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Jockey Tom O’Brien, Cheltenham festival winner, dies aged 39

O’Brien rode more than 1,000 winners over jumps ‘Tom meant so much to so many people across our sport’ Tom O’Brien, who rode more than 1,000 winners over jumps including five Grade Ones and two at the Cheltenham festival, has died at the age of 39 after being diagnosed with cancer. O’Brien, who retired from race riding in April 2023, had a close association with Philip Hobbs’s stable near Minehead throughout his 20-year career in the saddle and enjoyed his most prestigious Grade One victories aboard Hobbs’s Thyme Hill in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Aintree in April 2021 and the Kauto Star Novice Chase at Kempton in December 2022. Continue reading...

The Guardian · 2h ago
Football Daily | Mauricio Pochettino readies his jungle outfit for another big adventure

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The journalist and broadcaster Danny Kelly, who helped define coverage of music and football in the UK for a generation, has died aged 69 . Kelly edited the NME and Q Magazine and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport. He had been receiving treatment for oesophageal cancer. Tributes were led by Kelly’s longstanding broadcast partner Danny Baker. “My great friend, supreme broadcaster and funniest man I ever knew, Danny Kelly, died yesterday afternoon,” Baker wrote on social media. “I cannot believe I will never hear his voice again.” Continue reading...

The Guardian · 2h ago
Jockey O'Brien dies aged 39

Tom O'Brien, the nephew of trainer Aidan, rode more than 1,000 winners and won the Welsh Grand National twice.

Yahoo Sports · 4h ago
Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69

Danny Baker pays tribute to the ‘funniest man I knew’ Kelly was former editor of the NME and Q magazines Danny Kelly, the renowned sport and music journalist, has died at the age of 69. A statement from TalkSport, who he joined in 2007 and for whom he broadcast regularly until stepping away in March after being diagnosed with throat cancer, read: “We are heartbroken to share that our much-loved friend and colleague Danny Kelly has died, aged 69. A cherished part of talkSPORT for so many years, Danny brought extraordinary wit, warmth and knowledge to our airwaves. His passion for football, music and life was infectious, and his kindness touched everyone around him. Continue reading...

The Guardian · 4h ago
‘Homosexuality was coined by a Hungarian’: the gay-sauna travelogue questioning central Europe’s illiberal image

A new book, With Wittgenstein in a Gay Sauna, reveals the deep-rooted queer subcultures in cities from Budapest to Prague – defying regional stereotypes and inspiring an art exhibition on masculinity The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that our understanding of reality is fundamentally bound by and shaped by the language we use to talk about it. But there is one place where the Vienna-born thinker’s argument ceases to make sense. “Gay saunas are spaces where language dies,” says Vratislav Maňák, a Czech writer and literary scholar. With Wittgenstein in a Gay Sauna, a book that made a major splash when it was published in Czech and German earlier this year, Maňák fictionalises Wittgenstein, who had romantic relations with both men and women , entering a Viennese Herrensauna called Kaiserbründl, hailed in newspapers at the time as “the most stylish bathing establishment in the world”. Continue reading...

The Guardian · 11h ago
New study shows COVID value-added tax cut significantly boosted private consumption

In summer 2020, the German federal government lowered value-added tax from 19% to 16% for half a year as part of its COVID economic stimulus package. A new study, recently published in the journal Review of Economic Studies, uses survey data, data on retail purchases and an economic model to show the extent to which this measure influenced private consumption. The study found that lower-wealth households, as well as younger and middle-aged households, particularly benefited, regardless of their level of financial literacy.

Phys.org · 13h ago
Foo Fighters interrupt Sydney concert to pay tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell

Dave Grohl tells Sydney crowd Russell, whose death was announced this week, was a ‘big’ hero of his Todd Russell, Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor, dies aged 54 due to illness Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A solemn moment has broken up an otherwise raucous Foo Fighters Australian concert as the band’s frontman made a lengthy on-stage tribute to Beaconsfield survivor Todd Russell. The US band are touring Australia for the 16th time in their 32-year history and Tuesday night’s Sydney show coincided with the news of Russell’s death at the age of 54 . Continue reading...

