Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley dead: Bob Marley's grandson dies suddenly aged 31, reports say
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https://www.express.co.uk ^
| 07:25, Wed, Dec 28, 2022 | UPDATED: 08:02, Wed, Dec 28, 2022 | By HANNAH MCGREEVY
Bob Marley's grandson Joseph Marley (also known by stage name ‘Jo Mersa') has died aged 31, according to reports. Jamaican-American
reggae artist Joseph Mersa Marley has reportedly died, as the star was found unresponsive in a vehicle. The star, who was the grandson of legendary musician Bob Marley, was just 31 years old. According to an announcement from streaming service TIDAL, he was found unresponsive in the vehicle yesterday in the United States, although a location was not specified. The star had reportedly suffered from asthma his entire life, and the Florida radio station WZPP claimed he died of an...
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Gary Player Now Suing Grandson as Family Memorabilia Scandal Gets Uglier
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New York Post ^
| December 22, 2022 | Ryan Glasspiegel
SNIP Earlier this year, the 87-year-old Player sued his son, Marc, for selling memorabilia without his permission. The
Palm Beach Post reports that the golf legend has now also sued his grandson, Damian, who is Marc’s son, with a suit filed in Florida in November. Already sold in 2021 auctions against Gary Player’s wishes were his 1974 Masters Tournament trophy for $523,483, South African Open trophy for $48,841, 1965 U.S. Open irons for $17,947 and his golf shoes from his 52nd Masters for $1,171, according to court filings, per the outlet. Gary Player severed his business relationship with his son...
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Christmas ad 'bringing people to tears' shows grandfather applying makeup to grandson's face — and grandson presenting as female to family around dinner table
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The Blaze ^
| December 20, 2022 | DAVE URBANSKI
A J&B Blended Scotch Whisky commercial from Spain is "bringing people to tears with its message of love and acceptance," Today reported. The
description of the ad on YouTube — via Google Translate — reads, "At J&B we want everyone to be able to celebrate at Christmas, without anyone being left out. But, sadly, on these dates, many people from the LGTBIQ+ collective feel uncomfortable or rejected in their own families and cannot celebrate with them. For this reason, we have made this Christmas story starring a grandfather and his family." What are the details? The ad begins with the...
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Father Prohibits His Daughter From Becoming A Musician, She Gets Nominated For Latin Grammy Nearly 80 Years Later After Grandson Records Her Songs
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Bored Panda ^
| November 17, 2022 | Eglė Radžiūtė
In this day and age, we are encouraged to pursue our dreams when we’re young, full of energy, and have lots of life in front of us to fix the mistakes we make in the process. Any
day missed is a day of pushing said dreams away. But is it really? In a lot of cases, the time for dream catching never runs out. The best new Latin artist of 2022 may be a 95-year-old Cuban-American grandmother who has just recently started living out her dream of being a professional musician with the help of her grandson, who shared her...
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Accused Colorado gunman is grandson of ex-California lawmaker: reports
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NY Post ^
| 11/21/2022 | Yaron Steinbuch
The gunman who allegedly killed five people at a Colorado LGBTQ club is reportedly the grandson of a Republican California lawmaker who compared the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol to the Revolutionary War. Accused gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich’s mother has been identified by multiple news outlets as Laura Voepel, whose
father is Randy Voepel, 71, a state assemblyman who lost his seat in the midterm elections, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The politician, who has represented the 71st District since 2016, was assailed last year when he compared the Jan. 6 insurrection to the American Revolutionary War. “This...
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Henry Ford’s Great Grandson Forces Church to Remove Cross Display Mourning 64 Million Aborted Babies
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Life News ^
| 10/6/22 | Micaiah Bilger
The millionaire great-grandson of Henry Ford used his influence to force a Michigan church to take down part of its pro-life display this month. Edsel
B. Ford II complained to the City of Grosse Pointe that the display at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church was ugly and a “blight” on the community, The Federalist reports. Ford retired from the board of Ford Motor last year, according to ABC News. The city responded “immediately” by ordering the church to take down its pro-life sign or replace it with a smaller one to comply with a city zoning ordinance, according...
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Archaeologists Uncover an Ancient Palace That May Be the Long-Lost Summer Home of Genghis Khan’s Warrior Grandson
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Artnet ^
| July 25, 2022 | Sarah Cascone
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered the remains of an ancient palace that may have belonged to Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan.The site in eastern Turkey's Van province, in the Caldiran district, is currently being excavated.Hulagu Khan, a Mongol warlord who lived from about 1217 to 1265, achieved military renown for
leading several expeditions, including the sack of Baghdad in 1258.After the Mongol Empire splintered in 1259, Hulagu Khan became the ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanid State in the Middle East, which at its height included territory in what is now Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan,...
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Grandmother and grandson at 3 a.m. this morning...
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Home | 28 May 2022 | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
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Update on my grandson James and his family
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February 6, 2022 | Kevin Collins
After everything that could be done was tried at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, we had to acknowledge that James, my 11-year-old grandson was gone. Trying
to adjust to this terrible reality has been difficult beyond imagination for my son Liam. Everyone else is devastated but Liam is finding it very hard to even begin to heal. My daughter-in-law Jessica has helped him, as have his two daughters Amanda and Abbey. But, they all need continued prayers to beseech Our Lord to send soothing graces to the whole family. There is no telling how long they will need prayers, or...
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Man, grandson reel in 2 sniper rifles magnet fishing near Miami
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AP ^
| Feb. 1, 2022
MIAMI — A man and his 11-year-old grandson found a little more than they were looking for during a weekend fishing trip. The
pair pulled two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles out of a canal near Miami.Duane Smith told the Miami Herald he saw a YouTube video on magnet fishing and decided to give it a try on Sunday. They dropped a 5-pound magnet in the C-102 canal in southern Miami-Dade County.
