Timothy Wright, 61 year old Gospel singer and pastor, remains in critical but stable condition at a Pennsylvania hospital and will undergo surgery, to repair a fractured jaw, on 17th July 2008, according to his spokesman. He also suffered a fractured ankle, leg, neck and ribs.

Pastor Timothy Wright was severely injured in a horrific car crash on July 4 that killed his wife Betty Wright, 58, and 14-year-old grandson, D.J. Wright.

Pastor Timothy Wright has still not been told that both his wife Betty Wright and grandson D.J. Wright have died.

All his five sons are said to be waiting till the pastor’s condition improves before breaking the tragic news about his beloved wife and grandson.

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Dr. Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart surgeon who is renowned for his procedures developing bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died at the age of 99.

Houston’s Methodist Hospital officials said DeBakey died of natural causes. They gave no additional details.

In Feb 2006, DeBakey underwent surgery, that used a procedure that he invented, for a damaged aorta.

“Dr. DeBakey’s reputation brought many people into this institution, and he treated them all: heads of state, entertainers, businessmen and presidents, as well as people with no titles and no means,” said Ron Girotto, president of the Methodist Hospital System.

“He has improved the human condition and touched the lives of generations to come.”

Dr. DeBakey is a pioneer in the development of artificial hearts, heart pumps, and other medical tools.

The famed doctor also assisted in the design of several surgical instruments as well.

DeBakey’s first wife, Diana Cooper DeBakey, died of a heart attack in 1972. Three years later, DeBakey married a German film actress, Katrin Fehlhaber.

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Six to eight wedding crashers cashed the wedding reception party Saturday night 9 p.m. at the red-brick Niles Banquet Hall in Fremont’s historic Niles commercial district. That sparked a fight that spilled into the hall’s parking lot, police said, where five men were stabbed and another was beaten.

Three stabbing victims were transported to Eden Hospital, a fourth stabbing victim was transported to Regional Medical Center in Milpitas and a fifth stabbing victim was airlifted to Stanford Hospital. A sixth patient was taken to Regional Medical Center with a blunt trauma injury, according to the Fremont Fire Department.

“Anytime we have a gathering that includes young men and alcohol it can attract problems,” said Lt. Mark Devine of the Fremont Police Department, who said there were no immediate plans to review the banquet hall’s permits. “We’re still searching for the assailants. We know the suspects are Hispanic males with shaved heads and no shirts.”

On 16th Feb 2008, a 35-year-old man, Francisco Sanchez, was fatally shot by party crashers during a wedding reception at the same place. An 18-year-old Hayward man was arrested in that case.

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Is this a hoax? This news has been circulating on the internet. It said 7 women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample.

Here is the news:

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Please spend 1 minute and read on… News from Gleneagles Hospital (Ampang) URGENT !!!!! from Gleneagles Hospital Limited

Seven women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample that was mailed to them. The product was poisonous. If you receive free samples in the mail such as lotions, perfumes, diapers etc. throw them away. The government is afraid that this might be another terrorist act. They will not announce it on the news because they do not want to create panic or give the terrorists new ideas. Send this to all your friends and family members.

Warmest Regards,

Mei ling
Gleneagles Hospital Limited
Human Resource Department
Tel: 03-4270 3474
Fax: 03-4270 3472

According to Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, the news is a hoax.
Here is the link.

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