https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96-after-70-years-on-the-throne/ > By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI > LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.