https://www.wcmu.org/tags/death Death en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:00:50 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-05/person-confirmed-dead-at-mackinac-bridge A person was confirmed dead at the Mackinac Bridge by the Mackinac County Sheriff's Office Tuesday. Officials are investigating the incident as a suicide. Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:00:50 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-05/person-confirmed-dead-at-mackinac-bridge Grace Walker https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-22/kent-county-health-department-reports-michigans-first-west-nile-death-of-2025 The victim, a West Michigan man, lived less than 3,000 feet from a site where mosquitoes carrying the virus were recently found. Statewide, five other cases have been confirmed. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-22/kent-county-health-department-reports-michigans-first-west-nile-death-of-2025 Maxwell Howard https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-03-11/4-charged-in-death-of-5-year-old-boy-incinerated-in-hyperbaric-chamber-explosion Four people have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed inside a pressurized oxygen chamber at a medical facility in suburban Detroit. Michigan’s attorney general says Thomas Cooper from Royal Oak, Michigan, was “incinerated” when the hyperbaric chamber exploded in January at the Oxford Center in Troy. The center's founder and three others were arrested Monday on charges including second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter. Arraignments are scheduled Tuesday afternoon. A lawyer for one defendant told the AP he wants to remind everyone that "this was an accident, not an intentional act." Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:30:56 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-03-11/4-charged-in-death-of-5-year-old-boy-incinerated-in-hyperbaric-chamber-explosion Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-06-07/families-and-activists-call-for-transparency-in-cases-of-police-related-deaths Dozens of friends, family members and supporters of three young men who died in incidents involving law enforcement officers marched on the state Capitol in Lansing Friday. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:40:18 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-06-07/families-and-activists-call-for-transparency-in-cases-of-police-related-deaths Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-03-21/midland-organization-helps-children-parents-process-grief Children's Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region offers support for people experience the loss of a loved one. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:46:39 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-03-21/midland-organization-helps-children-parents-process-grief Tina Sawyer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-05-30/14-michigan-cemeteries-offer-green-burials-more-may-follow-suit We’re used to hearing about environmentally-friendly practices like recycling and limiting energy use. But there’s a new trend – let’s call it a different form of composting... We’re talking about skipping the casket and resting-in-peace, directly in the ground. Tue, 30 May 2023 15:04:29 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-05-30/14-michigan-cemeteries-offer-green-burials-more-may-follow-suit Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-04-25/researchers-say-more-young-people-are-dying-from-incidents-involving-firearms-than-in-vehicle-crashes Researchers at the University of Michigan say, for the first time in a half-century, more young people are dying from incidents involving firearms, than in vehicle crashes. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:11:22 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-04-25/researchers-say-more-young-people-are-dying-from-incidents-involving-firearms-than-in-vehicle-crashes Quinn Klinefelter https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-01-26/more-people-died-in-michigan-in-2020-than-were-born More people died in Michigan in 2020 than were born. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:44:36 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-01-26/more-people-died-in-michigan-in-2020-than-were-born Dustin Dwyer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-12-27/mowtown-legend-wanda-young-has-died One of the stars of Motown records has died. Mon, 27 Dec 2021 23:35:27 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-12-27/mowtown-legend-wanda-young-has-died Quinn Klinefelter https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-08-27/study-finds-police-use-of-force-a-leading-cause-of-death-among-young-black-men New research out of the University of Michigan has found that police are the sixth leading cause of death among young black men. Researchers behind the… Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:15:55 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2019-08-27/study-finds-police-use-of-force-a-leading-cause-of-death-among-young-black-men