Reuters People News Summary

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Updated: 06-03-2019 10:27 IST | Created: 06-03-2019 10:27 IST

Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Prodigy frontman Keith Flint, of hedonistic Firestarter fame, dies aged 49

Keith Flint, the Prodigy lead singer who captured the hedonistic spirit of 1990s British rave culture, has died aged 49 in what the band's founder described as a suicide. Flint was one of the best known faces of British electronic music, performing apparently random dance moves often with eccentric hair cuts, sometimes styled as devil's horns, and heavy makeup around his eyes. Keeping up with Kylie: Jenner is world's youngest billionaire

Kylie Jenner on Tuesday was named the youngest self-made billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine, thanks to the booming cosmetics company she founded three years ago. Jenner, 21, the half-sister of reality television stars Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, made it onto the annual Forbes list of billionaires after debuting her Kylie Cosmetics online in 2015 with $29 lip kits containing matching lipstick and lip liner. Singer R. Kelly denies sexual abuse charges in CBS interview

(Strong language in paragraph 8.) Grammy-winning R&B singer R. Kelly on Tuesday denied sexual abuse charges against him and broke into tears while saying he was fighting for his life, according to interview excerpts released by CBS television. Ex 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star Luke Perry dead at 52 after stroke

Actor Luke Perry, who rose to superstardom on the teen-oriented 1990s U.S. television drama "Beverly Hills 90210" and then aged into a fatherly role on comic-based "Riverdale," died on Monday at the age of 52 after suffering a "massive" stroke last week, his publicist said. Publicist Arnold Robinson said Perry died in a Los Angeles area hospital surrounded by his family and close friends, including his former wife Minnie Sharp, his two children, and his fiance Wendy Madison Bauer. Backlash begins over 'Leaving Neverland' Jackson abuse documentary

Some radio stations in Canada and the Netherlands stopped playing Michael Jackson's music and fans bombarded Oprah Winfrey with hateful messages after the broadcast of a documentary about alleged child abuse by the late singer. "Leaving Neverland," in which two adult men say they were befriended by Jackson and were abused by him from the ages of 7 and 10 in the early 1990s, was met with a mixture of horror and disbelief after a two-part airing on U.S. cable channel HBO on Sunday and Monday.

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