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New Sci-Fi Dystopian Thriller Novel, "Beneath the Crimson Sky" by Johnathon Hock, Available for free on Amazon (newyork.craigslist.org)

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Deaths during the 3rd week of 2025, Jan 13th-19th (RIP)

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**Jan 13th**

**Soap Opera Legend, Leslie Charleson, 79, is Dead.**

The actress who played Monica Quartermaine on *General Hospital* for nearly 50 years died Sunday. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362359/soap-opera-icon-dead-at-79.html)

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**Jan 14nth**

**Tony Slattery, 65, has Died from a Sudden Heart Attack he experienced two day prior.**

Comedian and Actor known for ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’. [FULL STORY](https://deadline.com/2025/01/tony-slattery-dead-whose-line-is-it-anyway-star-65-1236256360/)

**Report: Ex-MLB Pitcher, Oriole Brian Matusz, 37, Likely Died of Narcotics Overdose.**

He was 'beloved throughout Birdland'. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362196/former-mlb-pitcher-is-dead-at-37.html)

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**Jan 15th**

**World Renowned Doctor, Dr. Peter McCullough: mRNA ‘Bioweapon’ Has Destroyed Immune Systems of Covid-19 Vaxxed**

Since the Covid-19 mRNA injections were rolled out for public use in early 2021, sudden deaths and deadly diseases have skyrocketed. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/renowned-doctor-mrna-bioweapon-destroyed-immune-systems-covid-vaxxed/)

**Florida Boy, Michael Millett, 8 years old, Riding His Bike Stopped to Pet 2 Dogs, one being a Pitbull, Who Then 'Maliciously Mauled' Him to Death: Sheriff**

Michael Millett was killed on Monday, Jan. 13, in an attack that took place north of DeLand, Fla., the Volusia Sheriff’s office said in a statement. [FULL STORY](https://people.com/fla-boy-riding-his-bike-stopped-to-pet-2-dogs-who-then-maliciously-mauled-him-to-death-sheriff-8775308)

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**Jan 16nth**

**Baen Books Fantasy Author Howard Andrew Jones, 56, Passes Away**

Known for this Chronicles of Hanuvar series, has passed away, as reported by his close associate Sean Korsgaard on Twitter this morning. [FULL STORY](https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/baen-books-fantasy-author-howard)

**Brewers announcer Bob Uecker, 90, was a legend in Milwaukee, got his nickname 'Mr. Baseball', from the late Johnny Carson.**

In a statement, Uecker's family said he had battled small-cell lung cancer since early 2023. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362623/mr-baseball-bob-uecker-dies-at-90.html)

**Starting As An Animator Director David Lynch, 78, the filmmaker behind classics including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and TV's Twin Peaks has died.**

No cause of death was immediately given, but Lynch announced last year that he had emphysema. [FULL STORY](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/david-lynch-iconic-american-filmmaker-who-started-as-an-animator-has-died-245074.html)

**TikTok star Jiare Schneider’s, 31, cause of death is out.**

He died from injuries sustained in a car crash. [FULL STORY](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/16/tiktoker-jiare-schneider-cause-of-death/)

**'Moonshiners' Star Kenny Law, 68, has died.**

The third-generation, Virginia-based distiller passed away in a local hospital Tuesday after battling a myriad of health issues the last several years. [FULL STORY](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/16/moonshiners-star-kenny-law-dead/)

**Samuel Fels High School Basketball Star Noah Scurry, 17, Shot & Killed just steps from his Philadelphia home.**

Authorities say an investigation into the incident is under way. [FULL STORY](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/16/noah-scurry-shot-killed/)

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**Jan 17nth**

**TikTok fitness star Chris O'Donnell, 31, known online as Creeohdee, has suddenly died**

Maricopa Medical Examiner confirmed to the publication that he died from a gunshot wound to the head. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14295365/TikTok-star-Chris-ODonnell-dead-31.html)

**Dame Joan Plowright, 95, a legendary British actress of the stage and screen, Oscar Nominee, Laurence Olivier's Wife has died.**

Her family did not share a cause of death. [FULL STORY](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/17/joan-plowright-dead-british-actress-oscar-nominated/)

