This is Beirut

'Ketamine Queen' to Plead Guilty in Matthew Perry's Death

This is Beirut, 19/08 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Matthew Perry Actor Death Culture Art Series

A dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" has agreed to plead guilty to supplying the drugs that killed Friends’ actor Matthew Perry, the US Department of Justice said Monday. Jasveen Sangha, 42, will admit several charges, including one of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury in relation to the late star. Sangha, ...

YASA Sounds Alarm over Soaring Road Deaths in August

This is Beirut, 19/08 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

YASA Death Injury Road Lebanon

More than 40 people lost their lives on Lebanon’s roads in August alone, with dozens more injured, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA). The organization described the toll as “shocking,” warning that if accidents continue at this pace, the country could see over 1,000 fatalities in a ...

Nearly 200 Killed in Pakistan Monsoon Rains in 24 Hours

This is Beirut, 15/08 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute

Pakistan monsoon Torrential rains death

The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 194 people in the past 24 hours, the disaster authority said on Friday. Of those, 180 were reported in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the National Disaster Management Authority said. Another nine ...

Danielle Spencer, the 'What’s Happening!!' Star, Dies After Battle with Breast Cancer

This is Beirut, 13/08 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Actress Heritage Culture Art Death Danielle Spencer

Danielle Spencer, best known for her role as the sassy pre-teen Dee Thomas on the groundbreaking sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died at the age of 60. Spencer passed away on August 11, 2025, at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, her former co-star Haywood Nelson confirmed. Nelson shared the news on Instagram, remembering her as “brilliant” ...

Doctor Pleads Guilty to Supplying Matthew Perry with Ketamine

This is Beirut, 24/07 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Matthew Perry Friends Series Death Culture Actor

A doctor charged in connection with the drug overdose death of actor Matthew Perry pleaded guilty Wednesday to supplying the Friends star with ketamine. Salvador Plasencia, 43, one of five people charged over Perry's death, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Los Angeles to four counts of distribution of ketamine. Plasencia is to be sentenced on ...

Mysterious Death of Khamenei’s Representative at 'Thar Allah Headquarters'

This is Beirut, 13/07 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Israel Tehran Iran death Khamenei

Official Iranian media outlets, including Iran International, reported the death of Ali Taeb, the personal representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the “Thar Allah Headquarters,” without disclosing the circumstances of his death. This lack of detail sparked numerous questions regarding the conditions surrounding his passing, according ...

Italian Sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro Dies Aged Nearly 99

This is Beirut, 23/06 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Sculpture Arnaldo Pomodoro Death Arts Italy Culture

Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, renowned for his huge bronze spheres, died at the weekend, a day before his 99th birthday, his foundation said on Monday. Born in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna on June 23, 1926, Pomodoro began investigating solid geometric forms in the early 1960s. He created monumental spheres, cones, columns and ...

Dying as a Subject: The True Stakes of Palliative Care and Assisted Dying

David Sahyoun, 11/06 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Palliative Care Death Assisted Dying France

In France, the debate over palliative care and assisted dying challenges the very foundations of how we relate to life and death, to pain and, more profoundly, to the dignity of the human subject. What does it truly mean to die? Is it simply the end of life, or the loss of one’s voice, one’s place within social bonds and the capacity for ...

Life Emits a Light That Death Extinguishes

Bélinda Ibrahim, 11/06 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Light Body Death Life Living Beings

Until a few decades ago, this phenomenon remained virtually unknown. All living organisms, from plants to mammals, continuously emit a faint, invisible light, far too subtle for the human eye to detect. This emission, referred to as ultra-weak bioluminescence or oxidative chemiluminescence, ceases abruptly upon death. Long overlooked, this optical ...

Russian Ballet Patriarch Yuri Grigorovich Dies at 98

This is Beirut, 19/05 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Russia Ballet Yuri Grigorovich Death Bolshoi Theatre Culture

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, has died aged 98. Born in the Soviet city of Leningrad to a ballet family, Grigorovich's career - as a dancer then choreographer - spanned 80 years. For much of it, he was the artistic powerhouse behind ...

Star Dancer Jean-Pierre Bonnefous Dies at the Age of 82

This is Beirut, 16/04 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Ballet Star Dancer Jean-Pierre Bonnefous Death Culture

Renowned star dancer Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, celebrated for his performances in major neoclassical ballets, has died in the United States, where he spent most of his career, his family and the Paris Opera announced on Wednesday. “He passed away peacefully at the age of 82 in Charlottesville, Virginia,” his nephew Jérémy Bouhy told AFP. Born ...

Roberta Flack (1937–2025): The Voice That Reinvented Soul

Bélinda Ibrahim, 25/02 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Roberta Flack Soul music death singer

Roberta Flack redefined the landscape of soul and R&B with unparalleled vocal mastery. Her artistry transcended genres, crafting a world where sophistication and raw emotion blend in perfect harmony. Born on February 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, Roberta Cleopatra Flack grew up in a home where music was a central part of life. Her ...

Death