David Allan Coe's Daughter Says She Was Not Told About His Death and Not 'Given the Opportunity' to See Him Before He Died

David Allan Coe’s daughter Tanya says she was not informed of his death or given a chance to say goodbye

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• Tanya and her brother Tyler have spoken about their estranged relationships with their father

• David Allan Coe died on April 29 at age 86

David Allan Coe’sestranged childrenare speaking out in the wake of his death, with his daughter Tanya alleging that she was not given the chance to see the country star before he died.

Tanya Montana Coeshared a postto social media on Thursday, April 30 lamenting the way she’d learned her father had died, and asking for information about his funeral.

“Waking up to the news that your dad has died and not being given the opportunity to see him one last time is a hell I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy,” she wrote. “If anyone finds out about any funeral arrangements, please let me know as I would like to be at my dad’s funeral.”

In a comment on the post, Tanya, 39, noted that she has “not heard anything” from her stepmother Kimberly, whomarried David in 2010, in the wake of his April 29 death at age 86.

She also shared a collection of throwback photos to Facebook, writing, "Thank you for the outpouring of love and condolences. I couldn’t have loved my dad more and i never gave up on him ❤️‍🩹."

The status of the “Take This Job and Shove It” songwriter's relationship with Tanya at the time of his death remains unclear, though she wrote in a 2025Facebook commentthat their estrangement was “truly a horrific pain and has been for some time now.”

“I will never give up on him,” she wrote. “When I was little, he used to tell me ‘blood is blood, family is forever’ and I took that to heart.”

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Meanwhile, Tanya’s brother Tyler Mahan Coeposted a videoabout their father’s death, describing the country star as a “difficult person to be close with” and “a difficult person to care about.”

“Nobody who ever knew him would disagree with that statement, but I did always care about him, even after it became clear that he and I were never going to speak to each other again,” Tyler said. “I never wanted anything bad to happen to him. I do hate the choices he made for how to spend the final decade or so of his life, but I didn’t hate him, and those were his choices to make.”

Tyler previouslytoldGQin 2021 that he and his father had not spoken since 2013, when David abruptly fired Tyler as his band leader.

David was injured in a car accident in Florida in March 2013, and allegedly told Tyler while recovering that he planned on playing a few solo shows before getting their band back together. Then, in July, David appeared on stage with an entirely new band. Tyler toldGQhe believes his firing came at the behest of his stepmother Kimberly.

“It wasn’t a relationship that was ever there. It hurt, but it’s not anewhurt,” Tyler told the outlet. “I could probably count on one hand the number of times that my father has said useful things to me.”

David shared Tanya, Tyler and their siblings Shyanne and Carson with his ex-wife Jody Lynn Coe. He also had a daughter named Shelli, and Tanya revealed onInstagramin September that she recently discovered her dad also welcomed a son just four months after she was born.

Shellishared Tyler’s videoto her Facebook page in the wake of David’s death, writing that she “agree[s] with a lot of what he has to say here.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information.

A national study bythe Media Insight Projectfinds 36% of U.S. adults say they get news from social media at least once a day. But for people ages 13 to 17, that number rises to 57%.

Similarly, 43% of adults say they get information on national issues and events from influencers or independent content creators at least “sometimes," compared with 57% of teenagers. The project is a collaboration among The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the American Press Institute and journalism schools at Northwestern University and the University of Maryland.

The new poll points to the pervasiveness of social media in teenagers’ lives and shows how more teens are consuming their news from these platforms or independent content creators, rather than directly from national or local news sources.

While Americans haven't abandoned traditional journalism, they are reevaluating what sources they trust, said Robyn Tomlin, executive director of the American Press Institute.

“Traditional national and local outlets continue to stand out as a trusted source, but people, especially younger audiences, are also building relationships with younger creators they believe are transparent and authentic,” Tomlin said. “That reality has enormous implications for the future of news.”

More teens turn to social media and search for news

Besides social media, teenagers are also more likely to turn to search engines andartificial intelligencechatbots as they hunt for news.

