Death

A 41-year-old mother of four has died of procedural complications following a trip to Matamoros, Mexico, for cosmetic surgery, early information indicates. Early available information confirms Sherry Jo Linney-Gilmore, 41, perished, and suggests that she experienced abdominal pain shortly after…

Whalesca Castillo, 49, of the Bronx, will spend four to eight years in prison over the illegal administration and deadly injection of silicone into a woman’s buttocks and thighs. Castillo pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in December. On Thurs.,…

More than 90 Americans died between 2009 and 2022, within three weeks of undergoing cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Ninety-two percent of a specific subset of the deaths involved Brazilian butt lift surgery. The…

A 20-year-old British woman is dead after undergoing gastric sleeve weight loss surgery at a reportedly cut-rate clinic in Turkey. Morgan Maria Ribeiro’s surgery initially appeared successful. Medically cleared to return home, Ribeiro was mid-flight back to Gatwick Airport when…

Editor’s Note: A family member of the deceased says the cause of Demi’s death is inaccurately reported in British media. “That story is all lies[,] she didn’t have a heart attack. [W]e don’t know how or why she died,” Demi’s…