CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the TV series “M*A*S*H,” has died, a representative for her confirmed to CBS News. She was 87. Swit died at her home in New York City, her rep, B. Harlan Boll, said in a statement to CBS News on Friday. […]
Warnings over viral
Wellington, New Zealand — A 19-year-old New Zealand man has died after taking part in a new tackling game that’s trending on social media in which competitors run at each other and collide while wearing no protective equipment. Police confirmed Ryan Satterthwaite suffered a head injury on Sunday while playing a backyard game with friends in […]
74-year-old hiker dies while attempting rim-to-rim hike at Grand Canyon
A 74-year-old man died while hiking the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said Monday. The man, identified as Dennis Smith of Olympia, Washington, was attempting to hike from the canyon’s South Rim to the North Rim, the park service said. The rim-to-rim trek covers a distance of about 24 miles and is described as […]
Woman dies trying to scale world’s 3rd-highest mountain; another climber rescued
A 63-year-old French climber has died trying to scale the world’s third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, the expedition’s organizer said on Monday, while British media reported a U.K. climber on the same peak was rescued. Margareta Morin died above Camp 4 of the 28,169-foot Himalayan mountain on Saturday. “She died due to health complications while ascending,” Yogendra […]
Diver dies during operation to recover superyacht that sank off Sicily, killing tycoon and 6 others
Work to raise a superyacht that sank in Sicily last year, killing a U.K. tech mogul and six others, was suspended Saturday after the death of a specialized diver, according to local news reports. The diver was part of a team working to raise the 185-foot “Bayesian” yacht that was struck by a pre-dawn storm […]
Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series
Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 88. Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, her […]