The survey found that about 4 in 10 teens get news daily from search, while about 2 in 10 say that about AI chatbots.

There's little difference among age groups in people who said they get news from digital sites or apps, and television and streaming, the survey found. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults and a similar share of teenagers are getting news from TV at least once a day, with a similar share tuning into digital news sites.

“The idea that television is going away is a misapprehension,” said Tom Rosenstiel, journalism professor at the University of Maryland who worked on the survey. “Watching news through video is not going away. It's changing. The way you see it on YouTube is different than on the ‘CBS Evening News.’”

Many teens approach AI and influencers with some doubts

Despite the fact that many teenagers are getting news from influencers and AI, many have a healthy dose of skepticism.

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Though teens are more likely than adults to say they have “a great deal of confidence” in the information they are getting from AI chatbots, relatively few have high confidence in AI’s output. Just 11% of teenagers have a high level of certainty in the information coming from AI, compared with 4% of adults.

Teens are also more confident in their ability to determine whether something was made by a human or AI. About one-third of teens expressed a high level of confidence in their ability to distinguish AI-generated content from human-generated content, compared with about 2 in 10 adults.

When it comes to influencers, there are similar doubts. Only 12% of teenagers also have “a great deal of confidence” in the information they get from independent creators or influencers, whether that’s coming from TV, social media or other sources. That’s higher than the 6% of U.S. adults who say the same, but still very low.

Teens are more engaged with celebrity and gaming news

Not surprisingly, the survey also found that teenagers are more interested in news about celebrities, music, movies, sports and other entertainment. Adults have more interest in political news, business issues or the economy.

For teenagers and adults alike, there’s a significant news fatigue, particularly around political news, Rosenstiel said. Most U.S. adults and teenagers say they “often” or “sometimes” try to avoid news stories about national government and politics, and about 6 in 10 say they try to sidestep news related to President Donald Trump.

“People are tired of the feeling that things are spinning out of control that they’re very judicious in what they’re spending their time on,” Rosenstiel said.

Rosenstiel said many teens also hunt for news and information in different ways. They are much less likely than adults to say they avoid celebrity news or news that is delivered via social media. It’s possible, Rosenstiel added, that the most important journalism for some people is what helps them live their lives, even if it falls outside conventional news sources.

“Part of the problem for traditional journalism," Rosenstiel said, “is the traditional journalism definition of what is real news.”

Sanders reported from Washington. David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him athttp://x.com/dbauderandhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social.

The Media Insight Project survey is an initiative of the American Press Institute, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Local News Network at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll of 2,101 Americans included 1,092 U.S. adults ages 18 or older and 1,009 teenagers ages 13 to 17. The poll of adults was conducted Feb. 5-8 and the poll of teens was conducted Feb. 2-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points, and the margin of sampling error for teenagers overall is plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

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SirDavid Attenborough, the beloved natural historian and environmental advocate, is set to mark his100th birthday next month on 8 May.This extraordinary milestone not only celebrates a seven-decade career that has profoundly shaped our understanding of the natural world but also prompts reflection on the secrets to a long and healthy life. TheBBCwill commemorate the occasion with aweek of special programming, including a new documentary,Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure, offering a behind-the-scenes look at his seminal 1979 series,Life on Earth.

While human life expectancy has steadily risen over the past two centuries, reaching a century remains a remarkable achievement, sparking widespread curiosity about the factors contributing to such longevity.Dr Mohammed Enayat, a GP and founder ofLondon-based longevity clinic HUM2N, defines this increasingly popular health trend as "an approach that seeks to have your health working for you for as long as possible to ultimately give you the best quality of life for as long as possible."

He explains that longevity medicine focuses on implementing interventions to prevent the decline, deterioration, dysfunction, and disease often associated with ageing. "It helps identify the processes within you that we need to work on sooner so we can put interventions in place such as supplementation, nutrition, lifestyle modifications, behavioural changes, education, and sometimes smart therapies as well," Dr Enayat explains.

Dr Enayat highlights several crucial areas for individuals aiming to boost their own chances of living to 100.

