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RISING stand-up comedy star Ken Flores was in the middle of his Butterfly Effect national tour at the time of his untimely passing.

Here we take a look at his life, career and cause of death.

What was Ken Flores’ cause of death?

Ken Flores tragically died on January 28, 2025, at the age of 28, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office told TMZ.

The outlet reported that he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home, citing law enforcement sources.

It added that a person at the scene called police and administered CPR until paramedics arrived, but Ken was pronounced dead at the scene.

An official cause of death has not been released as of January 30, 2025.

Ken’s family posted a statement announcing the tragic news on his official Instagram account.

It reads: “It is with great sadness that we confirm the untimely passing of our friend, brother, and son, Kenyi Flores.”

They ended the message by asking for privacy, adding that they they are “shocked and devastated by the loss”.

Ken Flores’ early life and career

Ken Flores grew up in a working-class Latino family in Chicago, Illinois.

He began his comedy career by posting funny videos on social media platforms as a teenager, with some of his early clips going viral and being featured on WorldStarHipHop.

In a 2023 interview with the Comedy Gazelle, Ken opened up about how he first got into stand-up comedy after his family relocated to Aurora — about an hour west of Chicago.

Ken said: “I was working at PNC Bank at the time, I was a teller, and the owner of the Comedy Shrine in Aurora used to bank with us.

Open mic night

“Every time he would come in, I would mess with him. He kept inviting me to his open mic. He’s like, “Man, you’re really funny. Come to the mic, come to the mic.’

“Then one day I went, just to see, and I guess this is my big head or ego talking, but I watched 40 people go up and, in my head, I was like, ‘These people suck!’

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Ken Flores was in the middle of his Butterfly Effect Tour when he died[/caption]

“I was like, ‘I’m better than that.’ So, I signed up, and then once you sign up, you realize, ‘Oh s**t, this is not as easy as I thought.’ You kind of get hit in the face with a reality check.

“But at the same time, if you get that one big pop, you get bit by the standup bug and you’re addicted. Ever since I went up the first time, I couldn’t stop.”

Comedy style

Ken gained national recognition for his raw, unfiltered comedic style and relatable jokes about his upbringing and personal struggles.

He co-created the LatinXL comedy show, with the aim of providing more opportunities for Latino comedians.

Ken had amassed over 250,000 followers combined on TikTok and Instagram, where he showcased his quick-witted crowd work and bold humor.

Butterfly Effect Tour

At the time of his death, Flores was in the middle of his 2025 Butterfly Effect Tour.

It kicked off on January 10, 2025 in Portland, Oregon.

His last performance was in Norcross, Georgia, on January 25, 2025 — just days before his untimely passing.

DUNNES Stores designers have released the ultimate jacket for spring – and it will dress up any outfit.

Lauren, who posts under @laurenegerton, took to TikTok to show off her pretty find.

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She said: “A great little find from Dunnes Stores!

“I absolutely adore the colour khaki so it had my name written all over it. These are still currently in Dunnes Stores.”

The Boucle Biker Jacket has landed in Dunnes Stores across the country and is also available online.

Lauren continued: “I am addicted to the colour khaki, and the one thing I will never do is apologise for it.

“Okay, some people like to buy chocolate. I like to buy khaki green. Have you seen this in Dunnes?”

The biker jacket has a statement collar and silver zip to the side.

Lauren said: “It’s like a cosy jacket jumper, kind of almost like what I have on now, throw it over anything.”

Dunnes Stores chiefs said the jacket is very versatile.

They said: “Crafted from a cosy boucle material, this biker jacket features notch lapels and two front pockets.

“A warm winter staple that can be styled endlessly.”

Team with leggings for running errands or style with jeans for a coffee date.

The style lover said: “Don’t you tell me that this isn’t pretty.

“I am wearing just a plain black top and a pair of leggings. I feel dressed up.”

Retailing at €35, it’s the perfect addition to your capsule wardrobe.

