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Nick Menza, who played on many of Megadeth’s most successful albums, died after he collapsed on stage during a show. He was 51. Menza was into the third song with his new band Ohm when he collapsed late Saturday night, said Ohm’s manager Steve Bauer. Paramedics couldn’t revive him. The band was playing at The Baked Potato, in Studio City, California. “The group’s bassist texted me last night after it happened,” Bauer told CNN. “We are all still in shock.” Officials haven’t released a cause of death. Alongside Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax, Megadeth makes up metal’s “Big Four.” And for...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Published on: 12/28/06 The man who won a $208 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with his wife in April 2005 has died, police and a family spokesman said. Ralph Stebbins died Saturday at his home in Arcadia Township, Michigan, near Lapeer, Sheriff's Sgt. Andy Engster told the Times Herald of Port Huron. Family spokesman Robert Kolt said he suffered a heart attack. He was 43. Ralph and his wife, Mary, elected to take a lump-sum payment of $124.7 million, less taxes. They could have chosen to spread $208 million in payments over 26 years. The couple used part...