Regular Exercise

"Movement is a very important pillar of health because we need to make sure we put our body through enough energy expenditure requirements so that it can stay metabolically healthy, but also maintain muscle mass and function of the musculoskeletal system," Dr Enayat states. To preserve these vital functions into later life, he advises prioritising strenuous exercise. "Try and break a sweat a couple of times a week, because if you’re not breaking a sweat, you’re not using your body to its capacity or training your cardiovascular system and metabolic system to draw on energy quickly," he adds. He also recommends focusing on posterior chain muscles. "Try and work out your glutes, your hamstrings and your core to maintain muscle activation and muscle size," advises Dr Enayat. "You could do some planks, squats or ball sits."

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Avoid Stress

Chronic stress can have profoundly detrimental effects on our health. "Stress drives a massive inflammatory response in the body," Dr Enayat warns. "It can dysregulate our blood sugar and make us insulin resistance, which causes downstream effects. Stress depletes our stress hormones, which then can cause thyroid and other hormone imbalances, and can also affect our digestive tract and stop us efficiently digesting and absorbing our nutrients. This is all in the short term, so you do that cumulatively, you will find that your orchestral balance will be a disaster internally." He therefore suggests developing strategies for stress regulation. "I think it’s really important to try and develop some self-awareness about what drives you to mount a stress response and might cause you to be breathless, have racing thoughts and racing heartbeats," says Dr Enayat. "Develop tools – such as breath work, meditation, prayer or gratitude – to bring your nervous system back to balance."

"Lots of good things happen in our sleep that help us live longer and healthier," Dr Enayat explains. "For example, we produce T-cells that help regulate our immune system and produce stem cells that stimulate regeneration and release of growth factors during the deep sleep phase." From a longevity perspective, he recommends implementing lifestyle changes to improve deep sleep. "Try to avoid stimulation too late at night, particularly blue light," he advises. "Avoid eating too late because your digestion keeps you up and avoid alcohol because it keeps prevents you from getting into a deep sleep." Adjusting the sleeping environment can also be beneficial. "Blackout blinds can be good and studies show that cooler environments can help promote deep sleep," Dr Enayat notes.

Good Nutrition

"What we consume through our diet is really important because with bad diet comes inflammation, hormonal imbalance and metabolic dysfunction," says Dr Enayat. "When you put all those effects together, it becomes a melting pot for chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke risk." His primary nutritional advice is to view "food as fuel or food as medicine, rather than food as comfort." He further recommends prioritising "whole foods over processed foods and to make sure you have adequate protein in your diet, good vegetable intake, and some healthy fats."

Community and Purpose

Beyond the core pillars of physical health, Dr Enayat highlights "indirect drivers of health and disease, which includes a sense of purpose and community." He points to Sir David Attenborough as a prime example of someone with "a clear sense of purpose, a clear value system and really understands community." Engaging with others, "talking to each other and sharing experiences with neighbours, family and friends can help people stay active, regulate their nervous system, find purpose and find motivation to start their day. Having people to support you through difficult moments that we all face is really important for improving quality of life," he concludes.

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Billie Eilish addressed rumors that she and brother Finneas O'Connell, her collaborator, have had a falling-out.

Key Points

• The "Wildflower" singer says she and O'Connell are siblings, and they fight.

• O'Connell was absent from his sister's most recent tour.

Billie Eilishknows there are rumors about why her brother and longtime collaborator, Finneas O'Connell, isn't with her as much these days.

"I heard somebody say, 'Did you guys hear Finneas and Billie had a falling-out?'" the singer recalls in an interview published Tuesday inElle.

The "What Was I Made For?" singer's response was clear: "Finneas and I have never and will never have a falling-out, ever in our lives. We'll get in the biggest f---ing fight you've ever heard of in your life…and five minutes later, we're back, laughing and making music. It's sibling s---. There's nothing else in the world like sibling relationships."

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In fact, Eilish said, much of her work depends on her brother.

"If I never saw Finneas at all, I might literally never make a song again," she said of her older brother. "But how do we move on and have separate lives?"

