<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suzanne-somers-husband-reveals-the-love-letter-he-gave-her-the-day-before-she-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suzanne Somers&#8217; husband</a> Alan Hamel said the late TV star was laid to rest in her boots because hiking to one of the mountains near their home in southern California was something they both loved doing together.
Hamel told <a href="https://people.com/suzanne-somers-husband-shares-she-was-laid-to-rest-in-an-unexpected-pair-of-shoes-8410702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> that his late wife &#8220;never really had boots designed for hiking on the rocks&#8221; until he ordered her a pair of &#8220;Timberland boots.&#8221; The &#8220;Threes Company&#8221; star died in October at age 76 following a two-decade-long battle with cancer.
&#8220;[I] made my gift personal by drawing on them in a few words that represented our life to some degree and made them very personal to Suzanne,&#8221; the late actress&#8217; husband said.
He said Somers had &#8220;every manolo blahnik ever made,&#8221; but that it would &#8220;have been predictable but not very personal&#8221; for the late actress &#8220;wearing [manolo blahniks] for her final trip.&#8221;
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&#8220;Every time she put on the Timberlands, she said, &#8216;I am wearing you, and my boots will keep me safe,'&#8221; he added.
Hamel said that he and Suzanne developed an &#8220;early morning routine&#8221; that required her special footwear.
It &#8220;always included hiking to the top of one of the mountains, where there was a creek and a large flat rock in the middle of the creek,&#8221; he added.
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&#8220;By the time we got there, which was about a two-hour hike, the rock had been warmed by the morning sun,&#8221; Hamel continued. &#8220;We would have our lunch on the rock and then take a one-hour nap on the rock and then hike back down and go to work.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/threes-company-star-suzanne-somers-dead-after-cancer-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Somers</a>&#8216; publicist R. Couri Hay previously released a <a href="https://people.com/read-love-letter-suzanne-somers-husband-alan-hamel-wrote-to-her-day-before-her-death-8358234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to the outlet that the star had &#8220;passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years.&#8221;
&#8220;Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan [Hamel], her son Bruce, and her immediate family,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suzanne-somers-husband-reveals-the-love-letter-he-gave-her-the-day-before-she-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suzanne Somers&#8217; Husband Reveals The Love Letter He Gave Her The Day Before She Died</a>

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Suzanne Somers’ Husband Explains Why She Was Laid To Rest In Boots

Celebrities

Death

Entertainment

Hollywood

U.S.

Legendary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> producer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Norman Lear</a>, who was responsible for some of the most popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">television shows</a> of the 1970s, has died at the age of 101.
“Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather,” Lear’s family said in a statement, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995/">Variety</a>. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being.”
Lear had his first big hit with the sitcom “All In the Family” featuring Archie Bunker (Carroll O&#8217;Connor) as the family patriarch of a working-class family. The program soon became the most-watched show in the United States and is regarded by many as one of the best sitcoms ever created.
Lear’s next hit TV sitcom was “Sanford and Son,” which focused on a black widower father and his son living in Los Angeles. It’s seen as a precursor to many other black-focused comedies to come. 
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Other shows credited to Lear include “Maude” and “The Jeffersons,” which were both spin-offs of “All in the Family,” “One Day at a Time,” and “Good Times.” He also worked on film scripts for popular projects, including writing scripts for “Come Blow Your Horn” (1963); “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” (1968); “The Thief Who Came to Dinner” (1971); “Stand by Me” (1986) and “The Princess Bride” (1987), and “Fried Green Tomatoes” (1991). 
The TV producer received many awards over the course of his career, including six Emmys, two Peabody Awards, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2021. He was also a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Lear, who was a liberal, is well known for creating one of the most iconic politically incorrect characters of all time in Archie Bunker, whom he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/12/06/norman-lear-dead-tv-obituary-archie-bunker/">said</a> he based on his own father. Lear later <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/282163-all-in-the-family-creator-on-trump-he-is-archie-bunker/">compared</a> President Donald Trump to Bunker. He’s also remembered for addressing social issues of the day, including racism, abortion, homosexuality, and the Vietnam War. In a two-part episode of “Maude” which aired in 1973, the main character opts to have an abortion after becoming unexpectedly pregnant at the age of 47. This was the first time a character on primetime television had an abortion, and the narrative happened to coincide with the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. 
In the ’80s, Lear dropped out of television and founded the liberal public-interest group People For The American Way.
When asked if he found his shows controversial during a 2005 Onion A.V. Club <a href="https://www.avclub.com/norman-lear-1798208484">interview</a>, the producer replied, &#8220;My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. That&#8217;s a very hard thing to help the establishment know. We&#8217;re still an establishment that thinks the average mentality is something like 13 years of age, that never forgot H.L. Mencken&#8217;s notion that nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people. That&#8217;s the horsesh** the establishment has always lived with.&#8221;
Lear went on to say the American people were not “the best educated” but “wise at heart.”

