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Scandinavian writer Ari Behn mdash; the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct mdash; died this week, his manager said. He was 47.Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities said he was found at his home in Norway.The Norwegian ro stanley cup yal family said in a written statement that Behn was an important part of our family for many years and we carry warm and good memories of him with us. stanley cup Behn, who was Danish-born, and Martha Louise, the oldest daughter of Norway s King Harald and Queen Sonja, were married for 14 years. The couple divorced in 2017 and have three children. Princess Martha Louise and Ari Behn arrive f stanley cup or the wedding of Sweden s Crown Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist at Stockholm Palace on June 13, 2015. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Behn also wrote books and plays, including 1999prime Trist som faen, or Sad as Hell, a short story collection that was translated into several languages. In 2017, Behn accused Spacey of groping him under the table at a Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo a decade earlier. It didn t appear that Behn ever pursued criminal charges or a lawsuit against Spacey.Spacey didn t comment on the allegations at the time, which came amid a string of similar accusations. A lawyer Xgqr McConnell proposing to Schumer that impeachment trial start in February
KIRKWOOD, Calif. -- A massive block of snow fell from a roof and buried a mother and her 7-year-old son just feet from the front door of their Northern California mountain condo, authorities said. Olga Perkovic and her son Aaron Goodstein had been skiing in the Sierra Nevada near the Nevada state line, the Alpine County She adidas originals riff s Department said.They were returning home Sunday when a chunk about the size of a trailer fell from the roof, burying them under about 3 feet of snow. Both died. It was a freak accident, Undersheriff S adidas samba pencer Pace said Monday. He said warming temperatures often cause snow to slide off roofs, occasionally injuring people. But he said neither he nor the sheriff can recall sliding snow ever killing anyone in the three decades they ve been there. Pace said Perkovic s mother, who was staying in the condo with the family of adidas samba five, reported the pair missing at about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Rescuers searched the nearby Kirkwood Ski Resort for hours because the pair s last known location was a ski lift where they had scanned their tickets at about 4 p.m., authorities said. Pace said it appears the two skied an alternate route home from the slopes that took them between buildings on a path that is unpaved in the summer. At about 9 p.m., a neighbor spotted ski gloves next to the condo, realized they were beneath the snow and called 911. The mother, 50, and son from San Francisco were airlifted to a hospital where they we