Mar. 15, 2025
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A Missouri community is mourning the death of 18-year-old Alex Harris, who drowned last month while attempting to save his younger brother from a river.
In aFacebookpost, his father, Tyson Richard Harris, said his son died while “saving his little brother from a drowning accident.”
“If it hadn’t of been for him keeping him up until his mother got there they would both be gone,” Tyson wrote. “I love you son and I wish every second I could take your place.
Mar. 15, 2025
Ciara, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes.Photo:Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT
Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT
Get ready to travel to another galaxy withMissy Elliott.
On April 8, the Grammy-winning rapper announced her first-ever headlining tour, billed as Out of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience, set to hit 24 cities throughout North America this summer withCiara,Busta RhymesandTimbalandjoining for the ride.
“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts.
Mar. 15, 2025
Missy Elliott.Photo: Derek Blanks
Missy Elliottis getting her much-deserved flowers now.
The celebrations kicked off on Thursday at Madame Tussauds, where Elliott was presented with her first-ever wax figure. There, Elliott and a small group of close family and friends toasted the milestone with Patrón El Alto, the newest tequila to join the brand’s portfolio.
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Missy Elliott.Derek Blanks
As Elliott — decked out in a black and white sequin jumpsuit and matching hat — performed, fellow musicians Faith Evans, Teyana Taylor, Miguel,Evan Ross, Duckwrth, Claudia Valentina, Arlissa, Siobhan Bell and Sarah Proctor danced in the crowd.
Mar. 15, 2025
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Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
01of 08Missy Elliott, 52Derek BlanksHOW SHE’S MAKING HISTORYShe’s been the first in so many things, including being the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019, alongside Cat Stevens, John Prine and Tom T. Hall, and becoming the first female rapper to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.PROPS FROM A FELLOW HIP-HOP LEGEND“To see the levels and the control that [women in music] have—Missy is that artist that shows you it can be done, and she did it,” Sandra Denton of Salt-n-Pepa told PEOPLE in November.
Mar. 15, 2025
Pete Rose.Photo:Elsa/Getty
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A coroner has ruled onPete Rose’s cause of death, one day after the Cincinnati Reds legend — whose storied career ended when he was banned from baseball for betting on games in 1989 — passed away.
Rose died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Clark County coroner Melanie Rouse confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE, adding that his death was of natural causes.
The former baseball pro was 83 when hedied at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, Sept.