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WWE Hall of Famer Afa Anoa'i, the brother of Sika Anoa'i and uncle to current WWE Superstar Roman Reigns, has died at the age of 81.

Afa's daughter -- Vale Anoa'i -- confirmed the passing on her X account ... saying, "Today, all of our lives are irreparably changed. I love you so much, Dad. More than any words could ever express."

The news comes months after Sika passed away at the age of 79.

The woman who fatally shot Ajike Owens has just been found guilty of manslaughter.

A Florida jury found Susan Lorincz guilty of the crime just moments ago after a testy trial this week, where prosecutors argued Lorincz unjustifiably killed Ajike, who was unarmed.

You'll recall ... Lorincz fired through her closed front door. During the trial, Lorincz maintained that even though Owens was unarmed, she still feared for her life.

LeBron James ain't done celebrating his latest Olympic gold medal just yet -- the Team USA MVP was living it up in Cannes with Draymond Green, on Friday ... and TMZ Sports has the video!!

King James -- who helped lead the Red, White and Blue to their fifth-straight first-place finish last week -- has been on quite the victory tour over the past few days ... including braving the rain at Adele's concert in Munich.

James was most recently spotted back in France just hours ago ... hitting up the La Guerite beach club to keep the party going.

Perry Kurtz -- a comedian who appeared on "America's Got Talent" and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and had ties to several comedy legends -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Perry was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Tarzana, an L.A. neighborhood, after a collision around 11:20 PM Thursday ... when a gray Honda Civic struck and killed him. The Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced him dead at the scene.

Our law enforcement sources tell us cops have arrested a suspect on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing death.

Teresa Giudice's future on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" is up in the air ... despite reports suggesting otherwise.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... there is absolutely no truth to the claim Teresa has been asked to leave the Bravo hit.

The rumor picked up steam this week, after castmate Frank Catania suggested Tre's time on the show had come to an end. But we're told no casting decision has been made regarding season 15 ... let alone a call on whether to bring Teresa back.

Jasveen Sangha, AKA the "Ketamine Queen," was charged in another ketamine case just months before she was charged in the death of Matthew Perry ... TMZ has learned.

Sangha was indicted in April, and according to the U.S. Attorney, the month before she "knowingly and intentionally distributed ketamine," along with methamphetamine.

Before she was indicted, the feds got a search warrant and they found "significant quantities of illegal drugs, including 1,978 grams of orange pills that field tested positive for methamphetamine, 79 bottles containing a clear liquid that field tested positive for ketamine, and various other suspect narcotics."

Sydney Sweeney’s solidifying her Hollywood sex symbol status with a day out on a lake, and despite all that water ... she's feeling thirsty, and damn proud of it.

The actress rocked a super cheeky athletic swimsuit, zipping it down just enough to flaunt her famous cleavage -- but for once, she's shining the spotlight a little further south ... on her booty!

The pics -- taken during a boat outing with friends -- are pretty freaking hot, and intentionally taken from every angle.

Blake Lively is facing some new heat online for her reaction when a reporter/fan handed her a gift ... and, for some, it's adding fuel to the theory she's not nice as she appears.

The video was shot at the London premiere of "It Ends With Us" -- the film that's sparked all the buzz about Blake's attitude -- and as she's arriving, the reporter gives her a friendship bracelet, similar to those made popular by her BFF Taylor Swift.

Blake politely thanks her for the gift, but then hands it to an assistant, saying she'll wear it later ... because it doesn't go with her outfit.

Victoria Jackson says her cancer has returned in the form of an inoperable tumor ... and, it sounds like doctors aren't giving her much more time to live.

The "Saturday Night Live" star announced the news in a video posted Friday ... using her trademark humor to deliver the update to fans that doctors can't operate on a tumor pushing on her windpipe -- which she says "eventually would suffocate me to death."

In the Instagram post, VJ explains she's got "a magic pill" to be delivered to her to help manage the disease ... but, adds people who are prescribed and take those pills only have about 32-34 months to live -- so, she's under the impression her life's coming to an end.

Big update in the Graceland auction fraud case ... a woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly trying to take over Elvis Presley's home by illicit means.

Federal prosecutors are accusing Missouri resident Lisa Jeanine Findley of orchestrating a scheme to conduct a fraudulent sale of Graceland by falsely claiming Lisa Marie Presley had put up the historic landmark as collateral for a loan she failed to repay before her death.

We covered this a lot back in May ... Graceland nearly went up for auction, until a judge stepped in to stop the proceedings.

A dumbass driver's impatience caused a horrific crash ... and the video is hair-raising.

The video -- taken on I-64 in Virginia  ... shows one vehicle tailgating another ... aggressively trying to get around the other car.

The driver makes the move on the left shoulder ... bouncing along the grassy side of the interstate, until its tires spin out, and the small SUV begins tumbling.

Dakota Johnson and her fiancé Chris Martin are still rocking it despite the buzz they broke up over clashing schedules ... which TMZ has confirmed is nothing but a false alarm.

A rep for Dakota confirms to TMZ ... their breakup is not true -- the couple remains happily together.

A source tells TMZ Dakota was right there cheering on Chris at Coldplay's Helsinki show just 2 weeks ago -- and to top it off, the band's new video for "feelslikeimfallinginlove" released around the same time was produced by Dakota’s own TeaTime Pictures.

Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu is already getting acquainted with her controversial Olympic bronze medal ... putting her lips to the new hardware at a ceremony days after it was stripped from Team USA star Jordan Chiles.

The 18-year-old athlete officially had the award draped around her neck at a presentation in her home country on Friday ... getting a handshake, an official Paris Games poster and a stuffed animal of the Olympic mascot as well.

Barbosu was all smiles during the event ... despite all the drama surrounding the results.

BeatKing, a beloved Houston rapper and producer, has died ... and TMZ has learned what caused his death.

A rep for the rapper tells us ... BeatKing passed away in a Houston hospital Thursday after suffering a pulmonary embolism. We're told the rapper was doing a morning takeover at the Urban One/Radio One station, when he fainted and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

He passed away later that same day with his 2 daughters by his side.

Scott Bloomquist -- one of the greatest dirt track racers of all time -- has tragically passed away after his plane crashed near his home in Tennessee.

He was just 60 years old.

The incident happened on Friday at around 8 AM in Mooresburg, when Bloomquist was flying "his vintage airplane," according to Moberly Motorsports Park.

Matthew Perry had a scary reaction to ketamine weeks before he died from the acute effects of it ... with prosecutors claiming an injection caused him to freeze up.

During the U.S. Attorney's news conference Thursday, prosecutors claimed Dr. Salvador Plasencia came to the actor's residence a little over 2 weeks before his death on Oct. 28, 2023, and administered a rather large dose of ketamine via injection.

Prosecutors say the injection caused Perry's blood pressure to spike and made him freeze up ... which apparently freaked out Plasencia so much he told Perry's assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, they should not administer a dose that large again.