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NYC woman who posed as surgeon sentenced for deadly butt injection
A fake surgeon was sentenced Thursday in connection to the botched procedure centering around an illegal butt injection that ultimately claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman in 2018. Whalesca Castillo was sentenced to four to eight years in prison. Castillo, who has no medical license, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the June 2018 death of Lesbia Ayala, of Philadelphia. Now,…
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Bronx woman sentenced for deadly cosmetic injection
A Bronx woman got four to eight years in prison for illegally injecting silicone into another woman’s buttocks and causing her death. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.
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Ex-NYC firefighter sentenced to prison for crash that killed teacher after drinking at strip club
A former firefighter from Long Island has been sentenced for driving while intoxicated and ultimately killing a teacher in a wrong-way crash in late 2020. Joseph Norris, of Babylon, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for a deadly drunk driving crash that killed 44-year-old Anthony Mariano, a teacher from Queens. Mariano’s fiancé told the judge at Wednesday’s…
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Actor Lance Reddick Dies at 60
Reddick starred in “The Wire,” “Bosch,” Netflix’s “Resident Evil” and the “John Wick” films.
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Remains of Texas Mother Who Told 911 Operator She Was Being Chased Through the Woods Found 3 Years Later
Lauren Thompson, a mother of three, went missing on Jan. 10, 2019. In July of this year, skeletal remains were located, Sheriff Cutter Clinton said at a news briefing on Tuesday.
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Popular TikToker Megha Thakur Dead at Age 21
Social media personality Megha Thakur died at age 21 on Thanksgiving, per a message from Thakur’s parents shared to her Instagram page.
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Comedian Gallagher Dead at 76
Gallagher, the prop comic known for smashing watermelons, has died.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, Rockabilly Star, Dead at Age 87
Jerry Lee Lewis is dead at age 87, following a career of success in rock n’ roll and country, and a tumultuous personal life.
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Oscar-Winning ‘Cuckoo's Nest' Actor Louise Fletcher Dies
Oscar winner Louise Fletcher has died at age 88. Fletcher’s agent tells The Associated Press Friday that she died at her home in France. She was 88. Fletcher set a new standard for screen villains with the role of Nurse Ratched opposite Jack Nicholson in 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”