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‘All In The Family’ Creator Norman Lear Dead At 101

'All In The Family' Creator Norman Lear Dead At 101

Television

Lead singer of the The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, has died following a year-long health battle with encephalitis. He was 65.
MacGowan&#8217;s wife, Victoria, confirmed the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> about his death on Thursday. In a heartbreaking post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0RN60nstwc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, she wrote, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to say this &#8230; So I am just going to say it. Shane who will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life and the most beautiful soul and beautiful angel and the sun and the moon and the start and end of everything that I hold dear&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;&#8230;has gone to be with Jesus and Mary and his beautiful mother Therese,&#8221; her post added. &#8220;I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him and to have had so many years of life and love and joy and fun and laughter and so many adventures.&#8221;
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MacGowan&#8217;s spokesperson said that the singer &#8220;died peacefully at 3:30am this morning (November 30) with his wife and sister by his side. Prayers and the last rites were read during his passing,&#8221; <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a> noted.
The Irish punk frontman&#8217;s death follows news about his recent hospital stay that ended on November 22, BBC noted. It comes after he first shared the encephalitis diagnosis with fans last December. It is a condition when the brain becomes inflamed.
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MacGowan founded the Irish group in 1982 with Jem Finer, Spider Stacy, and James Fearnley. The singer-songwriter had massive success with his 1987 Christmas duet &#8220;Fairytale of New York&#8221; with Kirsty MacColl, the <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1840677/shane-macgowan-dead-death-the-pogues-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Express</a> noted.
When it was released, the song reached number one on the Irish chart and number two in the U.K. Since then, it&#8217;s reportedly been one of the most popular Christmas songs in the United Kingdom.
MacGowan was with the band until he was dropped by the group in 1991 following his battles with alcohol and drugs. The group reformed in 2001 and finally split up in 2014.
Recently, the NFL brothers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-his-coachs-comments-about-taylor-swift-being-at-the-games" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-hearing-taylor-swift-change-lyrics-about-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> have done a remake of the song called &#8220;Fairytale of Philadelphia&#8221; for the charity holiday album &#8220;A Philly Special Christmas Special,&#8221; with Jason&#8217;s fellow Philadelphia Eagles offensive linemen Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson. The song debuted on November 15 and has reached number one on the Billboard charts, CBS noted.

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The Pogues Lead Singer Shane MacGowan Dead At 65

