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Jiggly Caliente from the cast of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6" visits the Empire State Building on June 24, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file)

Drag performer Jiggly Caliente from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ franchise dies at 44 after hospitalization

Drag performer Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who was known as reality television star Jiggly Caliente on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” has died. She was 44. Her family says she died days after a “serious infection” that led to hospitalization and leg amputation.
 
Cincinnati Reds' Billy Hamilton (9) shares a laugh with Reds executive advisor Walt Jocketty, left, at the Reds' baseball spring training facility Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Walt Jocketty, a former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, dies at 74

 
Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew in Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has died

 
This 2024 photo provided by the International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis., shows Rob Holland. (Lorrie Penner/International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis. via AP)

Rob Holland, famed aerobatic pilot, dies in crash before Virginia airshow

 
Chicago Bears nine-time Pro Bowler Mike Singletary (50) gets a bear hug from teammate Steve McMichael (76) prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Chicago, Dec. 13, 1992. (AP Photo/David Boe, File)

Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael dies at 67 after battle with ALS

 

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Warren Upton sits for a portrait with his daughter Barbara Upton at his home in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105

 
Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Suzuki Motor former boss Osamu Suzuki, who turned the minicar maker into a global player, dies at 94

 
Richard Parsons, Chairman of Citigroup, speaks at Time Warner's headquarters Monday, June 15, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Richard Parsons, prominent executive who led Time Warner and Citigroup, dies at 76

 
Dorthy Moxley, the mother of murder victim Martha Moxley, leaves State Superior Court, on the sixth day of Michael Skakel's habeas corpus trial, April 23, 2013, in Vernon, Conn. (Jason Rearick/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, File)

Mother who fought for justice in daughter’s murder case involving Kennedy cousin has died

 

‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies in a fall from a moving vehicle

 
Former Philadelphia Eagles player Bill Bergey signs autographs for fans at the Eagles' NFL football training camp, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bill Bergey, a Pro Bowl linebacker for the Eagles, dies at 79

 
Suriname's President Desi Bouterse, re-elected to a second, five-year term, attends his swearing-in ceremony in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Ertugrul Kilic, File)

Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

 
Producer Richard Perry poses for a photo in Los Angeles, Jan. 18, 1982. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Richard Perry, record producer behind ‘You’re So Vain’ and other hits, dies at 82

 
Indian film directors Shyam Benegal, right, is seen during a discussion on Indian Cinema in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, File)

Legendary Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at age 90

 
Rickey Henderson waves to the crowd during a presentation after he stole third base against the Toronto Blue Jays in the seventh inning to break Ty Cobb's career stolen base record, at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., May 30, 1990. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Reactions to the death of baseball’s stolen base king Rickey Henderson

 
Former Oakland Athletics player Rickey Henderson looks on before a baseball game between the Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s stolen base king, has died at 65

 
George Eastham looks on in London, Aug. 1, 1966. (PA via AP)

George Eastham, England 1966 World Cup winning squad member who criticized apartheid, dies at 88

 

Max Muhleman, who revolutionized seat licensing and helped bring pro sports to Charlotte, dies at 88

 
Japanese media mogul Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, speaks to reporters in Tokyo, on Jan. 17, 2014. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98

 
In this Feb. 14, 1965, file photo, Fred Lorenzen, of Elmhurst, Ill., gives a victory wave after winning the Daytona 500 mile stock car auto race which was halted by rain at the end of 133 laps, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/File)

Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, dies at 89

 
Belgian cyclist Rik van Looy, center, on the winner's podium in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, West Germany, August 14, 1960. (AP Photo, File)

Rik Van Looy, one of greatest one-day cyclists, dies at 90

 
Phoenix Suns' Dick van Arsdale, right, comes in on a play as New York Knicks' Dick Barnett, left, prepares to move out with the ball during an NBA basketball game at New York's Madison Square Garden, Oct. 21, 1969. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)

Dick Van Arsdale, 3-time All-Star and a member of the original Phoenix Suns in 1968, dies at 81

 
Indian Tabla expert Zakir Hussain laughs during a press conference to announce a musical concert in Mumbai, India, on Dec 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude, File)

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

 
U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., speaks during a debate against 5th district challenger Republican state Sen. Mick Mulvaney in Lake Wylie, S.C. (AP Photo/The Herald, Melissa Cherry, File)

Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82

 
Pearl Harbor Navy veteran Bob Fernandez is photographed at home Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Lodi, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Bob Fernandez, 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies peacefully at home 83 years after bombing

 
South Carolina state Sen. Kay Patterson eulogizes former Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., during Thurmond's funeral service at First Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, July 1, 2003. (Tim Dominick/The State via AP, Pool, File)

Kay Patterson, who rose from janitor at segregated South Carolina capitol to state senator, dies

 
Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, question panel of witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2006, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Jim Leach, former US representative from Iowa, dies at 82

 
Seattle Kraken founding owner David Bonderman, right, steps up to the podium after the National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, named Seattle as the league's 32nd franchise, Dec. 4, 2018, in Sea Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

David Bonderman, co-founder of private equity firm TPG and co-owner of Seattle Kraken, dies at 82

 

George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89

 
FILE - Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Rocky Colavito throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Indians played the Los Angeles Angels in a baseball game, Aug. 10, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Rocky Colavito, 9-time All-Star outfielder and one of Cleveland’s most popular athletes, dies at 91

 
FILE -In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, Frieder Reimold the former Berlin bureau chief of The Associated Press' German service poses for a photo at the bridge on Bornholmer Strasse during an interview with the Associated Press at the Berlin Wall Memorial side in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Frieder Reimold, journalist who wrote AP’s iconic ‘East Germany opens borders’ bulletin, dies at 80

 
Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

 
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Merv Rettenmund in Miami, in 1968. (AP Photo/TM, File)

Merv Rettenmund, outfielder who won World Series titles with the Orioles and Reds, dies at 81

 
Clarke Reed, who was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1966-76, discusses the contested 1976 Republican National Convention in Greenville, Miss., on April 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Clarke Reed, who helped Gerald Ford win the 1976 Republican nomination, has died at 96

 
Adam Pemble smiles as he poses for a photo on a train in Ukraine where he was filming an all formats interview with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 28 2023. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52

 
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