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The crowd deaths at a Houston music festival have added to the long list of people who have been crushed at a major event.

Comedian Mort Sahl has died.

One of the world's largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs.

Devil's Churn is a narrow slice in the coastal basalt rock known for boiling water that kicks up large sprays of waves.

YACHATS, Ore. — A California man is presumed dead after attempting to jump across the treacherous Devil’s Churn inlet along Oregon’s coast. Steve Allen, 67, of Walnut Creek, California, tried to jump over the narrow chasm known for its extreme currents at around 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement issued by Oregon State Police. >> Read more trending newsTroopers originally responded to a call that a man had fallen into the ocean and later learned Allen had jumped, NBC News reported. According to police, Allen was last seen “unresponsive” in the water by rescue crews who lost sight of the body, the network reported. He just missed his footing and fell back into the water,” witness Andy Nelson of Portland told the outlet.

The Devil's Churn is a narrow water passage on the Pacific coast known for its extreme currents.

“This deep chasm exposes the shoreline’s volcanic history and shows the relentless, violent power of the ocean.”

Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester whose feisty brand of standup comedy got laughs from nightclubs in the Catskills to West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died.

(AP Photo/Harold Filan, File)NEW YORK Carl Reiner, who died Monday at 98, was the rare untortured genius of comedy, his career a story of laughter and camaraderie, of innovation and triumph and affection. Reiner died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills, California home, assistant Judy Nagy said. But CBS executives worried that Reiner would make Petrie seem too Jewish, so Van Dyke was cast instead. First lady Michelle Obama once joked that she preferred watching Dick Van Dyke to viewing her husbands debates. Reiner was the father of actor-director Rob Reiner, who starred as Archie Bunkers son-in-law on All in the Family and directed When Harry Met Sally... Rob Reiner said in a tweet Tuesday that his heart is hurting.

Stempel's former wife, Ethel Stempel, told The Associated Press on Sunday, May 31, 2020, that he died at a New York nursing home on April 7. Stempel's former wife, Ethel Stempel, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he died at a New York nursing home on April 7. Interest was revived by the 1994 movie Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford and starring John Turturro as Stempel and Ralph Fiennes as Van Doren, who died last year. Stempel and Van Doren were an obvious contrast: The fair-haired and handsome Van Doren, and the relatively plain Stempel, a stocky, dark-haired man with glasses and a flat, nasally accent. Van Doren, who had no further comment on the scandal until a 2009 essay in The New Yorker, was among those given suspended sentences for lying to the grand jury.

Matanzas looks for home win against Englewood; FPC battles DeLand for playoff spotJacksonville Englewood at MatanzasWHEN: 7 p.m. FridayWHERE: The ShipRECORDS: Englewood 1-7; Matanzas 2-6. WR; Tristan Williams, Sr. RB; Demontre Neeley, Sr. QB; Ethan Dattillo, So. For both teams, this is the opportunity to get a district win and avoid being swept in three district games. KEY PLAYERS: FPC: Donovan Montoyo, Sr. QB; Ty Jenkins, Sr. RB; Marc Genis, Sr. RB; Chris Parks, Jr. RB; Preston Roberts, So. DeLand: Avantae Williams, Sr. SS-RB; Jayden Nirschl, Sr. QB; Ben Knox, Sr. CB-WR; Ian Schoenwetter, Sr. MLB; Travion Dixon, Sr. RB; Keyonta Alexander, So.