with fatal child abuse after authorities alleged he left his five-month-old alone for hours at home so he could go drinking. Authorities say 23-year-old Joseph Trujillo spent as many as eight hours drinking at local bars last week before returning to his... more »

• Infant dies on Colorado-bound plane

  January 21, 2010 8:29 AM

  A 2-month-old boy has died after he stopped breathing on a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Milwaukee. Milwaukee County sheriff's Sgt. Philip Wentzel said Thursday the infant was with his parents on a flight from Detroit to Denver Wednesday afternoon when he stopped breathing. Wentzel... more »

• Fort Carson soldier dies in Afghanistan

  September 23, 2009 5:33 PM

  For a second straight day, Fort Carson has announced the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. Pfc. William L. Meredith was killed Monday in Kandahar when his vehicle was attacked by a bomb. Pfc. Meredith served with 569th Engineer Company, 4th Engineer Battalion. He was originally from Virginia Beach.... more »

• Father of 'green' revolution dies at 95

  September 14, 2009 11:22 AM

  Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95. Borlaug died just before 11 p.m.... more »

• World's oldest person dies in L.A. at 115

  September 11, 2009 4:03 PM

  Gertrude Baines, who lived to be the world's oldest person on a steady diet of crispy bacon, fried chicken and ice cream, died Friday at a nursing home. She was 115. Baines, who remarked last year that she enjoyed life so much she wouldn't mind living another 100 years,... more »