People Die

Fats Domino, whose rollicking rhythm and blues piano helped give birth to rock ‘n’ roll, has died in his lifelong home of New Orleans, the coroner said Wednesday. He was 89. …Tuesday morning of natural causes… “He was true to his new Orleans roots and he was a real legend…”

A young man died after a hole he dug on a Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him in the sand for at least five minutes…

Oklahoma’s oldest living person — a resident of Bartlesville — died on Monday evening. Mittie Dailey, 109, had called Heritage Villa Nursing Center “home” for nearly a decade.

Mittie Brown Dailey was born Oct. 1, 1906, in the Bobs Community, Indian Territory.…

Mittie Dailey was the matriarch of six living generations including one surviving daughter — plus more than 150 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren.…

She loved riding horses. In 2010, when she turned 104 years old, her birthday wish was to ride a horse again and, with the help of Bluestem Therapeutic Riding, her wish came true.…

According to Dailey, her faith in God had sustained her all these years. “Stay with the Lord” was her fervent advice.…

…William Schallert has passed way at the age of 93 … played the beloved TV dad Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show from 1963 to 1966… His Star Trek appearance is quite a valuable memory for fans of the "The Trouble With Tribbles" episode.…

My mother passed away tonight. I’d sat with her since 6 am and she held on, with morphine easing her distress. I finally left at 10, after giving her a kiss and saying good-bye — and she died ten minutes later. I don’t believe the timing was a coincidence.…

Gail Zappa, wife of Frank Zappa and executrix of the Zappa Family Trust, has died. She was 70. A cause of death has not been revealed… "departed this earth peacefully at her home ... surrounded by her children…"

“Selfies”!

…It was 18-year-old Anna Ursu’s turn to go first — she sprawled herself on top the train car and worked her perfectly pouty face, snapping selfies in all her best angles. In an attempt to get that extra special selfie, she stuck her leg up in the air which proved to be a fatal move. Ursu failed to realize that there was an electrical force field above the train, and her foot struck it, sending 27,000 volts zapping through her body.

The teen’s frazzled body burst into flames and her 17-teen-year-old friend standing nearby on the roof got caught in the crossfire, as the electrical charge was so powerful that it sent her flying off the trolley.…

Japanese daughter of a kimono maker, who once declared that life seemed too short, died peacefully as if she had fallen asleep… a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday. … Asked for the secret of her longevity, Okawa responded nonchalantly: “I wonder about that too.” …

"St. Joseph, MI -- A woman who accidentally shot herself in the eye on New Years Day at her Lake Michigan home was adjusting the handgun in her bra holster, police say….

Besse Cooper died peacefully… in a Georgia nursing home at age 116. …listed as the world's oldest person…

high voltage power line fell down and touched the metal door of the house where the wedding was being held…. In line with traditions in the Gulf, wedding celebrations in Saudi Arabia are segregated. Most of the casualties were women, and they died as they attempted to escape through the electrified metal door…. [A freak accident you say?] In July 1999, 76 people died in a similar incident in Eastern Province.

…died at a hospital in Decatur on Saturday, three days after she was hurt. The woman’s son-in-law, Wallace Everett, says Street developed pneumonia after the accident, but a cause of death hasn’t been determined. He says she also suffered from congestive heart failure. … A caregiver told emergency workers she went outside to discover the woman’s wheelchair had rolled down a hill and into the ditch. [Emphasis added. She didn't just get away from somebody. Nobody even noticed it at first. Democrats accuse Paul Ryan.]

Melena told Fujii he wanted his father to be remembered more for the way he lived — rather than the tragic way he died. “He was just grateful he had a job,” said Antonio, “that he could pay his bills and provide food for his family.”