The Guardian · 13h ago
Stacy Keach, Mike Hammer actor whose career spanned stage and screen, dies aged 85

The US actor died in Poland on Tuesday, ‘after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure’, his wife said Stacy Keach, one of America’s finest stage actors who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, has died aged 85. Keach died at home in Magdalenka, Poland on Tuesday, “after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure,” his wife, Malgosia Tomassi Keach, said in a statement. Keach had previously suffered a heart attack onstage in Chicago in 2017. Continue reading...

The Guardian · 14h ago
Stacy Keach, Star of ‘Mike Hammer,’ ‘Fat City,’ Dies at 85

Stacy Keach, a commanding actor whose work includes movies like “Fat City” and the starring role in “The New Mike Hammer” series on CBS, died Tuesday in Poland. He was 85. His wife, Małgosia Tomassi, confirmed his death to Variety. In a statement, she said he died “after a long and difficult battle with a […]

Variety · 15h ago
Stacy Keach Dies: ‘Mike Hammer’ Star, Film & Stage Actor Was 85

Stacy Keach, who starred on TV’s Mike Hammer and Titus and recurred on Blue Bloods after establishing himself as a stage and film actor, died Monday. He was 85. His wife, Małgosia Tomassi, said he died “after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure” at the family home in […]

Deadline · 15h ago
JoBe Cerny, Voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, Dies at 78

JoBe Cerny, who voiced the giggling Pillsbury Doughboy character in recent years, died on Oct. 30. He was 78. Born and raised in Cicero, Illinois, Cerny earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and drama from Valparaiso University and a master’s degree in theater from Northwestern University. He used the skills he learned to cultivate the […]

Variety · 18h ago
Jim Herd, former WCW boss who famously fired Ric Flair, dies at 87

In this week's Conrad's Corner, we reflect on the complicated legacy of WCW's first executive vice president. Plus, new details on WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia, Dana White's legal threat over a Power Slap parody, and much more from around the wrestling world.

Yahoo Sports · 19h ago
Jockey Izzy Neale dies aged 22 from injuries suffered in fall during race in Australia

SYDNEY (AP) — Jockey Izzy Neale died on Tuesday two days after her horse fell during a race in Australia, the Racing NSW state thoroughbred authority said.The 22-year-old Neale suffered injuries Sunday when her horse Marnoo fell and suffered a fatal leg injury in the home straight of a 1,600-meter (one-mile) race at Warren racecourse.

Yahoo Sports · 23h ago
Prediction markets and the shifting goalposts of adulthood

There is nothing wrong with being a skeptic of the betting boom. Charles Fain Lehman of the Manhattan Institute is one such person, and when Kalshi announced it was setting monthly deposit caps of $2,500 for all traders aged 18 to 20, Lehman remained unimpressed. “Ah, if you’re an 18-year-old, you can now only lose […]

Washington Examiner · 23h ago
Former Royals catcher and manager Bob Boone dies at age 78

Bob Boone, a four-time All-Star catcher who spent two seasons as a player with the Kansas City Royals before managing the club for parts of three seasons, has died at the age of 78, according to a social media post from his family. The son of All-Star infielder Ray Boone, and the father of All-Star […]

Yahoo Sports · Nov 10
Apprentice Jockey, 22, Dies After Horror Mid-Race Fall

A 22-year-old apprentice jockey has died after falling from her mount during a race in Australia on Sunday. The post Apprentice Jockey, 22, Dies After Horror Mid-Race Fall appeared first on Breitbart .

Breitbart · Nov 10
Florida Woman Dies Of Rare Mosquito-Borne Virus

A Florida woman died on her 80th birthday after contracting dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection, as the state faces an unusually large outbreak driven largely by local transmission. Gay Rabb Small died on September 4, one week after being diagnosed with dengue, a viral infection that’s spread through mosquito bites. Her daughter, Anna Small, took ...

Daily Wire · Nov 10
Alix Small, Scottish Fitness Pro and Olympia Competitor, Dies At 26

Alix Small, a fitness competitor from Scotland who claimed two IFBB Pro League titles and reached the Olympia, the greatest bodybuilding competition, passed away at the age of 26. The… The post Alix Small, Scottish Fitness Pro and Olympia Competitor, Dies At 26 appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & Morero.

Yahoo Sports · Nov 9