Celebrity death list

A husband who smothered his wife with a pillow because he "wanted her to keep quiet" and stop her "nagging" him has been jailed for life . Soong Fong murdered Pek Ying Ling in their hotel room while on holiday in Newcastle, Tyneside. ChronicleLive reported he "snapped" and killed his partner of 28 years, after arriving from their home in Singapore. The "inseparable" couple had brought up three sons together, and there had been no history of domestic violence until the "family tragedy" unfolded last December. He denied murder but admitted manslaughter, saying in court has "no memory whatsoever" of the killing. But jurors were shown text messages to his son saying "She's gone. She's dead. I just lost it". Soong Fong sent a text to his son saying he 'just lost it' ( Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Before the killing, Fong was in a lot of pain, having fallen down an almost vertical embankment. He previously tripped while taking a photograph on the Isle of Skye, and … [Read more...] about Husband jailed after he ‘snapped’ and smothered ‘nagging’ wife to death with pillow

Anne Heche smiled with friends in her haunting final Instagram post before a horrific car crash left her with fatal brain damage before her life support was switched off. The actress, 53, who ploughed her car into a house last Friday, died on Friday August 12. Just weeks before the crash, she shared a snap of her beside fellow actor pals Joey Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence and Samantha Cope Lawrence, with the caption: "Good times on set with Lawrence Bros!" She wore white jeans with an open pink blouse and a fuchsia cardigan. The writer and director beamed as she cuddled up to her pals. Weeks later, her heartbroken friend Nancy Davis confirmed her death in a heartbreaking Instagram statement, after Anne was involved in a horrific car accident which left her brain dead. Nancy wrote: "Heaven has a new Angel. My loving, kind, fun, endearing and beautiful friend @anneheche went to heaven. I will miss her terribly and cherish all the beautiful memories we have shared. Anne … [Read more...] about Anne Heche smiles in a haunting final Instagram post before crash which killed actress

Anne Heche 's son has shared hopes that his mum is "free from pain" as he spoke out following her death at the age of 53. The actress' son Homer shared a statement following the news Anne had been declared 'legally dead' under Californian law on Friday August 12 . She remains on life support, with her heart still beating, in order to see if there are any potential matches for organ donation. Anne suffered a "severe anoxic brain injury" in a car crash last Friday and was taken to hospital but has since been declared as "brain dead". Homer, 20, who Anne shared with ex Coley Laffoon, released a statement via People on Friday evening to pay tribute to his mother. Anne remains on life support for organ donation as she's legally declared dead ( Image: Billy Bennight / Avalon) It read: "My brother Atlas and I lost our Mom. After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to … [Read more...] about Anne Heche’s son hopes mum is ‘free from pain’ as actress is declared legally dead

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on Friday just as he was about to give a lecture. The attack comes 33 years after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued the first formal fatwa against Rushdie over the 1988 book The Satanic Verses – a satirical take on religion, culture and identity in the Indian subcontinent that followed up on Rushdie’s magical realist allegory of the region in Midnight’s Children and Shame – putting a bounty of $3m (£2.5m) on the author’s head for blaspheming against Islam ’s prophet Muhammad. Over the past three decades, many translators and publishers affiliated with The Satanic Verses have been killed or injured, including those in Japan , Italy , Norway and Turkey . In all these years, Rushdie has continued to feature prominently on the hit … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie’s attack is on everyone who believes Islam deserves special treatment

Author Salman Rushdie who was stabbed at a literary event in New York was on a ventilator and could lose an eye, his agent said on Saturday. The 75-year-old who won the Booker Prize for his novel “Midnight’s Children”, was stabbed in the neck and torso by a man on stage on Friday and had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery 33 years after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing for his controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”. Here’s all we know about the latest updates on the attack on Salman Rushdie: Salman Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie said in a statement obtained by The New York Times that “the news is not good.” “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” said Wylie, who added that Rushdie could not speak. In an interview conducted just weeks before Salman Rushdie was stabbed, he told a German magazine that his life was now “relatively normal”, after having lived in hiding for years because of death … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie on Ventilator After New York Stabbing; Iran Media Praises Attacker | Updates

Former Gujarat Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel suffered a fracture in his left leg on Saturday after a stray cow entered the “Har Ghar Tiranga” procession he was leading in Kadi town in Mehsana district. A video of the incident which went viral on social media showed a cow rushing past them and security personnel and others coming to Patel’s help. After the incident, Patel had difficulty walking when he stood up. He was taken to a private hospital where X-ray and CT scan showed that he had a minor fracture in his left leg, he told reporters at his residence in Ahmedabad. “A large number of people had joined in a procession organised by the state BJP at Kadi in Mehsana district to celebrate 75 years of Independence,” Patel said. “A Tiranga Yatra had been organised at Kadi where nearly 2,000 people participated. It had completed almost 70 percent of the distance and reached a vegetable market when a cow suddenly came running,” Patel said. “The doctors fixed a temporary splint to … [Read more...] about Ex-Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel Injured in Stray Cow Attack During Tiranga Yatra