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**Jan 18nth**

**Experts reveal 'fascinating' reason why cancer is surging more in young women than it is in men.**

The gender discrepancy comes amid a soaring rise in disease among young people on both sides of the Atlantic. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14296217/young-cancer-men-women-gender-difference.html)

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**Jan 19nth**

None reported at time of posting

Homemade Roasted Peanut Butter (www.allrecipes.com)

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This recipe makes a wonderful peanut butter that's more satisfying to eat than anything from the store. The recipe specifies using raw peanuts, but you can buy roasted peanuts to save yourself time.

- **Prep Time:** 10 mins
- **Cook Time:** 6 mins
- **Total Time:** 16 mins
- **Servings:** 12
- **Yield:** 1 ½ cup

**Ingredients**

- 2 cups shelled raw peanuts
- 1 ½ teaspoons peanut oil
- ½ teaspoon white sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt

**Directions**

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread peanuts on a rimmed baking sheet.
2. Bake peanuts, stirring every 2 minutes, until golden brown and fragrant, 6 to 8 minutes.
3. Combine peanuts, peanut oil, sugar, and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade; process until peanuts are chopped and the mixture forms a ball, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the food processor bowl; continue processing to desired consistency, 1 to 3 minutes more.

Homemade Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread (www.allrecipes.com)

submitted by Delayed_Notice to Cooking 4 months ago

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Making your own chocolate-hazelnut spread is easy and lets you use ingredients that are tastier and healthier than the original.

**Prep Time:** 10 mins
**Additional Time:** 30 mins
**Total Time:** 40 mins
**Servings:** 8
**Yield:** 8 servings

- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup raw sugar
- ¾ cup toasted hazelnuts
- 4 ounces 70% dark chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup powdered milk
- ¼ cup light vegetable oil

**Directions**
1. Combine white sugar and raw sugar in a food processor or blender; process until pulverized. You may have to do this in batches to not burn the motor.

2. Add hazelnuts to the sugar mixture in the food processor, and continue blending until a smooth cream forms. Add powdered milk and blend to combine. Add oil and blend again.

3. Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes total. Add to the cream in the food processor, and blend until everything is well combined. Pour into a glass jar and allow to cool before sealing and refrigerating.

**Nutrition Facts** (per serving)
270 Calories
19g Fat
24g Carbs
3g Protein

Deaths during the 2nd week of 2025. Jan 6th-12th (RIP)

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**Jan 6th**

**German soccer star Luca Meixner, 22, found dead in his bed after reportedly dying “unexpectedly” in his sleep.**

His cause of death has not been revealed. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/soccer-star-luca-meixner-dies-suddenly-at-22/)

**Search for missing teenage brothers ends after second body, Wesley Cornett, 17, of Yuba County, is found in water**

Andruw Cornett, 19, was found on Dec. 31. [FULL STORY](https://www.yahoo.com/news/search-concludes-missing-teenage-brothers-170524345.html)

**Mike Rinder, 69, a top official of the Church of Scientology before becoming one of its most widely heard opponents, died Sunday.**

Christie Collbran Rinder, his wife, said the cause of death was esophageal cancer. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362033/mike-rinder-left-scientology-then-fought-it.html)

**The father of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, Sonny, 76, has passed away following a fall earlier this week, the school announced on Saturday.**

Passed away on Saturday morning at 12:15 a.m while surrounded by his family. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-football/article-14250055/georgia-coach-kirby-smart-father-passes-away.html)

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**Jan 7nth**

**Germany: 6th victim, a 52 year old woman, of psychiatrist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, car of peace attack on Magdeburg Christmas market, succumbs to injuries.**

Authorities say at least 299 people were injured after the suspect plowed into the crowd with a BMW. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361384/5-dead-200-plus-injured-in-christmas-market-attack.html)

**Earthquake Hits Tibet, Killing at Least 53**

Quake centered 50 miles from Mount Everest. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362094/earthquake-kills-at-least-53-in-western-china.html)

