A Princess Cruises captain died onboard the line’s Diamond Princess ship. Capt. Michele Bartolomei suffered a “sudden medical emergency,” according to a May 19 letter to guests reviewed by USA TODAY.

The Diamond Princess, the 15th and final Princess Cruises ship to resume service since the pandemic, began sailing passengers out of San Diego Sunday. The refurbished Diamond was one of four ships the ...

Captain Michele Bartolomei died suddenly while on board the ship traveling around Asia Rachel McRady is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an entertainment journalist for more than a decade ...

Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess ship officially returned to service Sunday, welcoming passengers for the first time since the pandemic shut down the cruise industry. The vessel left from its new ...

The captain of a major cruise liner has died during an almost month-long voyage around Asia. Michele Bartolomei was captaining Princess Cruises’ the Diamond Princess when he died suddenly on May 19 ...

The Diamond Princess cruise ship returned to the seas on Sunday for the first time since the vessel saw a widespread COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 — an event that precipitated the global shutdown of ...

It was a cruise ship that foretold the potential impact of the pandemic in early 2020. Now, in late 2021, cruise ships offer a taste of pre-Covid freedom and one version of post-Covid life. One of the ...

Captain Michele Bartolomei of Princess Cruises died onboard the Diamond Princess during a 19-day voyage through Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The cruise line said he suffered a “sudden medical emergency,” ...

Princess Cruises will return the Diamond Princess to service in Japan for the first time since the pandemic began on March 15, with a nine-day, roundtrip cruise out of Tokyo. The Diamond returns to ...