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"As long as you guys pay your rent on time, you guys can build your Googly thing here," Susan Wojcicki recalled telling Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.

See what Google’s original office looked like when it started in Susan Wojcicki’s garage

The Hill

Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56. Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube’s CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” she said at the time.

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

She told us years ago we'd abandon TV for short-form video on our phones. And she was the woman who rented her garage to the founders of Google.

Susan Wojcicki perfectly predicted the media world we now live in—twice

The Guardian

Chief executive of YouTube caught up in a series of controversies over extreme content and misinformation

Susan Wojcicki obituary

The family of the late soul singer Isaac Hayes has ordered Donald Trump to stop playing the star's song Hold On, I'm Coming at his campaign rallies. A letter sent to Trump and his team, and shared by Hayes' son on social media, threatens to sue the former US President if he does not comply by 16 August.

Isaac Hayes' family threaten to sue Trump for $3m

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Marriage is a significant life decision that requires extreme commitment, understanding, devotion and a heck of a lot of compromise. While many people dream of a lifelong partnership, others find the concept of marriage challenging. Astrology offers insights into personality traits and behaviors, suggesting that certain zodiac signs might face more difficulties in maintaining a traditional marital relationship. This article explores the five zodiac signs that are often considered less suited for marriage due to their unique characteristics and tendencies when it comes to lifelong commitment.

The 5 Zodiac Signs Not Meant for Matrimony

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It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

As they were driving along the A358, Mr Bennett said his wife's contractions became "worse and worse". "I thought I would have one [contraction] per junction," said Mrs Bennett, jokingly. "I thought four or five minutes per junction, I can do that," she added. As her contractions grew closer, Mr...

Mr Bennett said: "She pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along."

The Opt-Out scheme in Nottingham has already found a number of previously undiagnosed cases.

Hundreds tested for HIV and hepatitis in new scheme

For 149 years, a Lake District town has played host to a Christian convention that has grown from a small affair in a vicar's garden to a big annual gathering, drawing crowds from all over the world. Keswick Convention now takes place over three weeks in the summer and this...

'Wrong time' for Christian convention as trade hit

Holly Newton was stabbed multiple times by a 16-year-old boy in a town centre in January 2023.

Teen killer 'probably' hid from girl before attack

Officers say she was approached by a man who then assaulted her a short time later.

Police appeal after woman assaulted in churchyard

A £70,000 treatment gone wrong left the 49-year-old with years of treatment and mobility issues.

I had surgery to lengthen my legs and then it went horribly wrong

Nathan Murdoch says seeing the city come together has "made me proud".

'Life experiences changed my racist opinions'

A man killed his uncle by “smashing” his head twice into his own living room wall, a court has heard. Terry Ricketts, 53, died of a brain injury shortly after midnight on 25 February after spending the evening with his wife Sarah and her sister’s son Grant Walker, 32, from Faringdon Road, Swindon.

Man ‘smashed’ uncle's head into wall, court hears

On the original Perry MasonTV legal series (CBS, 1957-1966), actor William Hopper portrayed Raymond Burr's loyal private detective Paul Drake. On and off screen, Hopper smoked incessently. Four years after the Mason series ended, the actor, son of famed Hollywood gossip columinist Hedda Hopper and DeWolf Hopper Sr., suffered a stroke on Valentine's Day 1970. Three weeks later, on March 6, Willam Hopper died of pneumonia. He was only 55 years old. This is his story.

In Memory of Actor William Hopper (From TV's 1st 'Perry Mason'): 5 Decades After His Tragic Death

Actor Jim Nabors was so popular with his portrayal of Gomer Pyle on TV's classic country sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, 1960-68), that he was spun off into his own series, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (CBS, 1964-69). But when Nabors left the Griffith series, the void was filled by George Lindsay playing Goober Pyle, Gomer's cousin.

When Jim Nabors' Gomer was replaced by George Lindsay's Goober on TV's 'The Andy Griffith Show'

Families of residents at a care home in Tregony say it is 'heart-breaking' they are having to move.

Care home residents 'treated like commodities'

A boat hand-crafted to look like a great white shark has been vandalised just five days after its maiden voyage. Fin Bowron, from Boulmer, had attached a fibreglass shark head and fins to a 1970s jet boat frame and installed an engine. He first envisioned his aquatic dream 15 years...

Shark speedboat broken in engine theft

Matt Richards returns to Droitwich, his hometown, after securing a gold and silver medal in Paris.

Hundreds give Olympian surprise homecoming welcome

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YouTube's former chief Susan Wojcicki dies aged 56

Susan Wojcicki, the former boss of YouTube and one of Google's earliest employees, has died aged 56. Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai announced that Ms Wojcicki...

YouTube's former chief Susan Wojcicki dies aged 56

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