After the couple were found dead in their New Mexico home Wednesday, they were “transported to the Office of the Medical Investigator,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a news release.

He performed autopsies on some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But many don’t know the behind-the-scenes struggles the so-called coroner to the stars faced as he navigated handling celebrity deaths in ...

Michael Jackson was "very frail" when he died, aged 50. Celebrities have made their mark across the world, loved by fans for different reasons. Big names such as Michael Jackson and Robin Williams ...

Death is always tragic, and the death of a celebrity can indeed affect many people. While it is true that many stars have died in bizarre circumstances, we've only discovered how unusual some of these ...

The very public sharing of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s health details raises ethical questions over privacy. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following news of the deaths of actor Gene ...

About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. The best way to find out why a stillbirth occurred is a fetal autopsy – yet these procedures are performed in only 1 in 5 of the over 20,000 ...

The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck. By Vivian Yee Bilal Shbair and Christoph Koettl Vivian Yee reported from ...