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A 'Wipeout' contestant passed away after competing on the show. Here's what to know about his death, as well as Tom Sparks' death on 'Wipeout' back in 2009. Source: ABCOn Friday, Nov. 20, 2021, it was reported that a Wipeout contestant had died after competing in an obstacle course while filming. The contestant started to have chest pains sometime after completing the course. Although on-set medics treated the contestant and immediately transported him to a hospital, the contestant — whose name was Michael Paredes — ultimately died.

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said sensitive election materials will no longer be kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Naija News reports that Yakubu stated this on Saturday at an election dialogue, ‘The Electorate’, organised by Enough is Enough (EiE). While revealing that materials will no longer be “routed” through the CBN, the INEC chairman said the electoral body has never had an issue with the CBN since the partnership started.

Full Name: Linda Evenstad Profession: Actress Biography: Linda Evans is most famous for her role in the US primetime soap opera "Dynasty" (1981-89), in which she played the role of Crystal Carrington opposite John Forsythe and Joan Collins. She won a Golden Globe in 1981 and a People's Choice Award in 1982 for her role and was nominated for an Emmy in 1983. In 1984-85 Dynasty was the No. 1 show on US television, outranking its soap opera rival "

- MEND has disbanded its negotiation team it set to meet with the federal government - It said it will monitor the Avengers and their negotiation team for 6 months - The militant group said it hopes all Niger Delta people speak with one voice The Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta (MEND) has said that it is watching Chief Edwin Clark and his group for six months.

A Northern youths group, Coalition of Arewa Youths for Peace and National Development (COAYPANU) has removed the Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Kashim Shettima, as its patron. Naija News reports that the group made this known in a statement on Sunday issued by its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Gwadabe. Gwadabe said Shettima’s removal was based on his controversial comment on capacity of the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.

Profession: Civil Rights Activist Biography: A close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., Abernathy and King co-founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1957 in Alabama. Abernathy became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference upon King's assassination in 1968, an organization they had both co-founded. Abernathy was also a key negotiator in the peace deal to end the stand-off between the FBI and the leaders of the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee in 1973.

July 24, 2015 11:44 AM EDT Sony altered a scene in its newly released film Pixels in order to avoid running afoul of censors in China, now the second-largest film market after the United States. Reuters reports, citing emails leaked by Sony hackers, that a scene in the original Pixels script featuring aliens shooting a hole in the Great Wall of China was scrapped because it would “not benefit the China release at all,” according to a Sony executive.

Are you looking for the perfect name for your baby boy or baby girl? Why not try a Taiwanese one. Taiwanese baby names have a beautiful flow when pronounced, and most of them translate to beautiful meanings. In Taiwan, one’s surname comes before their given names. For instance, TSANG Ting-Hua. The surname usually has one syllable, and the rest generally have one to two syllables. It is common for the younger generation of Taiwanese to have an English name.

Melissa Rauch, who stars on 'Night Court' has been married to her husband since 2007. Who is he and do they have any children together? Source: getty imagesActor and comedian Melissa Rauch, who is best known for her role in The Big Bang Theory, makes her TV return in the new Night Court reboot. The highly anticipated series is a revival of the original series of the same name that aired from 1984 to 1992.