**Two men found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane in Florida**

A spokesperson for JetBlue told *The Independent* the idiots’ bodies were discovered during a “routine post-flight maintenance inspection” and were already dead when they were found. [FULL STORY](https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-people-found-dead-jetblue-113821184.html)

**Jean-Marie Le Pen, the father of Marine Le Pen, founder of France's National Front known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died at 96.**

Convicted numerous times of antisemitism and routinely accused of xenophobia and racism, Le Pen routinely countered that he was simply a patriot protecting the identity of "eternal France." [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362112/jean-marie-le-pen-dead-at-96.html)

**Peter Yarrow, 86, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary—has died.**

Yarrow had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362133/peter-paul-and-marys-peter-yarrow-is-dead.html)

**Former Major League Baseball pitcher and first-round draft pick Brian Matusz, 37, has died.**

No cause of death has yet been announced. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-14261419/Brian-Matusz-dead-37-Tributes-pour-ex-Cubs-Orioles-star.html)

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**Jan 8th**

No announcements made

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**Jan 9nth**

**New Zealand-born United States-based Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Te Hakaraia O Te Rangi Wilson, 26, has died.**

Police said the death of the young athlete, is not being treated as suspicious. However, no cause of death has been revealed.[FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/mma-fighter-hakaraia-wilson-dies-suddenly-26/)

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**Jan 10nth**

**leading cardiologists in New Zealand, spike proteins generated by mRNA 'vaccines' are now being officially recognized as cardiotoxin**

...a substance that causes irreversible damage to the heart. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/top-cardiologists-heart-attack-deaths-surge-caused-by-cardiotoxin-in-mrna-vaccines/)

**Anita Bryant, 84, whose singing career was long overshadowed by her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died.**

She died Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, according to an obituary published in the Oklahoman on Thursday. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362270/singer-anti-gay-rights-activist-anita-bryant-dead-at-84.html)

**Puerto Rico born, American WBA Gold Cruiserweight world champion boxer Paul Bamba, 35, has tragically died suddenly, his family has announced.**

Reportedly found dead shortly after Christmas. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/world-champion-boxer-pal-bamba-dies-suddenly-35/)

**Hundreds of deaths in New York state prisons go unexplained.**

A City & State investigation found a lack of reporting on people who have died while in custody, as well as for those who were compassionately released, going back decades. [FULL STORY](https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/01/hundreds-deaths-state-prisons-go-unexplained/402103/)

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**Jan 11nth**

**Sam Moore, 89, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo "Sam & Dave" that was known for such definitive hits of the era as "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'," has died.**

Moore died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery. No additional details were immediately available. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362328/soul-man-singer-sam-moore-dies-at-89.html)

**Former Australian child star Rory Callum Sykes, 32, who was on the British TV show "Kiddy Kapers" in the '90s, died at his family's home in Malibu on Wednesday.**

His mother said she tried to save him, but claims she was unable to because the water had been turned off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water and she was injured. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362333/blind-former-child-actor-dies-in-la-fires.html)

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**Jan 12th**

**California Braces for a 'Lot More' Deaths**

Firefighters make progress before high winds return. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/362356/firefighters-make-progress-before-high-winds-return.html)

Deaths during the 1st week of 2025, Jan 1st-5th (RIP)

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**Jan 1st**

**Harry Chandler, 103, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base.**

Chandler had congestive heart failure, but Mahaffee said doctors and nurses noted his advanced age when giving a cause of death. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361834/one-of-the-last-pearl-harbor-survivors-dies-at-103.html)

**Dominican Immigrant, Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Juan Jaime, 37, has tragically died.**

He died suddenly after suffering a heart attack, according to reports. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/former-mlb-pitcher-juan-jaime-dies-suddenly-heart-attack-37/)

**At Least 10 Confirmed Dead After Muslim Immigrant and U.S. army veteran, Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, Drove his rented Pickup Truck of Peace onto Bourbon Street Crowd in New Orleans prompting a delay to the Sugar Bowl.**

Mr. Jabbar had planned to gather his family together and kill them, but decided to join ISIS instead when he learned several New Orleans traffic barricades would be out of service. [FULL STORY](https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/01/01/new-bourbon-street-terrorist-made-several-disturbing-and-revealing-videos-while-driving-from-texas-n2183832)

