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X-Men star dies aged 42

<p>Adan Canto has died aged 42. </p> <p>The Hollywood star died on Monday following a private battle with appendiceal cancer, reported <em><a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/adan-canto-dead-cleaning-lady-x-men-1235866602/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a></em>. </p> <p>Canto was best known for his role as Arman Morales in Fox's series <em>The Cleaning Lady</em>, and Sunspot in <em>X-Men: Days of Future Past.  </em>He also starred in a few other TV series including<em> The Following</em> and <em>Designated Survivor</em>.</p> <p>The actor was enjoying his success as Arman Morales, when he was diagnosed with cancer, and was forced to step back from the role as his health declined. </p> <p>Canto's agents have confirmed his passing. </p> <p>“Adan had a depth of spirit that few truly knew. Those who glimpsed it were changed forever,”  they said. </p> <p>"He will be greatly missed by so many.”</p> <p>Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment have also paid tribute to the actor in a joint statement. </p> <p>“We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Adan Canto. A wonderful actor and dear friend, we were honoured to have him as part of the Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment families since his US debut in The Following more than a decade ago,” the statement read. </p> <p>“Most recently, he lit up the screen in The Cleaning Lady with a powerful performance that showcased his artistry, range, depth and vulnerability. This is an unfathomable loss, and we grieve alongside his wife Stephanie, their children and loved ones. We will miss Adan dearly.”</p> <p>Canto is survived by his wife, sculptor Stephanie Lindquist and their two young children Roman Alder, 3, and Eve Josephine, 1. </p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p> <p> </p>

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Tributes as TV presenter Erin Jayne Plummer dies suddenly at 42

<p dir="ltr">Television presenter Erin Jayne Plummer has died “suddenly” over the weekend aged 42.</p> <p dir="ltr">Plummer was best known for hosting advertorials on morning show <em>Studio 10</em> as well as shopping channel <em>TVSN</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Hosts Sarah Harris and Angela Bishop shared the devastating news on Monday morning describing Erin as a “gorgeous human inside and out”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We've got some really sad news to share this morning,” Sarah began.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Over the weekend, Studio 10 lost a bit of its sparkle with our friend and advertorial host Erin Jayne passing away suddenly.</p> <p dir="ltr">“For two decades, Erin has been a friendly and familiar face on Australian telly, and for a lot of that she's been brightening up our mornings with her bubbly personality and megawatt smile.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Erin was just a gorgeous human inside and out, and if it wasn't for TV, perhaps Erin may have had a sporting career.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She represented Australia in synchronised swimming and even surf life saving, and there's no question that Erin Jayne was a high achiever, and certainly a gold-medal mum to her three young girls.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We'll miss your sunshine around the studio, Erin Jayne, and all of us here are sending lots of love and strength to her family. You'll be very missed.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Erin’s spectacular career saw her become a presenter for <em>Aerobics Oz Style</em> which aired in more than 80 countries and had an audience of 40 million people.</p> <p dir="ltr">Other host roles Erin did include <em>MTV, Guest TV, TVSN, Totally Active TV, The Morning Show</em> and <em>Channel 10 Sport</em> (Nutri-Grain Ironman Series).</p> <p dir="ltr">She also featured on many TVCs including Sunrice, Gatorade, Sony Wega, Razzamatazz, Australian Tourism, Allens Lollies and Subaru.</p> <p dir="ltr">Erin represented Australia as an accomplished synchronised swimmer at three world championships and won 11 national titles.</p> <p dir="ltr">Erin leaves behind her husband and three daughters. The cause of her death remains unknown.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: StarNow/Studio 10</em></p>

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Bride at wedding where 42 fell ill with coronavirus finally speaks out