The TikToker added: “The only thing is it’s just a tad expensive – not like, actually expensive, Dunnes expensive.

“It’s €35 for this, but I do get it. It is a jacket, and I’m going to wear this for a long time.”

The cute jacket is available in sizes XS to XXL.

Lauren said: “I’m a size 10, and I bought a size small; it fits me nicely.

“And by the way, I don’t think that these come in any of the colours.

“I did see a black one sitting right next would but the zip went up the centre. Same material, but just different style.”

The Boucle Funnel Neck Jacket in black is also €35.

Its description reads: “This loose-fitting jacket is crafted from a softly textured boucle fabric.

“Featuring a funnel neck for added warmth, two over-sized patch pockets, and a silky satin lining, it can be worn over anything from winter clothes to dresses.”

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A MAN who snapped up a Homes Under the Hammer property without even stepping inside has forked out £500,000 in the show’s longest ever project.

But the 17th-century pub which was once an absolute wreck, could finally reopen this year.

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The project dubbed the longest Homes Under the Hammer project ever could finally reopen by summer[/caption]

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The Ex-fireman spent £500,000 on the renovation but he has found a trove of historical treasures along the way[/caption]

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Having taken over the site 16 years ago in 2009, David had expected to reopen it within a couple of years[/caption]

David Gorton bought The Old Cottage Pub, in Margate, at auction for £90,000 on his credit card after spotting an advert on his computer.

Having taken over the site 16 years ago in 2009, David had expected to reopen it within a couple of years.

But the ex-fireman, 69, has been renovating his pub which he renamed Gorton’s in honour of his late father Bob Gorton, ever since.

A Victorian archway in the cellar collapsed causing David huge planning issues and he now claims it must be Homes under the Hammer’s longest running project.

“It cost me £155,000 for a block and beam system and I totally replaced the roof of the cellar and made it 100 per cent safe,” explained David.

David also discovered a hoard of historical artefacts, including a stash of silver tableware stuffed up the chimney and a filled-in smugglers tunnel leading up to the nearby church as they worked on the restoration.

However, speaking to KentOnline, David said they were finally reaching the end of the project with just one more planning application for signage to be approved.

“We do expect to be open later on this year now, hopefully in the summertime,” explained David.

“Obviously we don’t want to open without proper signage so we need to get that sorted out.

“We’ve got all the main applications we need all passed and approved, this is just for business signs as it’s a listed building.”

The newly renovated pub is set to include its own brewery in the basement, an upstairs restaurant and some Airbnb rooms.

Originally built as a home in 1650 it didn’t become a proper pub until 1760.

He previously told KentOnline: “We’ve had a few issues and delays because I’m paying particular attention to the quality of the work and conserving everything I possibly can.

“If I looked at the final figures I could expect on day one – I probably never would have done it.

“It’s worked out to be very, very expensive but honestly, if you’re going to do it, you’ve got to do it properly.

“The idea is not to do it within a budget or a sum of money – it’s got to be done because it’s historic and very special.”

David’s interest in pubs was sparked after he suffered an injury as a fireman in the late 1990s.

He began inspecting West End pubs and restaurants’ liquor certification and learned how the business operated.

When he retired a few years later in 1998, he bought a buy-to-let property in Sidcup for £50,000, which is now worth around £250,000.

He then snapped up another property in the same block a year later, and by November 2010, he had bought all nine properties in the building.

This money offered him the chance to buy The Old Cottage Pub and carry out extensive renovations – which have cost him approximately £500,000.

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A SUPERCOMPUTER has sensationally predicted the winners of this season’s Champions League.

And it’s NOT the most in-form team of the tournament, which has just wrapped up it’s revamped group stage.

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Despite suffering defeat to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night, Liverpool became the first-ever winners of the new Champions League group phase.

The Reds are many football fans’ favourites to lift the prestigious trophy in May.

But according to a supercomputer, one of Kop club’s domestic rivals will reach and WIN the Munich final on May 31.

