London: Mourners at a funeral in Egypt swapped tears for cheers when the dead body of a family member they were burying woke up. Hamid Hafex al-Nubdi, a 28-year-old waiter from Naga al Simman, near Luxor was being prepared for burial when a doctor sent to sign his death certificate discovered that the body was still warm, The Daily Mail reported. Al-Nubdi was declared dead after suffering a heart attack...
12:58 PM, May 14, 2012
Here's to "The Voice", Whitney Houston, a final goodbye to the singer who mesmerised us with her stirring love songs and vibrant dance tunes during a 30-year career that peaked with her 1992 signature hit "I Will Always Love You" and paved the way for a generation of singers that followed her. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Newark: Whitney Houston's family and friends paid their last respects at her funeral, held in her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday evening, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era. Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week, recorded stirring love songs and vibrant dance tunes during...
11:29 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Newark, NJ: To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled superstar suffering from addiction and, finally, another victim of the dark side of fame. To her family and friends, she was just 'Nippy'. A nickname given to Houston when she was a child, it stuck with her through adulthood and, later, would become the name of one...
01:31 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New York: They won't be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston's millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet. It will provide a much-needed connection for fans who have lacked a formal place to eulogize Houston, one of the world's best-selling artists who died in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday at the age of...
03:45 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad today, killing at least 32 people half of them policemen who were guarding the march in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal from Iraq. Police officials said the blast occurred at 11:00 am in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the...
08:30 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Pyongyang (North Korea): Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, wailing and clutching their chests as a black hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell. The funeral procession from Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where Kim's body had lain in state, was accompanied by top military and party officials, but there was little doubt...
01:54 PM, Dec 28, 2011
London: Dev Anand, who ruled the hearts of millions of film enthusiasts for over six decades, was on Saturday bid a tearful adieu as his mortal remains were consigned to flames amid the tunes of some of his most memorable songs 'Abhi Na Jao Chor ke' and 'Gata Rahe Mera Dil'. The funeral ceremony was joined in by a large number of people, including his family and close friends like...
07:20 PM, Dec 10, 2011
New Delhi: Legendary actor Dev Anand's funeral will take place in London on Saturday evening. His body will be handed over to his family which is now in London. The cremation is said to take place at London's Putney Vale Crematorium. It will be followed by a memorial service which will be attended by close friends and fans. A separate prayer meeting is likely to be held at Mumbai's Mehboob...
06:52 AM, Dec 10, 2011
London: A fitting memorial service for Bollywood legend Dev Anand, who passed away in London last week, will be held at the Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on December 15, his son Suneil Anand said on Thursday. "After the funeral here on Saturday, I will be flying to Mumbai with his ashes and there a fitting memorial service will be held for him at the Mehboob Studio," Suneil told reporters at...
11:22 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Guwahati: It was the end of an era as the mortal remains of the bard from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, went up in flames Wednesday with his son Tej lighting the funeral pyre amid sobs and wails from a sea of humanity. Heartrending scenes were witnessed at the Gauhati University campus, close to the banks of the great Asian river Brahmaputra. As the funeral pyre was lit at 10:26 am, chants...
10:22 AM, Nov 09, 2011
CNN-IBN pays tributes to MAK Pataudi, arguably the greatest Indian cricket captain ever. ...
12:14 AM, Sep 24, 2011
Mumbai: The funeral of Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor will take place on Monday, according to his family. The veteran actor passed away on 14th August. The funeral will take place at 11 am on Monday, after his grandson returns from US, at Banganga in south Mumbai. Family members, friends, several Bollywood personalities including Amitabh Bachchan and industrialist Anil Ambani visited the Kapoor's residence 'Blue Heaven' at Malabar Hill in the...
12:07 PM, Aug 14, 2011
Los Angeles: Charlie Sheen's 'Two and A Half Men' character will not only be killed off, he will be given a funeral when the TV series returns in September, according to entertainment industry website Deadline Hollywood. The screen demise of Sheen - whose role on the TV comedy made him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood - follows his firing from the show after a vicious public spat earlier this year...
12:28 PM, Aug 03, 2011
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