**Investigators have confirmed the rented Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas that killed U.S. Army Veteran Matt Livelsberger, 37, was indeed a terrorist attack.**

ANOTHER coincidence, the late Mr. Livelsberger and the New Orleans attacker Shamsud Din Jabbar both served at the same base in Afghanistan in 2009. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-outside-trump-hotel-confirmed-terror-attack-could-be-linked-to-new-orleans/)

**New Year's Day mass shooting in the small Balkan country of Montenegro, 13 people dead as well as the suspected gunman, Aleksandar Aco Martinovic.**

Montenegrin government is considering stricter gun control measures in response to the tragedy. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361868/after-bar-fight-bar-owner-and-his-kids-are-shot-dead.html)

**Wayne Osmond, 73, brother of Donny and Marie (and other Osmonds), has died.**

Died of complications related to a stroke on New Year's Day. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361908/donny-and-marie-osmonds-brother-dies-at-73.html)

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**Jan 2nd**

**Jocelyn Wildenstein, 78, the Swiss socialite nicknamed "Catwoman" after a seemingly endless series of plastic surgeries.**

Reportedly died of a pulmonary embolism. Many media outlets are reporting she was actually 84 years old. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361850/catwoman-socialite-dies-in-paris.html)

**Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, has been found dead in his courtroom on the final day of his tenure on the Georgia State Court.**

Based on early evidence, the Sheriff’s Office stated that the death appeared to be a remarkable case of suicide, caused by a self-inflicted gunshot. [FULL STORY](https://slaynews.com/news/judge-stephen-yekel-found-dead-georgia-courtroom-last-day-tenure/)

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**Jan 3rd**

**Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay passed away Tuesday at 91, peacefully at his home in Ocklawaha.**

MacKay briefly served as governor after Gov. Lawton Chiles' unexpected death in 1998. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361920/floridas-former-gov-buddy-mackay-dies-at-91.html)

**Wave of Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill at Least 50, Including Children**

Local health officials say over 45,500 Palestinians have been killed since the war ignited by Hamas' attack on Israel in October 2023. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361914/israeli-airstrikes-in-gaza-kill-at-least-50-including-kids.html)

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**Jan 4th**

**Director and Screenwriter Jeff Baena, 47, Husband of Aubrey Plaza, Is Dead.**

Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reported that his body was discovered on Friday at home, the cause of death was not listed. [FULL STORY](https://www.newser.com/story/361985/jeff-baena-made-films-with-aubrey-plaza.html)

**Cybersecurity executive and longtime entrepreneur CEO Amit Yoran of Teneable dies at 54 as cyber security company reveals his tragic cause of death**

Died after an arduous battle with cancer on Friday, his company announced. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14250463/amit-yoran-ceo-teneable-cyber-security-reveals-cause-death.html)

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**Jan 5th**

**Perry, the miniature donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy’s “Shrek” character, died Thursday at the age of 30.**

Perry once served as a model for animators behind the DreamWorks franchise. [FULL STORY](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/fans-mourn-death-of-real-life-donkey-that-inspired-eddie-murphy-s-shrek-character/ar-AA1wZRxJ?ocid=BingNewsVerp)

**James Lee Williams, 32, known professionally as The Drag Queen Vivienne, passed away during the weekend**

Fellow Drag Race UK star Bimini Bon Boulash was also among those posting messages of condolence in response to the news, writing on social media: "I'm so sorry I'm in total shock". [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14252463/Drag-Race-UK-star-Vivienne-dies-aged-32-Tributes-pour-beloved-drar-artist-friends-ask-family-given-time-grieve.html)

**Pictured: Beloved boy Jack Murray, 12, killed in skiing tragedy on New Year's Eve**

died in a horrific crash at a New Hampshire ski resort on New Year's Eve has been identified as a beloved Massachusetts son. [FULL STORY](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14251997/massachusetts-jack-murrary-killed-ski-accident-new-hampshire.html)

Hello... (introductions)

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I've honestly nothing more to write aside from that right now.

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