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United Kingdom

World

Former U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday, his consulting firm <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-henry-kissinger-dies-at-age-100-302001393.html#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%2C%20Nov.%2029%2C,came%20to%20America%20in%201938" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> without providing a cause.
During his century of life, Kissinger was born in Furth, Germany, and made his way to the upper echelons of American statesmanship, serving as national security adviser and secretary of state during the 1970s under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Both a lauded and controversial figure, Kissinger conducted foreign policy that impacted the United States&#8217; relationship with major powers, including the Soviet Union and China. Kissinger shared a 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/summary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helping to negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam</a>, even though the Vietnam War continued for a couple years after <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-diplomat-nobel-obituary-031478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. troops departed</a>.
Kissinger, who was Jewish, fled Nazi Germany with his family as a teenager. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1943, he served in the military, earned degrees, and taught at Harvard University; he then joined the government, his firm Kissinger Associates Inc., said.
Following his years of government service, Kissinger continued to advise leaders and comment on current events of the day — including <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/henry-kissinger-at-100-artificial-intelligence-global-tensions-and-addressing-his-critics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">artificial intelligence</a>. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/99-year-old-henry-kissinger-offers-thoughts-on-older-people-running-for-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remained visible</a> on the global stage, including writing many books, up until he turned 100 earlier this year.
In a CBS interview that aired in the spring, Kissinger shared his skepticism about anyone of an advanced age serving as commander in chief — which is currently an issue on voters&#8217; minds as President Joe Biden is seeking re-election at the age of 81 and former President Donald Trump is doing the same at 77.
“It takes a certain capacity, physically,” Kissinger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/99-year-old-henry-kissinger-offers-thoughts-on-older-people-running-for-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. “There’s some advantages in maturity. There are dangers in exhaustion, and a limited capacity to work.”
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Kissinger is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, two children by his first marriage, David and Elizabeth, and five grandchildren, according to his firm, which noted that Kissinger will be interred at a private family service.
His firm added: &#8220;At a later date, there will be a memorial service in New York City. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests considering donations to: Animal Medical Center, Development Office, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10065 or Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036.&#8221;

Henry Kissinger

Former Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Dead At 100

Federal Government

General

Secretary of State

The body of a missing man has been found in the ventilation system of a Michigan community college after a “foul odor” was reported to authorities.
Jason Anthony Thompson, 36, hadn’t been seen by his family since October 25 and reported him missing to the Sterling Heights Police Department on November 1, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-found-vent-michigan-performing-arts-center-rcna126857" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. On Sunday, police found his body in the ventilation system at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, a building on the Macomb Community College’s campus, after someone reported a “foul odor” to authorities.
“There is no reason to suspect foul play,” college police Chief William Leavens said, according to NBC. “At this point, it is important to remember that this an ongoing investigation, with the goal to understand the circumstances.”
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Thompson was not affiliated with the college, and police are investigating how he ended up in the ventilation system, the Detroit Free Press <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2023/11/27/body-found-ventilation-system-macomb-center-performing-arts/71719496007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Police have so far offered no speculation as to how Thompson died or how long he had been in the ventilation system. College police are waiting on the Macomb County medical examiner to determine a cause of death.
“The college community extends heartfelt condolences during this difficult time to Mr. Thompson’s family and friends,” college spokesperson Jeanne M. Nicol told NBC.

Macomb Community College

A ‘Foul Odor’ Was Reported At A Michigan Community College. It Turned Out To Be A Decomposing Body.

A 'Foul Odor' Was Reported At A Michigan Community College. It Turned Out To Be A Decomposing Body.

College

Michigan

The family of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> fan who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> at an Eras Tour show in Rio de Janeiro earlier this month attended the singer’s show on Sunday.
Ana Clara Benevides Machado’s family and friends were invited to Swift’s final Brazil performance, per <a href="https://people.com/family-of-taylor-swift-fan-who-died-before-her-concert-attends-show-8406702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>. A photo of them posing with the singer was posted on multiple fan accounts on X.
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Taylor Swift se encontrou com a família da Ana Clara Benevides antes do show de hoje, em São Paulo.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaoPauloTSTheErasTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaoPauloTSTheErasTour</a> <a href="https://t.co/Tz3MqmWelg">pic.twitter.com/Tz3MqmWelg</a>
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Swift had previously expressed her grief over Ana Clara’s death on November 17. The 23-year-old attended Swift’s concert at Estadio Nilton Santos during a heat wave. The outlet noted that she felt ill from the heat and was assisted by first responders before being transferred to a nearby hospital, where she later died.
Swift shared her thoughts about the incident on her Instagram Story.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it’s with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” the “Blank Space” singer wrote. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.”
Swift continued, “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from the stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my heart goes out to her family and friends.”
“This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil,” she added.
Ana Clara’s father, Weiny Machado, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, “I lost my only daughter, a happy and intelligent girl.”
&#8220;She was about to graduate in psychology next April, saving money,” Weiny said. “I have no words to express my pain. She left home to fulfill a dream and came back dead.”
The outlet noted that fans were prohibited from bringing water into the venue or having any water while waiting in line. The company that organized Swift&#8217;s Brazil shows, Time4Fun, is now under investigation for its role in the tragedy. 
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A spokesman for the Civil Police Department of Rio de Janeiro told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/brazilian-officials-investigating-company-taylor-swift-shows-rio-de-ja-rcna126446" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> its consumer delegations department is probing the alleged “crime of endangering the life and health” due to not providing or allowing water in the venue, where thousands of fans were admitted amid the dangerously high temperatures. 
Temperatures in Rio during the show were close to 102 degrees Fahrenheit, which felt more like 138 degrees due to the 70% humidity.
A video of Swift struggling to catch her breath during her Rio performance also made the rounds online. 
Time4Fun CEO Serafim Abreu posted a video apology directed toward concertgoers who “did not have the best possible experience.”
“We know the enormous responsibility we have to organize an event of this scale, which is why we did not economize in our efforts or resources to follow the best global practices in our industry to guarantee the comfort and safety of all,” Abreu wrote.

