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Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Wings, dies at age 72

Edit Springfield News-Sun 14 Jun 2016
Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Paul McCartney's band Wings, has died ... His live music agent Nigel Martyn said McCullough died Tuesday after a long illness....

Police dog who died in hot car is laid to rest in South Texas

Edit The Dallas Morning News 14 Jun 2016
South Texas officer charged after police dog left alone in car dies ... KVEO-TV reported that dozens of people — and several dogs — attended the funeral Monday for Rex, a police dog who died earlier this month after being left in a hot car by his handler ... Last known living 9/11 search dog dies in Texas ... Dog struck by wrench-wielding energy contractor dies in Houston....

Tony Byrne: Former Southampton, Hereford United and Ireland full-back dies at 70

Edit BBC News 14 Jun 2016
Former Southampton, Hereford United and Republic of Ireland defender Tony Byrne has died at the age of 70. Byrne began his career at Millwall before joining Saints in August 1964 ... Super League academy player, 17, dies from injuries suffered in match ... 17, dies from injuries suffered in match....

Wings guitarist Henry McCullough has died, aged 72

Edit NME 14 Jun 2016
Henry McCullough, a rock guitarist who performed with Wings and Jimmy Hendrix, has died, aged 72. The Northern Irish musician, who died on Tuesday morning, toured and recorded with Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s. He was invited to join the band following a number of jamming sessions with McCartney, going on to play guitar on Wings’ hit Bond theme 'Live and Let Die' ... And I just thought, Fucking great....

UAE military helicopter crash pilots were due to be fathers

Edit The National 14 Jun 2016
FUJAIRAH // Both the pilots who died when their military aircraft crashed on Monday in Yemen have pregnant wives and one of them was due to be a father for the first time. Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, a 34-year-old father of twins, and Abdullah Al Yamahi, 26, died a day after another military helicopter crashed, killing both its pilot and co-pilot too ... "His last phone call was made to his wife the day before he died....

Henry McCullough, guitarist in Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 72

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 14 Jun 2016
LONDON — Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Paul McCartney’s former band Wings, has died at 72. McCullough died Tuesday after a long illness, according to his agent Nigel Martyn, who said the guitarist never fully recovered from a severe heart attack suffered four years ago ... McCullough, who also played on the single of “Live and Let Die,” walked out of Wings in July 1973 after clashing with McCartney....

As Myanmar emerges from junta's shadow, war veterans left behind

Edit Topix 14 Jun 2016
Disabled and collecting fees to use a public toilet in a busy Yangon market was not how Kyaw Kyaw Oo imagined the life of a soldier when he lied about his age to join the Myanmar army at 16. Four years later, a landmine blast tore through his legs during fighting in the country's east. He nearly died from an infection after an eight-day journey to hospital and lost both his legs ... ....

Dead voters and out-of-staters will be purged from rolls

Edit Springfield News-Sun 14 Jun 2016
More than 1.5 million Ohioans who are eligible to vote but haven’t registered will get an invitation in August to join the voter rolls and thousands who have died or moved out of state will be dropped, under a new partnership between the Ohio Secretary of State and a national non-profit organization ... Joining ERIC will allow Ohio to check records against other member states and national data such as the U.S....

Paul McCartney Mourns Death of Wings Guitarist Henry McCullough

Edit Rollingstone 14 Jun 2016
The musician — who was in Wings from 1972 through 1973 — died today at age 72 ... He also appeared on the legendary James Bond theme "Live and Let Die" that the band recorded for the film of the same name ... He was part of the psychedelic band the People before later joining Joe Cocker's Grease Band ......

Paul McCartney Reacts to Death of Wings Guitarist Henry McCullough

Edit Billboard 14 Jun 2016
If you've ever heard the elegant solo on the Wings song "My Love" or the reggae-like riffs of "Live and Let Die," then you are familiar with the work of Henry McCullough. The former member of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band Wings and veteran session musician died Tuesday (June 14) at age 72 after a long illness, his ......

New chief executive of SBS Bank

Edit Otago Daily Times 14 Jun 2016
Shaun Drylie has been appointed the new chief executive of SBS Bank, replacing Wayne Evans who died suddenly in January ... delighted to be joining the SBS team....

Darren Rodgers: Republic of Ireland fans' tribute to Northern Ireland fan

Edit BBC News 14 Jun 2016
The 24-year-old Ballymena man died in a fall in Nice, France, in the early hours of Monday morning ... The timing was chosen due to his age. Fans watching the game in Belfast's designated fanzone joined in the gesture with a minute long round of applause. Boxer Carl Frampton has joined those welcoming the gesture, tweeting that it was "amazing" ... ....

McCartney pays tribute as Irish guitarist Henry McCullough dies

Edit The Irish Times 14 Jun 2016
Henry McCullough, the Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter who was the only Irishman to play at Woodstock in 1969 and later with Paul McCartney’s Wings, has died. Born in Portstewart, Co Derry, in 1943, the 72-year-old musician, who played with some of the most famous rock musicians of the last half-century, died at his Antrim home on Tuesday....
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