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>A bride in NSW has shared the “huge shock” of 42 people being diagnosed with coronavirus after attending her wedding in southern NSW. Emma Metcalf and Scott Maggs got married on March 6th at Tumbling Waters Retreat in Stanwell Tops and were informed that their guests had come down with the virus four days into their honeymoon.</p> <p>The couple have tested negative after returning from their honeymoon to the Maldives, but the bride has opened up about the experience.</p> <p>“We had 120 guests and the reception was one big party where we all laughed, danced and enjoyed every single moment,” she said to<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/coronavirus-in-nsw-bride-emma-metcalf-opens-up-after-42-people-at-her-wedding-fall-ill-with-covid-19-c-1007349" target="_blank">7News</a></em>.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9h20QyHDBX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9h20QyHDBX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Emma Metcalf (@emma_metcalf)</a> on Mar 9, 2020 at 3:05pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>However, just four days into their honeymoon, two of the couple’s wedding guests let them know they had tested positive for COVID-19.</p> <p>“It was a huge shock and, as you would imagine, it caused us a lot of worry,” Emma said.</p> <p>“We were grateful they came forward when they did, so we could immediately inform our other guests and provide information to the health department.”</p> <p>Emma said that the people who initially came forward with the diagnosis experienced some stigma and the couple were blamed for holding the wedding.</p> <p>“It’s important for us to note that on the day of our wedding – March 6 – there were no restrictions on events or travel bans.</p> <p>“We would never have put people at risk knowingly. If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn’t have gone ahead with the wedding. That’s a fact.</p> <p>“We have received negative feedback online for ‘putting people at risk,’ but we never wanted this to happen.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B98grWOg6Wm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B98grWOg6Wm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Emma Metcalf (@emma_metcalf)</a> on Mar 19, 2020 at 11:31pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The newlyweds have said that this experience has brought them closer together.</p> <p>“Despite what’s happened, I will always remember our wedding as a day filled with extreme amounts of love.</p> <p>“I’m grateful to spend the rest of my life with Scott – knowing we can overcome the craziest – and most serious – situations together.”</p> <p>Wedding guests have since messaged the couple saying that they are in the clear after being diagnosed with coronavirus.</p> <p>“This week, we’ve started getting text messages from people saying they’re in the clear.</p> <p>“That’s all we can hope for; our loved ones to be healthy and safe.”</p> <p><em>Photo credit:<span> </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.facebook.com/katrollingsphotography" target="_blank">Kat Rollings Photography</a><span> </span> <span> </span></em></p> </div> </div> </div>

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Bunnings selling years’ worth of toilet paper for $42

<p>Bunnings Australia is selling jumbo toilet paper rolls that could last an entire year as “panic buying” continues due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p> <p>The hardware store is now offering shoppers industrial sized toilet papers, which is usually used in public bathrooms and shopping centres.</p> <p>For $42, shoppers can purchase eight rolls of Scott Essential Jumbo Tissue Rolls – measuring 2,400 metres, while the six-pack of Kleenex rolls, which total 1,800 metres will cost $75.</p> <p>The website states the jumbo-sized toilet papers “deliver quality with superior softness, strength, absorbency and comfort.”</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 311.216429699842px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7835078/1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/a2a38cc4393d48f6b00bb308cb2eb53f" /></p> <p>“If anyone gets truly desperate Bunnings sells the industrial rolls, the ones you usually find in public toilets in the large dispensers,” wrote one shopper.</p> <p>“It’s not going to run out on you anytime soon.”</p> <p>According to some shoppers, the toilet rolls could last an entire year, but that depends on how many people live in one household.</p> <p>The item comes after the Australian Government and health authorities pleaded with people to not panic-buy, but after chaotic scenes at supermarkets around the country, it was evident that people were not taking notice.</p> <p>As of Thursday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Australia was 129.</p>

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Is this Australia’s most expensive pile of rubble? Vacant block on Sydney Harbour hits the market