Taylor Swift

Family Of Taylor Swift Fan Who Died After Her Show Attends Singer’s Final Brazil Performance

Family Of Taylor Swift Fan Who Died After Her Show Attends Singer's Final Brazil Performance

Brazil

Music

Rio de Janeiro

Legendary comedian Dana Carvey announced on Thursday that his oldest son Dex had died of an accidental <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drug overdose</a>. Dex was 32 years old.
Carvey, a longtime regular on &#8220;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; shared the heartbreaking news in an Instagram Story — which he then copied and posted on X as well.
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&#8220;Last night we suffered a terrible tragedy,&#8221; Carvey wrote. &#8220;Our beloved son, Dex, died of an accidental drug overdose. He was 32 years old.&#8221;
&#8220;Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things — music, art, film-making, comedy — and pursued all of them passionately,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It’s not an exaggeration to say that Dex loved life. And when you were with him, you loved life too. He made everything fun. But most of all, he loved his family, his friends, and his girlfriend, Kaylee.&#8221;
&#8220;Dex was a beautiful person. His handmade birthday cards are a treasure. We will miss him forever,&#8221; Carvey concluded, adding a few words of encouragement to others who were dealing with the pain of addiction — either themselves or those who were close to them: &#8220;To anyone struggling with addiction or who loves someone struggling with addiction, you are in our hearts and prayers.&#8221;
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Carvey went on to share a couple of photos of his son, captioning one, &#8220;F*** the tabloids. This is my boy.&#8221;
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&#8220;Dex and me working together. What a joy,&#8221; he captioned another.
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Dex and me working together. What a joy. <a href="https://t.co/i7CXfpbSUg">pic.twitter.com/i7CXfpbSUg</a>
&mdash; Dana Carvey (@danacarvey) <a href="https://twitter.com/danacarvey/status/1725306839490039993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Entertainment site TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/16/dana-carvey-eldest-son-dex-dead-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Dex&#8217;s girlfriend called first responders from a Los Angeles home around 10 p.m Pacific Time on Wednesday, and when they arrived, they found him locked in a bathroom. He was unresponsive at the time, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Dex had worked alongside his father in recent years, opening for him with a short comedy set at the beginning of Carvey&#8217;s 2016 Netflix special, &#8220;Straight White Male.&#8221;

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Legendary Comedian Loses Son To Accidental Drug Overdose