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49ers star Nick Bosa is the great-grandson of one of history's most feared mobsters
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SF Gate ^
| January 26, 2022 | By Katie Dowd
Ten days after the 1906 earthquake, Tony Accardo was born in Chicago’s Little Italy. Accardo was 14 when he dropped out of school. By
16, he was working for Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn, one of Al Capone’s hit men, and in his mid-20s, he was promoted to be Capone’s bodyguard. Two decades later, Accardo had risen to the top of the Chicago Outfit, one of America’s most-feared organized crime families. This Sunday, 116 years after Accardo was born, his great-grandson Nick Bosa — a boss of a very different sort — will take the field for the San Francisco 49ers...
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Update on my grandson James
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January 17, 2022 | Kevin Collins
To recap, My 11 year old grandson, James had a heart attack yesterday and died. He
was revived and taken to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. It is not a certainty yet but early observations point to a good chance of significant brain damage. We will not know for certain for another day or two. Your prayers are still needed regardless of the ultimate outcome.
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Please pray with us our 10 year old grandson: HEART - cpr
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January 16, 2022 | Kevin Collins
My ten year old grandson has collapsed and was getting CRP about 20 minutes ago He is in a hospital in New Jersey now. I
don't know anymore Please pray for James and his parents Jessica and Liam.
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Biden explains coughing, hoarse voice, says grandson gave him a cold
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Fox News ^
| 12/3/2021 | Timothy Nerozzi
Biden spoke in strained, hoarse voice during Friday speech about disappointing jobs report, coughed multiple times. President
Biden said he doesn't have COVID-19 and his horse voice and coughing spells during a speech Friday are just a cold he picked up from family. Biden spoke in a strained, hoarse voice during a Friday speech about the disappointing jobs report, and coughed multiple times. Fox News' Peter Doocy asked the president about his health following the speech, prompting Biden to reply that he had picked up a cold from his grandson. "I'm OK, I have a test every day — a...
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Sitting Bull: DNA Confirms Great-Grandson's Identity
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BBC ^
| 10/28
A sample of hair belonging to the legendary 19th century Native American leader Sitting Bull has allowed scientists to confirm that a South Dakota man is his great-grandson. Scientists
took DNA from a tiny sample of Sitting Bull's hair that had been stored in Washington DC. It showed that Ernie LaPointe, 73, is his great-grandson. The new method allows analysis of family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people.
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Great-grandson of iconic Native American leader Sitting Bull confirmed by DNA analysis ... Researchers analyzed the hair from Sitting Bull's scalp lock.
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https://www.livescience.com ^
| October 27, 2021 | By Harry Baker
A photo of Legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull taken in 1885. (Image
credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) Science has confirmed a man in South Dakota is the great-grandson of the iconic Native American leader Sitting Bull. DNA from the famous chieftain's hair matched that of Ernie LaPointe, who has long claimed this famous relation. Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka-Iyotanka, led the Lakota tribe of Sioux people in what is now South Dakota. He is most notable for being the military leader who famously defeated U.S. Lt. Col. George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876....
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Cleveland mayor's grandson, 24, is shot 'multiple times' and killed in city's East Side
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Daily Mail ^
| 20 September 2021 | CHRISTOPHER EBERHART
Frank Q. Jackson - the grandson of mayor Frank G. Jackson - was shot dead near the Garden Valley Estates public housing complex in Cleveland on Sunday night Police said there are currently no suspects or motive for the shooting and didn't provide any other details, Sunday night The mayor hasn't released
a statement The victim has had several run-ins with police and was currently facing felony assault charges in connection with a July incident
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Cleveland mayor's grandson, 24, is shot 'multiple times' and killed in city's East Side
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The Daily Mail UK ^
| 20 September 2021 | REUTERS and CHRISTOPHER EBERHART FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
The 24-year-old grandson of Cleveland's mayor was killed after being shot multiple shooting on Sunday night, local police said, adding it was investigating the incident. Frank
Q. Jackson - the grandson of mayor Frank G. Jackson - was shot dead near the Garden Valley Estates public housing complex at Sidaway & E. 70th St at around 9pm Sunday night, police said. After being dropped off, someone ran up to him and shot him multiple times, a source told Cleveland19.com.
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Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of Muhammad Ali, impresses with 1st-round KO in debut
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Yahoo ^
| Sunday | Kevin Lole
Close your eyes and just listen, and you could have convinced yourself it was March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden, as Muhammad Ali made the long walk to face Joe Frazier in what remains the most significant bout in boxing history. Ali
and Frazier are both gone, boxing is a vastly different sport in 2021 than it was in 1971 and it’s almost heresy to mention any other fighter in a sentence with those two. But as Nico Ali Walsh turned professional on Saturday, wearing the white trunks with a black stripe that his grandfather wore as heavyweight champion...
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Lightfoot hits Kennedy compound to oversee wedding of RFK’s grandson
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Chicago Sun-Times ^
| 7/31/2021 | Michael Sneed
Here ye! Mayor Lori Lightfoot took time out last weekend for the perfect place to cool off from the city heat: officiating at the wedding of Chris Kennedy, grandson of the late, great Robert F. Kennedy, and his bride, Erin Daigle, at the legendary Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Maine. “Chris
and Erin were supposed to get married last July 24 ... but COVID shut that down,” said the very proud father of the groom, former Illinois gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy, who raised his branch of the Kennedy clan on Chicago’s North Shore, where his wife, Sheila, grew up....
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