Seventeen former contestants have died since appearing on the CBS show, which premiered in May 2000 Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. Monty Brinton/CBS Photo Archive via Getty (3) The ...

Scientists are poking holes in established ideas about how cells live and die, and are harnessing these discoveries to fight diseases from cancer to autoimmune conditions. The cells in Daolin Tang’s ...

Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and award-winning Broadway composer, has died at the age of 56, according to a post on his Instagram. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. “It is with profound ...

Duncan Sheik, the Grammy- and Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter and composer known for the hit "Barely Breathing" and the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening," died Thursday, Sept. 17, at a ...

Hedy Phillips is the Senior News Editor, Style at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in POPSUGAR, HelloGiggles, Reader's Digest and more. Bob Mackie’s ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order. Scott Adams, 68 Scott Adams worked ...

Actress Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effects of fentanyl, Xanax and several other drugs in her system, according to an autopsy completed by the Greenville County Coroner's Office in South ...

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Writer Annie Dillard has died at 81. She wrote books characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature, including 1974's Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She died Tuesday at ...

Hayden Panettiere's official cause of death has been released. More than a month after the actress, best known for her career roles on "Heroes" and "Nashville," died at 36, the Greenville County ...