Drugs

Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-aniston">Jennifer Aniston</a>, who played Rachel Green on the hit NBC comedy “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/friends">Friends</a>,” posted a loving tribute to her late friend and co-star, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matthew-perry">Matthew Perry,</a> on Wednesday.
Perry’s castmates have been slowly posting individual tributes following the actor’s unexpected death on October 28. Aniston shared her thoughts on Instagram.
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“Oh boy this one has cut deep&#8230; Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before. We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love. Being able to really SIT in this grief allows you to feel the moments of joy and gratitude for having loved someone that deep. And we loved him deeply. He was such a part of our DNA,” Aniston began.
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She next referenced the “Friends” crew, who also included David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, and Matt LeBlanc. “We were always the 6 of us,” she continued. “This was a chosen family that forever changed the course of who we were and what our path was going to be.”
Aniston went on, “For Matty, he KNEW he loved to make people laugh. As he said himself, if he didn&#8217;t hear the ‘laugh’ he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And boy did he succeed in doing just that. He made all of us laugh. And laugh hard. In the last couple weeks, I’ve been pouring over our texts to one another. Laughing and crying then laughing again. I’ll keep them forever and ever.” 
“Matty, I love you so much and I know you are now completely at peace and out of any pain,” her post concluded. “I talk to you every day… sometimes I can almost hear you saying ‘could you BE any crazier?’ Rest little brother. You always made my day…”
As part of her tribute, Aniston shared a black and white photo of herself sitting with Perry and laughing. She also posted a screenshot of their text conversation referencing the photo with a quote from her late friend that said, “Making you laugh just made my day.”

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Jennifer Aniston Posts Heartfelt Tribute To Matthew Perry: ‘Rest Little Brother’

Jennifer Aniston Posts Heartfelt Tribute To Matthew Perry: 'Rest Little Brother'

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English police have &#8220;arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter” in the death of Minnesota native Adam Johnson, who died after his throat was slashed by the skate of Sheffield hockey player Matt Petgrave on October 28.
Johnson, 29, was playing for Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League at the time of the incident. Police did not identify the individual they had taken into custody.
&#8220;Our investigation launched immediately following this tragedy and we have been carrying out extensive enquiries ever since to piece together the events which led to the loss of Adam in these unprecedented circumstances,&#8221; South Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Superintendent Becs Horsfall said in the a <a href="https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2023/november-2023/man-arrested-following-death-of-ice-hockey-player-in-sheffield/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
&#8220;We have been speaking to highly specialized experts in their field to assist in our enquiries and continue to work closely with the health and safety department at Sheffield City Council, which is supporting our ongoing investigation,” Horsfall continued.
&#8220;Adam&#8217;s death has sent shockwaves through many communities, from our local residents here in Sheffield to ice hockey fans across the world. We know these communities will expect us to handle this investigation with the same professionalism, fairness and sensitivity as any other and request that members of the public refrain from comment and speculation which could hinder this process. Our thoughts remain with all affected by this devastating incident as enquiries continue.&#8221;
Johnson grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota where he was a high school hockey star. He played two years of hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and later played in the NHL and in the American Hockey League before his latest journey on the ice in Europe.
Sean Avery, who played in the NHL for over a decade, said on &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; that footage of the incident shows Petgrave was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; trying to make contact with Johnson in some way, but said the player was not trying to &#8220;murder&#8221; someone.
&#8220;Did this kid make a move that was very unorthodox? Do I think he was trying to make contact of some sort? Absolutely,&#8221; Avery <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/ice-hockey/news-fox-host-jesse-waters-calls-adam-johnson-s-death-homicide-live-tv-alongside-sean-avery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Petgrave. &#8220;Do I think he woke up and said I&#8217;m going to murder somebody today? No.&#8221;
&#8220;I saw the hit &#8230; I saw the leg move,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t have been where it was. It&#8217;s terrible. I can&#8217;t even watch the video back.&#8221;
Avery emphasized that the footage is &#8220;terrible&#8221; and &#8220;tough to watch,&#8221; and seemed to push back when Watters suggested the play could have been &#8220;homicide.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty dangerous word to be throwing around,&#8221; Avery said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying it was premeditated murder, but they do have reckless homicide, negligent homicide,&#8221; Watters argued. &#8220;When you&#8217;re throwing a blade, as you said, that&#8217;s dangerous up to someone&#8217;s neck in a hockey move that no one&#8217;s ever seen before. I don&#8217;t like it.&#8221;
Former NHL player Chris Therien reacted to the incident, too, posting on X, &#8220;After seeing the incident involving Adam Johnson, that Bush league needs to shut down for investigation immediately.&#8221;
&#8220;I was literally appalled and sickened by what I saw,&#8221; Therien added. &#8220;It looked intentional. It was a Kung fu kick. My eyes are not lying tell me I&#8217;m wrong.&#8221;
Johnson’s fiancée, Ryan Wolf, was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/girlfriend-dead-ex-nhl-player-shares-heartbreaking-message-police-investigate-freak-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> at the game and witnessed the injury. She ran onto the ice after the collision. “My sweet angel,” Wolf wrote in the post honoring Johnson via Instagram. “I’ll miss you forever and love you always.”
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this article.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sickened-by-what-i-saw-pro-hockey-players-weigh-in-on-adam-johnsons-fatal-collision">‘Sickened By What I Saw’: Pro Hockey Players Weigh In On Adam Johnson’s Fatal Collision</a>

