VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A lightning strike is the reported cause of a fire that displaced a family of four in Virginia Beach on ...

UCLA professor David Leaf was a close friend and biographer of Wilson, but he started out as a fan first in the ‘60s when he became “obsessed” with The Beach Boys. Leaf was set on writing a book about ...

“But in this study we had fascinating results in every branch we looked at, from disease risk to the family tree.” Indeed, Beethoven’s tangled roots may have been more than musical — the ...

Presenting history, drama, music, and fun, this engaging concert is an ideal addition to any children’s education program or family concert series. The original audio recording of Beethoven ...

The five hair samples helped scientists obtain insights into Beethoven’s family history, chronic health problems and what might have contributed to his death at the age of 56. In the days prior ...

Beethoven’s celebration of joy was the closing piece of the 2023 Mainly Mozart Festival. The concert was held at UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater on Saturday, June 24. As Francis ...

Beethoven gave the curl to the Streicher family of piano makers in 1820 while he was still alive. One account by Gerhard von Breuning, the son of Beethoven's close childhood friend Stefan von ...

NEW YORK — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.

The research also led to a surprising discovery: When they tested DNA from living members of the extended Beethoven family, scientists found a discrepancy in the Y chromosomes that get passed down ...

One of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig Van Beethoven, was the product of a shadowy family scandal, it has been revealed. Fresh genetic analysis of his hair samples, published in the science ...