R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers) 2022

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America's Got Talent singer Nightbirde dies at age 31 following 'devastating' cancer battle - six months after being forced to quit the show when her health 'took a turn for the worse'

Former American's Got Talent contestant Jane 'Nightbirde' Marczewski has died at age 31, six months after her battle with cancer led her to withdraw from the competition show.

The singer, who used the stage name Nightbirde, passed away on Sunday following months of treatment after the disease had spread to her lungs, spine, and liver, a source told TMZ.

Marczewski amazed the AGT judges and viewers alike when she performed a poignant original song, 'It’s Okay,' for her audition in June, earning a Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell.


Less than two months later, she stunned everyone again by announcing that she had to quit because her cancer had 'taken a turn for the worse.'

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Miss Alabama Zoe Bethel Dies 8 Days After Accident At 27, Family Says: 'Touched the Hearts of Many'

Zoe Sozo Bethel's family said that she died of injuries from an unspecified accident

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I saw that. Very sad. RIP.

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Jamal Edwards, Who Nurtured UK Musical Talent, Dead at 31

Edwards was also an ambassador for Prince Charles’ charity, the Prince’s Trust

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GARY BROOKER, PROCOL HARUM SINGER, DEAD AT 76

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Mark Lanegan Dead at 57

The music world shaken by the sudden passing of the versatile singer of Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age

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Hong Kong filmmaker Chor Yuen dies aged 87


Renowned Hong Kong film director Chor Yuen, famous for directing films such as The House Of 72 Tenants (1973) and martial arts flick Killer Clans (1976), has died. He was 87.

Hong Kong outlet Ming Pao Weekly reported that the news was confirmed by a spokesman for the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers.

According to the spokesman, Chor Yuen died on Monday (Feb 21) afternoon, with his family by his side, after experiencing some discomfort in the morning.

Born Cheung Po-kin in Guangzhou, China, he joined the Cantonese film industry in the 1950s at the behest of his father, Cheung Wood-yau, who himself had found fame in the industry as an actor.

Chor Yuen made his acting debut in the 1954 film Madam Yun. His first directing credit followed in 1959 with Grass By The Lake.

For the next three decades, Chor Yuen wrote and directed dozens of Cantonese films, including some for Shaw Brothers Studio, such as The House Of 72 Tenants. The cast of the film included Hong Kong comedy legend Lydia Sum, and it topped the Hong Kong box office that year over Bruce Lee's final complete martial arts film, Enter The Dragon.

He was also famous for adapting 17 works – including Clans Of Intrigue and Sentimental Swordsman – by Taiwanese martial arts novelist Gu Long for the big screen in the 1970s, many with actor Ti Lung in the leading role.

Chor Yuen, who also acted and played a crime boss in Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985), made a switch to directing television dramas in the 1990s before quietly fading out of the spotlight.

His last public appearance was in April 2018, when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards.

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Julio Cruz, a former player in the MLB, passed away on February 22nd at the age of 67 from complications of cancer. This information was posted on several social media sites. Cruz was a former second baseman in the Major Leagues from 1977–1986.

Cruz attended Redlands High School in Southern California and earned all-league honors as a basketball point guard for Redlands (a teammate of Cruz' on that team was Brian Billick, who eventually coached the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory in 2000). Cruz often said that he played basketball only to maintain his fitness, agility and speed for the baseball season.

Although a lifetime .237 hitter with little power, Cruz had excellent speed. Six years in a row with the Seattle Mariners, from 1978 through 1983, he stole over 40 bases each season and was the team's all-time leader in that statistic leading to his nickname "the Cruzer". His franchise record of 290 was surpassed by Ichiro Suzuki, whose two stolen bases in a game against the Padres on May 18, 2008, gave him a total of 292. Cruz was traded to the Chicago White Sox on June 15, 1983, for fellow second baseman Tony Bernazard. After the trade, the White Sox caught fire and finished the season with 99 wins and a divisional pennant. "Juice" Cruz was a key spark plug on that team. However, after 1983, his performance tailed off.

Julio Cruz was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame on September 15, 2004, during a pregame on-field ceremony at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Before his death he was a broadcaster for the Mariners

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South African actress Anna Karen aged 85 who played Olive in "On The Buses" (1969-73) also Aunt Sal in soap "Eastenders" (1996 to 2017) and many more has died R.I.P

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Groundbreaking Vegas magician The Amazing Johnathan dies at 63