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A former policeman with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/memphis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memphis</a> Police Department who was one of the five officers charged in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in January pled guilty to two federal charges Thursday.
Desmond Mills Jr., 33, reached a plea deal with federal and state prosecutors, pleading guilty to excessive force and obstruction of justice in exchange for prosecutors recommending a 15-year prison sentence, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-beating-death-officer-plea-54495720ccd302067cda9539678aa0eb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Mills’ plea at the Memphis Federal Courthouse was part of an agreement that he would also plead guilty to similar charges at the state court. Mills now faces a sentencing hearing on May 22 in front of a judge.
“This one today was very difficult for me because this was really the first time I actually heard somebody tell and say what they actually did to my son,” Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells said, according to the AP. “So, this was very difficult. But I’m hoping that Mr. Mills, it was his conscience that allowed him to make this plea agreement, and not because of his lawyers telling him it was the right thing to do.”
Nichols was fatally injured during a confrontation with five Memphis police officers on January 7, 2023, after he was pulled over. During the initial traffic stop, Nichols was pepper-sprayed and tased. He then attempted to flee the Memphis police officers, but they caught up with him, and footage from a camera mounted on a nearby pole area showed officers kicking and beating him while he was on the ground.
The plea agreement details that Mills pepper-sprayed Nichols three different times and pulled out his baton while yelling at him, “I’m about to baton the (expletive) out of you,” before hitting him repeatedly while Nichols was on the ground. The plea agreement also says that Nichols was never given the opportunity to comply with the commands given to him.
Mills and the other officers discussed among themselves “taking turns hitting Nichols, hitting Nichols with straight haymakers, and everybody rocking Nichols. During these conversations, the officers discussed hitting Nichols to make him fall and observed that when Nichols did not fall from these blows, they believed they were ‘about to kill’ him,” according to the plea agreement.
The five officers accused of beating Nichols to death were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-fired.html">fired</a> from the Memphis Police Department later that month before facing federal and state charges. Mills, along with Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmit Martin III, and Justin Smith were all charged with using excessive force, failing to intervene, deliberate indifference and conspiring to lie, and obstruction of justice.
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Previously, all five officers pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in a state court. Mills becomes the first officer to plead guilty to any of the charges.

