Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as a child star in the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 39, the New York Police Department told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The American actress was best known for playing Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s younger sister Dawn Summers, and later took on the role of manipulative…
A Venezuelan opposition activist who was arrested during anti-government protests in January has died in jail, his party has said. Reinaldo Araujo, a leader of the Vente Venezuela party in Trujillo state, had been suffering from health problems, which his wife said were not treated while he was in prison. Vente Venezuela’s leader, María Corina…
A US Secret Service agent who leapt on to John F Kennedy’s limousine as it came under fire in Dallas, and was pictured in famous photos of one of the most dramatic events in US history, has died at the age of 93. Clint Hill later became a bestselling author, but was haunted for decades…
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Roberta Flack scored several number one hits in the 1970s The R&B singer Roberta Flack, best known for the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died at the age of 88. “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta…
Malian film director Souleymane Cissé, one of the pioneers of African cinema, has died aged 84. His daughter, Mariam Cissé, confirmed his death at a clinic in the capital Bamako, expressing shock and mourning “the loss of a man who dedicated his life to film and art”. The cause of his death has not been…
Francesca Gillett BBC News @HP_SDRF/X The local rescue team said the terrain was “challenging” as they stretchered the man down the mountain A British tourist has died while trekking with a friend in the Himalaya mountains in northern India. The two British men were hiking in “extremely difficult terrain” near the village of Thathri in…
Reuters Marian Turski spoke at the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s liberation in January 2025. Polish Holocaust survivor, historian and journalist Marian Turski has died aged 98. Born in 1926, Mr Turski survived the Lodz Ghetto, extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and two death marches as a teenager. Later dedicating himself to history and journalism in post-war Poland,…
PA Media Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced. Prince Karim Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, who trace his lineage directly to the Prophet Muhammad. He “passed away peacefully” in Lisbon, Portugal, surrounded…
Dick Kramlich, founder of New Enterprise Associates, discusses on “Sexism in the valley” during the third day of Web Summit in Altice Arena on Nov. 8, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images Dick Kramlich, the venture capital pioneer who co-founded New Enterprise Associates almost 50 years ago and built…
Getty Images Meteor Garden was dubbed in several languages and made Hsu a big star in Asia Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, who shot to fame for starring in the TV series Meteor Garden, has died from pneumonia, local media report. She was 48. Hsu is one of the biggest names in the Mandarin-speaking world and…