BETSiE‘s supercomputer has sensationally predicted that Arsenal will win their first-ever Champions League this summer.

The prediction has been made following a whopping 100,000 simulations of this season’s competition.

The north Londoners have been given a 24.3 per cent chance of winning the tournament.

Mikel Arteta‘s troops have also been given 59 and 38.7 per cent chances of reaching the semis and the final respectively.

Liverpool are the supercomputer’s second favourites to win the competition.

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The Merseysiders have been given an 18.9 per cent chance of winning their seventh European Cup.

It’s been calculated that they have 50.4 and 34.3 per cent chances of reaching the semis and the final.

Defending champions Real Madrid are the third favourites, with the supercomputer calculating they have a 10.8 per cent chance of retaining the trophy.

It’s been calculated that struggling Premier League champions Manchester City have just a 6.5 per cent chance of becoming two-time winners of the competition.

Aston Villa, meanwhile, have a mere 2.7 per cent chance of replicating their stunning triumph in 1982.

Liverpool, Arsenal and Villa sailed into the last 16 with respective first, third and eighth-placed finishes.

Manchester City, meanwhile, will have to go through a two-legged play-off – in which they’ll either face Real or Bayern Munich – to join them in the knockout stages.

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in seven years.

Scientists say the enormous space rock is between 40 and 100 metres wide and would wipe out humanity it if hits.

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The red line shows the ‘risk corridor’ where the strike could happen[/caption]

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been rated as the highest risk ever recorded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

If it smashed into Earth, it would leave a crater the size of Manchester and wreak mass death and global destruction.

An impact this size could even cause the collapse of human society, according to experts.

Astronomers have calculated there is a 1 in 83 chance of the space rock smashing into Earth – or 1.2 per cent.

It is currently speeding away from our planet at 38,000mph, but will circle back around the sun when its path could intersect Earth’s.

The asteroid was spotted by a special monitoring telescope in Chile, South America, on Christmas Day.

Projections show its path could cross over with earth’s orbit around Christmas time in 2032 – specifically 5:25am on Wednesday, December 22.

The collision has been rated level three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale – the highest for any rock currently being monitored.

The second-most risky asteroid has just a 0.68 chance per cent of hitting earth – about half of YR4.

Level three on the Torino scale is described by Nasa as: “Current calculations give a 1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction.

“Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead to re-assignment to Level 0.

“Attention by public and by public officials is merited if the encounter is less than a decade away.”

David Rankin, an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey, wrote on BlueSky: “This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever, making it a Torino scale 3.

“Most likely outcome is still a near miss. We continue to track it!”

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The devastating impact would create a crater the size of Manchester[/caption]

The ESA said it is not currently possible to predict whether the asteroid will strike the Earth, but that more observations would give us a better idea of the trajectory.

A rock of this size hits the our planet just once every 700,000 years.

The International Asteroid Warning Network said it was already planning for what action might be needed as the asteroid nears.

This could involve creating a model to project the level of devastation an impact would cause, and figuring out a way to knock it off course.

The options for diverting an asteroid include firing a nuclear bomb or driving a rocket into it.

Mathematicians have calculated that crashing a “sacrificial” spacecraft into the side of a speeding asteroid less than one kilometre across would be powerful enough to push it away.

Ian Carnelli, a planet defence expert at the ESA, told The Telegraph: “It is a lot more complex with a nuclear device, and that is before you get into the political discussion because nuclear explosions in space are banned by UN treaties.

“A kinetic impactor, a spacecraft, will be a lot more precise [than a nuclear bomb] because you can select the mass, the velocity and the direction of the impact; you can really control the deflection.

“But even so, the nuclear device is not like you see in Armageddon where you send drillers to put the bomb in the core of the asteroid and destroy it – the idea is to detonate it at a certain distance from the asteroid.

“Triggering an explosion a certain distance away from an asteroid is extremely complex and nobody would agree to test it before a real threat is identified so you really would have a total lack of knowledge of how to do it.”

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