They gave that a go with Eilish's latest tour, in promotion of her 2024 albumHit Me Hard and Soft, which he contributed to as usual.

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"It was a few years in the making," Eilish told the magazine. "We got so busy that we would only see each other right before going onstage. Finneas and Andrew [her touring drummer], who were the only band members I had back in the day, performed on some sort of platform that was hard to leave. Finneas was stuck in a tower—like Rapunzel! He never said it, but I was feeling like, 'You have more to be doing than being my band member in the back.'"

In the meantime, O'Connell was able to release solo music that he promoted with his own tour.

Like his sister, he's already quite accomplished, with 11 Grammys to his name, compared to her 10.

"I think that it's the closest I am with Billie to like total trust of anyone," he toldCBS Newsin January 2024. "And total vulnerability. I'm sure there's something that she would be embarrassed to say in front of me, but not much."

He acknowledged that he had missed her when she was gone, and he even popped up at a few dates.

"It's basically true that I don’t like touring, but I love the show part of it," he toldElle. "And I love being around Billie. This past year, when she would be on tour for months, I missed her a lot."

A scene from Eilish's new concert film,Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), shows her reading a note that O'Connell sent her on the road. The James Cameron-directed film arrives in theaters May 8.

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Merced captivated her fans with a stunning fashion moment that beautifully combines elegance and daring style. Recently, she was seen in a sleek black mini dress featuring a bold neckline. This quickly went viral, giving a contemporary twist to her timeless silhouette.

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The tailored fit of her outfit highlights her confident demeanor as she strikes a pose in front of the camera, complemented by her striking makeup. The delicate details around the neckline elevate the entire ensemble. The Superman 2 star completed her look with sunglasses and fresh bangs styled in a wolf cut. It effortlessly draws attention with her subtle glamour.

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The fight to endmalariais facing aperfect storm of challenges.

A wave of cuts to global health budgets in 2025 has impacted both our ability to ensurelifesaving tools reach those who need them– and our ability to develop new ones. Mosquitos and the malaria parasite have continued to build resistance to certain malaria interventions which we’ve relied on for years.

Climate change is shifting the habitats for some malaria transmitting mosquitoes, making them harder to track, made worse by extreme weather events. And conflict, rising across the globe, is creating enormous upheaval to public health measures designed to protect against malaria.

All this comes off the back of six years of rising malaria cases since the Covid-19 pandemic to an all-time high of 282 million in 2024, as well as rising case "incidence" [the number of cases per 1,000 people at risk]. Similarly, we’ve seen the number of people dying from malaria rise to 610,000 in 2024 – the highest since 2020. The vast majority of people dying from the disease (95 per cent) are in sub-SaharanAfricaand – utterly heartbreakingly – over 75 per cent are children under five.

While this paints a vivid picture of the scale of the challenge we face, we can and we must remain hopeful. Indeed, while progress has stalled in recent years, the decades preceding this saw historic progress in efforts to reduce and eliminate the disease. Between the years 2000 and 2019, for example, annual deaths from malaria dropped by more than 34 per cent. A healthy pipeline of tools distributed by well-funded global health bodies, working in close partnership with malaria-endemic countries, proved progress is possible.

What may surprise readers is the pivotal role theUKhas played in fighting Malaria. Indeed, new research by Impact Global Health in partnership with Malaria No More UK, shows that, as of 2025, UK science institutions were behind one in every five malaria tools in the research and development (R&D) pipeline. That ranks the country as being the third biggest contributor in the world to malaria R&D tools such as vaccines, drugs and vector control products like bed-nets. Particularly high, is the UK’s contribution to malaria vaccines and drugs with involvement in nearly a third (31 per cent) of all vaccines in the pipeline (the second highest in the world) and nearly a quarter (23.2 per cent) of all drugs. What’s more, we’ve consistently been one of the biggest financial backers of malaria R&D for nearly two decades.

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A number of factors make this possible. Essential, is working hand-in-hand with scientists in malaria-endemic countries, given the invaluable expertise of those on the frontline. The UK’s world-class universities, research institutes, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies also provide a vibrant network of expertise allowing innovation to flourish.

