"Breakspear was a young, impoverished lad from England, with no family connections, no money, and it was quite remarkable ...

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It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of William “Will” Taylor IV, our beloved son ... Jr and Lurlene Taylor, his great grandmother Neva Harper, his Aunt, Ruth ...

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Bruce Logan, the special effects pioneer and cinematographer whose credits include Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 following a stroke that led to a coma and heart failure, the Vatican said ...

The item belonged to Ernest Tomlin and is part of a remarkable unseen archive of documents relating to him and the Titanic ...