On May 5, 2010, Gawker received an unsolicited intern application letter from a woman who billed herself as “The (Potential) Intern From Heaven?” Her name was Leah Beckmann.

The family of Fred Thompson has announced that the actor and Republican who represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1994 to 2003 has died following a recurrence of lymphoma, the Associated Press reports. He was 73.

Michael Jackson’s longtime doctor, friend, and alleged drug supplier, Arnie Klein, died late Thursday night at the age of 70, TMZ reports. In the course of his career as a dermatologist to the stars, he became known as the “Father of Botox” and the “King of Lips,” but was always most famous for his association with…

Is the cast of The Maze Runner cursed? Uh, yeah, I’d say so—just take a look at the evidence.

An 11-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a child because she wouldn’t let him pet her puppy.

A Bronx mother accused of killing one newborn and under investigation for the mysterious death of another was so shy she would “smile and blush” when people looked at her, a classmate tells the New York Times.

A respected Long Island dermatologist and mother of three was found dead this weekend after what cops are reportedly characterizing as a cocaine-fueled night on the town with a television producer she met on Facebook.

Police say a California artist was completing a public art project intended to fight violence in his community when he was murdered mid-painting Tuesday.

Carey Gabay, the New York state government lawyer who was shot randomly a week ago at Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade, has died.

Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist and organizer who helped secure the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, died Wednesday. She was 104.

Lenny Robinson, the Maryland man who sold his cleaning business and invested thousands in becoming a real-life Batman so he could cheer up terminally ill children in hospitals, was killed in a car accident late Sunday night.

According to New York Post “police sources,” Morgan Freeman’s step-granddaughter was stabbed to death this weekend by her boyfriend, who was allegedly experiencing some sort of drug-induced psychosis.

Brooklynites answer: What did Sean Price mean to you?

Loredana Nesci, a 47-year-old reality TV lawyer known as the “Legal Diva,” was found dead Wednesday after her “distraught” boyfriend called 911. Cops say he murdered her.

Josh Greenberg, one of two co-founders of the defunct music-sharing site Grooveshark, was found dead in his Gainesville, Fla. home Sunday night. His death was a shock to those who knew him—his mom and girlfriend both said he’d never been sick, and the Gainesville Sun reports police found no evidence of drugs or…

A 13-month-old baby on his way to the beach with his mom was killed Saturday when a car fleeing a drive-by shooting lost control and jumped a curb, police say.

Christian Audigier, the official clothier of Long Island bros, has reportedly died at the age of 57 from cancer.

Burt Shavitz, the iconic bearded co-founder of Burt’s Bees, has died. He was 80. “We remember him as a bearded, free-spirited Maine man, a beekeeper, a wisecracker, a lover of golden retrievers and his land,” said the company in a statement, “Above all, he taught us to never lose sight of our relationship with nature.”

According to The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Doug has died. He was 85.

Circa, a news app, will cease publishing circa now, according to a post from its co-founder Matt Galligan on Medium titled “Farewell to Circa News.”