<p>A mystery owner of an abandoned lot in one of the most expensive streets in Australia, has hit the market for $25 million - only seven months after it was sold for $22.5 million. </p> <p>The vacant block of land is part of a residential street that might just be one of the most exclusive in the world, on 42 Wolseley Road, Point Piper. </p> <p>Just stretching 740 square metres - no bigger than three tennis courts - the property has changed hands eight times in the last 20 years. </p> <p>Before the mysterious proprietor took ownership, their were a number of high profile buyers including Hugh Huang, son of Chinese shipping magnate <em>Shannian Huang, </em> who purchased it from<em> Sydney FC</em> chairman, Scott Barlow for $14.35 million in 2013. </p> <p>Before abruptly abandoning the plan to rebuild a new mansion, Huang knocked down the original 1970’s built home. He went on to sell the slab of land for $22.5 million to an unknown buyer, who put the home under his accountant, Peter Wyer. </p> <p>The buyer added a U-turn and then put it back on the market, and is asking for the original purchase price back -plus a $1.5 million stamp duty, and a $1 million profit. </p> <p>Selling agent Bill Malouf of LJ Hooker Double Bay told<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7351295/Australias-expensive-pile-rubble-goes-sale-25million.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a></em><span> </span>the property was “a bargain”. </p> <p>“You’re not going to get on this street under this sort of money.” </p> <p>Mr Malouf said if he had been selling a newly built home on the slame block of land, it would go for a much higher price. </p> <p>“You’d have to say the median price of Wolseley Road is in excess of $40 million,” he said.</p> <p>“You don’t even get a look in on the waterfront side for less than $40 million plus. Everyone considers Wolseley Road as the most expensive street in Australia and it is. </p> <p>“We’ve got stuff down there that we’ve sold at $60 million and above, so this is an attractive purchase. There are properties there worth $100 million plus.”</p> <p>Other former owners of the property include hotelier Damien Reed, wholesaler Look Sharp co-founders Rosena and Eddie Yip and Bushells Tea heir Amber Pavlik. </p> <p>The luxurious Wolseley Road is home to the likes of Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, Westfield chairman Frank Lowy and Hungry Jack’s owner Jack Cowin.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the home. </p>

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Millionaire leaves nothing to partner of 42 years in will

<p><span>Despite being together for 42 years, a millionaire landowner who died left nothing behind in his will for his partner.</span></p> <p><span>Wynford Hodge, who owned Parsonage Farm and Caravan Park in Wales, died after battling prostate cancer in 2017.</span></p> <p><span>Mr Hodge left behind more than $2,700,000 in funds and assets but the 92-year-old did not want his 79-year-old partner or his children to inherit any of his money.</span></p> <p><span>When Mr Hodge's health deteriorated, his partner Jane Thompson took on the role of his main carer.</span></p> <p><span>The High Court were told that Mr Hodge had made 10 wills before his death.</span></p> <p><span>In his final will, Mr Hodge left all of his wealth to his two tenants, Karla Evans and Agon Berisha, who worked at his properties.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="500" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7817779/1_500x280.jpg" alt="1 (127)"/></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Parsonage Farm and Caravan Park via Google Maps</em></p> <p><span>Mr Hodge said Ms Thompson was “financially comfortable” and didn’t need any of his money.</span></p> <p><span>In reality, his partner had only been left with savings of about $4,500.</span></p> <p><span>Judge Milywn Jarman ruled that Mr Hodge failed to meet his responsibilities to his partner and awarded Ms Thompson a cottage on the estate wroth $410,000.</span></p> <p><span>She also received almost $346,000 to pay for the renovation of the cottage and to give her financial security.</span></p>

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A Saudi prince is giving away his $42 billion fortune, starting with 10,000 homes and cars for needy families

<p>It always warms the heart to read about acts of generosity, no matter how small. Well, prepare yourself for the mother of all generous acts: a Saudi prince has pledged to give away his $42.7 billion fortune to charity.</p> <p>Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal made the announcement last week, revealing that he would be donating 10,000 houses and 10,000 cars over the next ten years through his charity, the Alwaleed Philanthropies Foundation. This is just the first gift made by the prince, who signed up for The Giving Pledge, created by Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffet.</p> <p>The prince said that philanthropy is “a personal responsibility,” and revealed that the money he donates will be used to “help build bridges to foster cultural understanding, develop communities, empower women, enable youth, provide vital disaster relief and create a more tolerant and accepting world.”</p> <p>Prince Alwaleed is listed as number 34 on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world. For years, the prince has been involved with charitable efforts in concert with the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, The Carter Cener, and the Weill Cornell Medical College.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/news/news/2015/07/mother-duck-pedestrian-crossing/">Watch this mother duck teach her babies to cross at a pedestrian crossing</a></span></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/news/news/2015/07/fencing-playground-debate/">Does fencing playgrounds make them safer, or make for lazy parents?</a></span></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/news/news/2015/07/ageing-study-three-times-faster/">A study has revealed that some people age 3 times faster than others</a></span></em></strong></p>

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