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&#8220;Friends&#8221; co-creator Marta Kauffman spoke about the positive conversation she had with the late star of the show <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-theme-song-streams-skyrocket-matthew-perry-memoir-tops-bestseller-list-after-his-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Perry</a> — just two weeks before reports surfaced on Saturday that he had died. He was 54.
Kauffman spoke to the &#8220;Today&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1719682963560862144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1719682963560862144%7Ctwgr%5Edc0f11afa775c91931600ed2e6157404a07020f0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Ffriends-creators-matthew-perry-last-conversation-1235633658%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> on Wednesday and said Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the hit series for 10 years, seemed better than he had been in a long time and recalled the chat &#8220;was great.&#8221;
&#8220;He was happy and chipper. He didn&#8217;t seem weighed down by anything,&#8221; Kauffman added. &#8220;He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair.&#8221;
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She said her first instinct when she heard the heartbreaking news was to text him and said she was in &#8220;utter shock.&#8221;
&#8220;And then deep sadness. So much sadness,&#8221; the co-creator said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to grasp. One minute he&#8217;s here and happy and then poof. And doing good in the world. Really doing good in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;He seemed better than I had seen in a while,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I was so thrilled to see that. He was emotionally in a good place. He looked good. He quit smoking. Yes, he was sober. He learned things throughout this and what he learned more than anything is that he wants to help other addicts, and it gave him purpose.&#8221;
Co-creator of the show David Crane joined Kauffman in the virtual interview for the NBC morning show and was <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/friends-creators-matthew-perry-last-conversation-1235633658/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> by the host about Perry&#8217;s prior quote that people would be &#8220;shocked about his passing but not surprised.&#8221;
&#8220;Given the journey he&#8217;d been on, and we were all aware of it, there was always a part that was kind of bracing for something like this,&#8221; Crane said. &#8220;It is still hard to believe because he was such an alive person, that it&#8217;s hard to believe he&#8217;s not here.&#8221;
Perry was found unresponsive at his home in his jacuzzi on Saturday, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/30/charlie-puth-pays-tribute-matthew-perry-plays-friends-theme-song-see-you-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> noted. No illegal substances were found at the scene, and no foul play was suspected. On Wednesday, the <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/01/matthew-perry-fentanyl-meth-negative-tests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlet</a> reported that the toxicology report on Perry found the late actor did not have fentanyl or meth in his system when he died.
The official cause of death is currently filed as &#8220;deferred&#8221; until full test results are provided, a process that can take several months.
Perry, who appeared in all 234 episodes of &#8220;Friends&#8221; during its 10-season run, had been open in the past about his long struggle with addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-54-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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The U.S. death rate for babies rose 3% last year, the first jump in two decades.
In 2022, there were 5.6 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, according to provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That&#8217;s 3% higher than the 5.44 infant deaths per 1,000 live births the country saw in 2021.
Last year marks the first time the infant mortality rate has jumped since 2002, when the death rate rose to 7 deaths per 1,000 live births, up from 6.8 deaths in 2001.
Some groups of infants saw significant death rate increases, including baby boys, white infants, Native American infants, and premature babies born at 37 weeks or earlier. Native American mothers saw their infant mortality rate <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/infant-mortality-rate-increases-3-2022-rising-1st/story?id=104505952" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rise</a> from 7.46 infant deaths per 1,000 to 9.06 deaths in 2022. White mothers saw the death rate rise from 4.36 per 1,000 to 9.06 deaths.
Maternal complications and bacterial sepsis, two of the leading causes of infant deaths, also increased last year.
Dr. Eric Eichenwald, a Philadelphia-based neonatologist, called the new data “disturbing.”
An increase in RSV and flu infections last fall among babies that led to emergency room visits across the country “could potentially account for some of it,” Eichenwald <a href="https://apnews.com/article/infant-deaths-us-cdc-mortality-c808796da0415b6ecc0629938421e1b5#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Associated Press. However, he said experts can only speculate so far about why the death rate for babies suddenly increased after years of declining.
The infant mortality rate, which measures how many babies die before they reach their first birthday, has otherwise been declining in recent years. The neonatal mortality rate, which measures how many infants die less than 28 days after birth, also rose 3% last year. The neonatal mortality rate jumped to 3.58 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022, up from 3.49 deaths in 2021.
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The postneonatal mortality rate, which looks at infant deaths between 28 days old and one year old, jumped even higher, 4% up to 2.02 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, compared to 1.95 deaths  in 2021.
Overall, more than 20,500 babies died in the U.S. last year. That&#8217;s more than 610 infant deaths than during the previous year.
Georgia, Iowa, Missouri and Texas saw significant increases in their infant mortality rates last year. Only one state, Nevada, saw a decrease. Georgia saw 116 more infant deaths last year than in 2021. Texas had 251 more infant deaths.
“It would appear that some of the states could be having a larger impact on the [national] rate,” said Danielle Ely, the CDC report’s lead author.
Meanwhile, the overall death rate in the U.S. fell 5% last year. The falling death rate has been mostly attributed to the country recovering from the pandemic.
Maternal deaths also fell last year across the nation.

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