Director dies

    AWARD-WINNING Australian filmmaker Paul Cox has died, the Australian Directors Guild said yesterday. He was 76.

    The guild did not disclose the cause of death, but Cox said last year that his transplanted liver had cancer.

    He wrote and directed the 2015 movie “Force of Destiny,” starring David Wenham, which follows the journey of a man who finds love while waiting for a life-saving liver transplant. The film was loosely based on Cox’s own cancer battle before a transplant in 2009 pulled him back from the brink. His credits include 19 feature films and 12 documentaries.

    Prince Be dies

    ATTRELL CORDES, who formed the hip-hop duo P.M. Dawn with his brother and was also known by the name Prince Be, has died. He was 46. The performer had been suffering from renal kidney disease, People reported, and died in New Jersey.

    Cordes formed P.M. Dawn in 1988 with his brother, Jarrett Cordes, also known as DJ Minutemix. Their best-known song was the 1991 “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss.” The song, a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, was remade in 1997 by the Backstreet Boys.

    Singer shot dead

    A CHICAGO singer who appeared on the Mexican version of “The Voice” in 2011 has died after he was shot in an ambush while celebrating his birthday with friends.

    The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed that 45-year-old Alejandro “Jano” Fuentes died Saturday. He was shot three times in the head late Thursday outside his Tras Bambalinas music school on Chicago’s southwest side. The case is being investigated.

    (SD-Agencies)