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Sylvia Anderson dead at 88: Voice of Thunderbirds Lady Penelope loses battle with illness
SYLVIA ANDERSON who is best known for voicing Lady Penelope on the Thunderbirds has passed away aged 88 after battling with a short illness, her family has confirmed. Sylvia co-created the hit puppet series, which ran from 1965, with her late husband Gerry. She died in her home in Buckinghamshire her family said. Her daughter,...
Nancy Reagan, former first lady and actress, dead at 94
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday. She was 94. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. "Mrs. Reagan will be buried at...
At least 8 dead in Pakistan suicide attack
At least eight people, including two police officers and two children, were killed in a suicide attack Monday in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, district police officer Sohail Khalid told CNN. Another 21 were injured in the incident, which took place in the Charsadda District. A spokesman for the...
Chinese woman trapped in elevator for weeks found dead
BEIJING (AP) — The discovery of a woman's corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi'an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside. In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said...