In 2000, there were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. In 2005 and 2006 this number decreased to 61 and 62 respectively, while the number of fatalities dropped to only four per year. Of these attacks, the majority occurred in the United States (53 in 2000, 40 in 2005, and 39 in 2006).
J.K. Rowling tweeted an apology to Harry Potter fans about Fred's death. Fred Weasley was hardly the boy who lived. The character in the Harry Potter books and movies was killed off in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and author J.K. Rowling is now apologizing for the loss.
Gunnar Hansen, who created one of the most iconic characters in horror movies, has died at the age of 68. The actor was 26 when he was cast as the chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface in the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it became an instant horror classic. His agent said Hansen passed away on Saturday at his home in Maine as a result of pancreatic cancer, according to the Bangor Daily News.