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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation is in early development on a Spider-Punk animated feature from co-writers Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Ajon Singh (Primetime), Deadline has learned. Plot details are under wraps, and there are no other deals in place at this time. The natural assumption, of course, is that Kaluuya will reprise the role of Spider-Punk, which …

Fauja Singh, the man believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, died Monday in Punjab, India, after being hit by a car. He was 114. Singh was reportedly involved in a hit-and-run Monday while crossing a road near his “native village near Jalandhar,” per the Associated Press. He sustained severe head trauma and was taken to a local hospital, …

Jul 15, 2025, 08:33 AM ET LONDON — Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car. He was 114. Local media in India reported that Singh sustained severe head injuries in a hit-and-run accident on Monday while he was crossing the …

The runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114. The athlete, who lived in Ilford in east London, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village of Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, on …

Saurabh Duggal BBC Punjabi Pardeep Sharma/BBC BBC Punjabi met Singh in June at his ancestral home in Beas Pind village in Punjab state Fauja Singh, a British-Indian man believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car in India at the age of 114. Police say Singh was crossing a road in the …