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Initial reports from deputies in neighboring St. Martin Parish are that Mitchell Guist was traveling on the waterway around 9 a.m. when he fell.

'Swamp People' star Mitchell Guist dies

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/15/2012

The star of the reality TV show "Swamp People," Mitchell Guist, has died in Louisiana. Guist was aboard a boat near Belle River Landing in the southern part of the state when he appeared to have a seizure. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack, citing an ...

An author has implicated Lizzie Williams, the wife of the physician Sir John Williams, who was himself labeled a Ripper suspect in a 2005 book.

Crime experts debate whether 'Jack the Ripper' was a woman

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

There have been countless suspects as to who the infamous "Springheel Jack" - or "Jack the Ripper," the killer who preyed upon prostitutes in Victorian London. As the world's most famous unsolved murder case, at least a hundred likely suspects have been trotted out since. Retired lawyer ...

BREAKING: Vidal Sassoon dies

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2012

Legendary hair stylist, Vidal Sassoon has passed away after a long illness. The nature of his illness has not been disclosed, but it is known that he fought a long battle with leukemia. The 84 year-old stylist reportedly died at his Bel Air estate. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Sassoon was ...

'I'm not the only one, but I've contributed something.'

George Lindsey, Goober on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dies at 83

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/7/2012

George Lindsey, who starred as Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died at the golden age of 83 on early Sunday morning. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The beanie-wearing Goober played on "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, "Mayberry RFD," from 1968 to 1971. ...

These emerald, pearl and diamond ear pendants were sold at far above their asking prices at auction.

Jewelry of reclusive heiress sells for $18.3 million at auction

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/18/2012

The beautiful precious stones and jewelry had not really served their owner while she was alive. When she passed away in May of last year at the age of 104, the multimillionaire heiress Huguette M. Clark had spent the last years of her life in city hospitals, forgotten by the world. Her ...

Mike Wallace spent four decades as a hard-hitting news correspondent. He died Saturday night 'peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Caanan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years,' CBS said in a statement.

60 Minutes' Mike Wallace dies at 93

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/9/2012

"I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire when my toes turn up,'" 60 Minutes' fiercely tenacious newsman Mike Wallace once declared. "Well, they're just beginning to curl a little, which means that as I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among ...

After Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts died in 2009, Andrew Breitbart tweeted 'Rest in Chappaquiddick' and called him 'a special pile of human excrement.' When critics questioned his tone, he tweeted they 'missed my best ones!'

Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart dies at 43

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 3/2/2012

Conservative commentator and publisher Andrew Breitbart has passed away - from natural causes, at the age of 43. Breitbart was walking near his home in the Brentwood neighborhood shortly after midnight when he collapsed, his father-in-law Orson Bean said. Rushed to the emergency room at ...

Dogged by substance abuse problems in the final years of her life, this photo was taken less than two days before Whitney Houston's death.

American diva Whitney Houston loses battle

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/13/2012

For some the question was not "how and why did she die?" but rather "How did she manage to live as long as she did?" America's preeminent Woman of Song Whitney Houston apparently lost her ongoing battle with substance abuse and was discovered dead in as Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48. LOS ...

Whitney Houston Dead: Singer Dies At 48

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/13/2012

Whitney Houston is dead at 48-years-old, according to the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES - (Catholic Online) - Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, ...

Robert Hegyes and nearly all of the original cast members of 'Welcome Back Kotter' reunited last year at the TV Land Awards to recognize the show's 35th anniversary.

'Sweathog' Robert Hegyes dies from heart attack

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/27/2012

Long before Bart Simpson, the "sweathogs" on TV's "Welcome Back Kotter" were under-acheivers, and proud of it ma-an. That Seventies TV show focused on a class of likable would-be dropouts in an inner city high school, one of whom actor John Travolta would go on to big screen success. Robert Hegyes, ...