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Wed, 03/10/2021 - 5:00am Doris Swanner-Black passed away peacefully on February 24, 2021 in Dallas. She was born on December 26, 1935 to Benjamin “Buck” and Lucille Mathis in Maud, Texas. She loved God, her family, her churches, nursing, traveling, airplanes, and riding motorcycles. She lived life to the fullest and had many passions, from helping others, entertaining, volunteering, and staying healthy. It didn’t matter if it was an adventure or trying new things, she was al...

Andy Smith, 52, tragically died while kitesurfing at Walberswick beach in Suffolk. - Credit: Carl Bushfire The mum and sister of a popular kite-surfer, who died at Walberswick beach doing what he loved most, have paid tribute to the 52-year-olds "kind, caring and generous soul". The 52-year-old, from Darsham, was a successful kitesurfing instructor for the last nine years, teaching hundreds of people across the world, and most of those that learned to kite in Suffolk and Norfolk through his co...

Lana Turner in a 1940s publicity portrait by MGM. (Public domain/via Wikimedia) The Faustian life choices of this most glamorous star parallel decisions of her many movie characters. As we mark the 100th birthday of Lana Turner (1921-1995) this coming February 8 and reflect on her cinematic legacy, some of us may recall a line from a rather different sort of film from the kind in which Turner typically starred. In 2001’s wacko fantasy-drama Donnie Darko, Jena Malo...