The head of the femur articulates with the acetabulum in the pelvic bone forming the hip joint, while the distal part of the femur articulates with the tibia and patella forming the knee joint.
Dusty dies on her Royal day By Tim Cooper. Dusty Springfield has died from breast cancer on the day she should have collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The 59-year-old singer died at 10.40 last night at her home in Henley-on-Thames, her agent Paul Fenn said today.
How Did Elvis Presley Die? They say Elvis is still alive, probably kicking it with Tupac and Richie Edwards, but they are wrong. Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the year punk broke. He was found in the bathroom of his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee and his his cause of death was ruled as a heart attack. But how and why did a man of just 42 die of an illness more commonly associated with much older people?