Daniel Auster, the son of famed novelist Paul Auster, died of a drug overdose on Tuesday. He was 44. Auster's death comes just days after being charged with the overdose death of his 10-month-old daughter Ruby.
Keeira Leon is mourning the death of her four-year-old son Princeton Mace Copeland, who shot himself with an unsecured gun he found in a motel room. Lafayette Police has ruled the shooting accidental.
Guinness World Records announced on Monday, April 25, that the world's oldest living person, Kane Tanaka has died. The Japanese citizen was 119 years old.
For the second year running, COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in United States, according to a report by the CDC. COVID-19 was the underlying cause of more than 415,000 deaths in the U.S., which is 13 percent of the national total in 2021.
David Lavender has entered a guilty plea to the murder charge filed against him for his role in the death of his father, Anthony Lavender, who died just days before his 80th birthday.