Cathal Coughlan, frontman with Microdisney and The Fatima Mansions, has died aged 61

Julee Cruise, a singer, songwriter, and actress best known for her work with David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti on Twin Peaks, passed away Thursday at 65 by suicide after a four-year battle with systemic lupus. Her husband, Edward Grinnan, first shared the news in a post to a Facebook fan group for the B-52s, with whom Cruise toured on and off throughout the ’90s. “For those of you who go back I thought you might want to know that I said goodby to my wife, Julee Cruise, today,” Grinnan wrote.

Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan revealed that she still has not seen the final episode of the third season.The 35 year old actress admits that she isn’t sure when she would watch the emotional finale as she knows she is “going to cry a lot”. Nicola, who plays Clare Devlin in the Northern Ireland-based Channel 4 comedy, was in Los Angeles when the episode was released and has not seen it yet. She told PA: “You know what, I haven’t watched the finale yet, because I was in LA when it came out.

Leicester Tigers confirmed the news of Youngs’ death on Wednesday, saying in a statement: ‘Leicester Tigers are deeply saddened by the news that Tiffany Youngs has passed away after her heroic battle with illness. ‘On behalf of everybody at the club, we send our condolences to the Youngs and Sands families. The club will be providing no further details and asks that the Youngs and Sands families have their privacy respected at this time.

A child has died following an incident at a swimming pool in Majorca. The six-year-old was rushed to hospital in a “critical” state from a hotel in the resort of Sa Coma on Thursday after being treated at the poolside by emergency responders.

A six-year-old boy who drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Majorca has been named as young Rangers fan Corey Aughey.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorShelby Scott, the longtime Boston TV news anchor and former AFTRA leader who pushed for the union’s 2012 merger with SAG, died June 1 at her home in Tucson, Ariz. She was 86.Scott was a beloved news anchor for CBS’ WBZ-TV Boston for 30 years. She served as national president of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists from 1993 to 2001.“In front of the camera, Shelby Scott’s career spanned decades and broke barriers.

Shelby Scott, the former president of AFTRA who helped spearhead the 2012 merger of SAG and AFTRA, has died. She was 86. Scott, a longtime television news broadcaster, served as AFTRA’s national president from 1993-2001. She was a member of the “Group for One Union” of SAG and AFTRA leaders who spearheaded the 2012 merger effort and co-led a merger workgroup, one of only ten elected leaders to do so.

A fit and healthy young woman, who walked 10,000 steps a day, died in her sleep without warning.

County Durham, died peacefully at home after a short illness. “The news has shocked and stunned the entire Yes family,” the band said. It is with deep sadness that YES announce Alan White, their much-loved drummer and friend of 50 years, has passed away, aged 72, after a short illness.

Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable musical theme for 1981’s Chariots of Fire won an Oscar and became a sort of aural shorthand for tales of endurance and triumph, has died, according to published reports. He was 79.

Greece-born electronic composer who wrote the Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died. He was 79.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and other government officials expressed their condolences Thursday.

Actress Nicola Coughlan has been very much in the limelight in recent months. The star, 35, plays teenager Clare Devlin on Channel 4’s Derry Girls and can also be seen on Netflix as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

It's quickly gained something of a cult following with thousands of viewers tuning-in to watch the trials and tribulations of the powerful and posh Bridgerton family of Regency era England in Bridgeton on Netflix - but some of the keenest fans are set to be disappointed when the series strays from its popular original storylines in the next season.