Years of bold commitments from consecutive British governments have helped foster stability and confidence in the malaria science ecosystem. What’s more, scientists are closer than ever to creating the "end game" tools which wouldn’t just reduce the spread or treat people who got infected with malaria – they would pave the way to wiping it out completely.

Today, we stand at a crossroads. With malaria cases rising around the world and countries stepping back on aid commitments, we hope the UK government protects investment in malaria R&D. Specifically, we need the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to maintain spending on malaria R&D within its "global research and technology development’ portfolio.

Without question, this would save the lives of children around the world and resist the looming threat of malaria. What’s more, it would contribute to positive ripple effects around the world including in the UK. For example, previous research from Malaria No More UK shows reducing malaria could see a boost of more than $80 billion (£66bn) in international trade including in the UK. We may also see health benefits too: Impact Global Health have shown how previous research into a malaria vaccine, for example, helped produce a vaccine for shingles, which is now widely used across high-income countries including the UK and is projected to prevent nearly 32 million cases globally by 2050.

Continuing to back British scientists and maintaining our reputation as a malaria science superpower is one of the best things this government can do to save lives around the world whilst bolstering the UK’s health security and economic stability. In the face of the perfect storm of malaria threats, we can and we must remain optimistic about our ability as a global health community to fight back.

Gareth Jenkins is managing director of Malaria No More UK

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launchedthe war against Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.

The hearing before the House Armed Services Committee is being held to discuss the administration's2027 military budget proposal, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion. Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, are expected to stress the need for more drones, missile defense systems and warships.

Democrats are likely to pivot to the ballooningcosts of the Iran war, huge drawdown ofcritical U.S. munitionsandbombing of a school that killed children. Some lawmakers also may question how prepared the military was toshoot down swarms of Iranian drones, some of which penetrated U.S. defenses andkilled or injured American troops.

Whilea ceasefireis now in place, the U.S. and Israel launched the war Feb. 28 without congressional oversight. House and Senate Democratshave failed to passmultiplewar power resolutionsthat would have required President Donald Trump to halt the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

Republicans have saidthey will keep faith in Trump’s wartime leadership, for now, citing Iran’s nuclear program, the potential for talks to resume and the high stakes of withdrawal. Still, GOP lawmakers are eager for the conflict to end, and some are eyeing future votes that could become an important test for the president if the war drags on.

Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sentfuel prices skyrocketingand posed problems for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. The U.S. has responded with aNavy blockade of Iranian shippingand further built up its military forces in the region — with three aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in more than 20 years.

The countriesappear locked in a stalemate, with Trump unlikely to accept Tehran's latest offer to reopen the strait if the U.S. ends the war, lifts its sea blockade and postpones nuclear talks.

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Hegseth has avoided public questioning from lawmakers about the war, although he and Caine have held televised Pentagon briefings. Hegseth has mostly taken questions from conservative journalists, while citing Bible passages to castigate mainstream outlets.

The defense secretary will face a much different dynamic Wednesday as well as on Thursday, when he and Caine also are set to face the Senate Armed Services Committee. Lawmakers' questions are likely to go beyond the budget and even the war toHegseth's ousting of top military leaders.

BesidesNavy Secretary John Phelan's departurelast week, Hegseth recently ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer,Gen. Randy George, as well as several other top generals, admirals anddefense leaders.

“Tell us why. You know these are important positions. We are in a war posture with Iran,” said North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican.

Tillis, who was a crucial vote to confirming the defense secretary, added that Hegseth’s management of the Pentagon had caused him to have second thoughts on his support.

“He may be able to clean it up, but on its face, you don’t go through the number of highly reputable, senior-level officials, admirals and generals,” Tillis added.

Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, condemned George's termination during a House Armed Services Committee hearing last week, saying that “some of us are not through asking the questions about that.”

“I think the firing of Gen. George was an extreme disservice to the United States Army,” Scott said. “And I think it was reckless conduct.”

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