Davie, Fla.— Less than an hour after Kim Sjostrom and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband’s arms during a Greek song that means “Love Me.” At 36, Sjostrom died of a heart attack. —From The Associated Press, in the Daily Breeze, 2/10/08
Darione Page, a 17-year-old black youth, was shot multiple times while waiting at a traffic light at the intersection in South-Central L.A. on Jan. 28. According to detectives with LAPD’s South Bureau, a black male suspect approached Page from the passenger side of his vehicle and fired several shots. Page tried to drive away but
The bodies of a family reported missing in Kentucky were found in a car submerged in a creek, authorities said in Sparta. Foul play was not suspected. —L.A. Times 1/19/08
A reminder for the uninitiated: Every Monday I post an article about people dying suddenly and tragically to remind us that tomorrow is promised to no man. “Just as man is destined to die once and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people…” (Hebrews
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two New York men wheeled the corpse of their friend around the sidewalks of midtown Manhattan in an office chair in a failed attempt to cash his $355 Social Security check, police said. Virgilio Cintron, 66, had died of natural causes when two of his friends, both aged 65, brought him