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 […]