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TikTok star Brooke Eby, who built a huge following by documenting her battle with ALS and tackling the disease with humor and brutal honesty, is dead.

The ALS Network announced Brooke's death Thursday ... saying the community was mourning an "extraordinary advocate, storyteller, community builder and friend."

Brooke was diagnosed with ALS -- also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- in March 2022, about four years after she first began experiencing symptoms.

Actress Mary Louise Weller -- best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 classic comedy film, "Animal House," is dead.

Mary died Thursday, one day before her birthday, after battling a brief illness ... her longtime boyfriend, Michael Roy Curtis, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The official cause of death is unclear.

Mary became famous for playing Pepperidge -- a stunningly beautiful, snobby college cheerleader -- opposite John Belushi, who played the infamous Bluto of Delta House -- a troubled fraternity at Faber College.

A couple in Georgia has been charged with murder in connection with their 2-year-old daughter's death after toxicology testing prompted the medical examiner to rule it a homicide ... and cops are highlighting nitrous oxide and kratom.

The Conyers Police Department says 30-year-old Rafael Wynn and 28-year-old Kerri Dysart were arrested Sept. 24 and charged with second-degree murder.

Cops say their 2-year-old daughter Nevaeh Wynn was pronounced dead on May 3 ... after cops were called to the home for a report of an unresponsive child.

Mary Cosby went back to work pretty soon after her son, Robert Cosby Jr., passed away ... and she's now revealing she had to compartmentalize her life to get through it.

The new season of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" is out now ... and fans are seeing Mary deal with Robert's shocking death ... with a new scene showing her just two weeks after his "homegoing."

Mary says she's in "survival mode" ... forcing herself to only think about Robert briefly -- and not allowing her grief to consume her.

A helicopter with 5 people aboard crashed into the water off SoCal's Catalina Island, leaving 2 dead ... and, ironically, the chopper was in the middle of a mission to save a patient.

Four of the medevac helicopter's occupants were pulled from the water Wednesday night in joint efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard, local fire departments and L.A. County Sheriff's Office just before 8 PM.

The chopper had just taken off from Catalina, heading back to mainland California, when it went down ... according to officials.

"Wife Swap" star James Cuda passed away from "sudden cardiac death" inside a Pennsylvania sober house in August, according to a coroner. 

Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes tells TMZ ... Cuda -- best known as Princess on "Wife Swap" -- also tested negative for drugs and alcohol, and he died of natural causes. 

As we first reported ... Cuda's body was found inside a sober home in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on August 30. 

A NYC subway employee made a grim discovery inside a utility closet this weekend ... the remains of a man who had been decomposing for multiple days.

The MTA track worker who made the grim find had opened up the closet around 100 feet away from 125th Street Station on the 6 Line on Saturday morning ... the New York Post reported.

An insider told the publication that the body -- which belonged to a guy in his 20s or 30s -- had been there in the tunnel's closet at least a few days.

An Australian man was captured on camera chasing his young daughter around a house in Indonesia before killing her, his son, and himself.

4-year-old Laura and 6-year-old Archie and their 56-year-old father, Damien John Shaw, were found dead in the southern Bali home after their mom asked a worker to check on them ... according to Australian outlets.

The mother was reportedly out of town and got worried when she could hear her daughter crying while on the phone with Shaw before the call got cut.

A pediatric physician was fatally stabbed, and his wife has been left critically injured ... after a man in his underwear claiming to be God allegedly broke into their home and attacked them in their sleep with a knife.

Dr. Idris Evans -- who was a pediatric critical care doctor at a children's hospital -- was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital ... WPXI reported.

His wife -- who was also wounded in the attack -- rushed next door to a neighbor's to call 911 ... and thankfully their two kids also escaped the home in time ... according to WPXI.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko left the team to return home to Russia and grieve with his family ... after the NHL star's father was mauled to death by a bear.

The Penguins announced Thursday that Kuzmenko was taking a break after the death of his 62-year-old father, Alexander, in Russia. Earlier in the day, Kuzmenko reportedly showed up for practice with his teammates before flying to Moscow to mourn with his family.

According to Ren.tv. -- a Russian media outlet -- Alexander was on a fishing trip Tuesday when he was mauled by a bear that came out of the woods in Siberia's Tuva Republic.

Authorities are investigating the death of 4-year-old Jayde Wooten who was found upside down in a trash can full of water and fish.

According to WGXA, the girl's father told a deputy that he'd just gotten home and couldn't find his daughter in her room.

He says he then woke up Jayde's mother, who claims to have fallen asleep while Jayde was eating in the kitchen.

Jim Copenhaver, who was severely wounded during the Trump assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania in 2024, is dead.

House Republicans announced Jim's death Thursday in a social media post ... "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Copenhaver, who was gravely wounded in the horrific shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania."

Jim was one of two people injured when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at Donald Trump's July 13, 2024 campaign rally. He was hospitalized and discharged a week later. The cause of death is unclear.

A 10-year-old boy and his fifth-grade teacher were found dead Wednesday during a frantic police search after they went missing and ultimately drowned in an Iowa reservoir during a school field trip.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Wednesday night, announcing that its deputies and other law enforcement agencies discovered the bodies of Ahmed Osman, 10, and Hannah Jorgensen, 24, floating in the water at the Coralville Reservoir in Iowa City.

The Sheriff's Office called their deaths a "tragic accident" that occurred while the two were on a field trip with a bunch of fifth graders from Borlaug Elementary School at Lake MacBride State Park near the Coralville Reservoir.

A California college wrestler is dead after he fell near Illilouette Falls at Yosemite National Park.

Santa Rosa Junior College Coach Fred Duerr confirmed that wrestler Ryan George died over the weekend ... according to multiple reports.

Duerr said ... "If you knew Ryan, you know he was one of the most genuine, positive people you could ever meet. He had this way of lighting up a room, making you feel welcome, and bringing out the best in everyone around him."

B2K singer Raz B was frantic and heartbroken on the 911 call after finding his 3-month-old son unresponsive ... repeatedly begging dispatchers to send help.

TMZ obtained the call from the morning Astro Monte Thornton died ... with Raz telling the operator, "My son died. My son is not breathing."

Raz pleads, "Please hurry up," as the dispatcher tries to confirm the address and Astro's age.

Former "Amazing Race" contestant Tim Janus, who competed alongside Joey Chestnut on the show's 30th season, is dead.

Tim, who was known in the competitive eating circuit as Eater X, died Sept. 16 following a cancer diagnosis ... his publicist confirmed to Major League Eating.

He climbed the sport's ranks to eventually become the No. 2 competitive eater in the world ... behind only Joey.