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Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64
Greg Tate, the essential music writer, cultural critic and journalist, has died. He was 64. The news was confirmed by a spokesperson at Duke University… -
Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies
Bob Dole, a longtime Senate Republican leader and the party's presidential nominee in 1996, died Sunday at age 98.Dole's death was confirmed in a tweet by… -
10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to
On the day of Stephen Sondheim's death, creating a list of his songs you will never stop playing is to invite an argument — and I do. Sondheim died at 91,… -
The Father of Music Festivals: The life and legacy of pioneer George Wein
A tribute to music impresario George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, who died last September. -
Aaron Feuerstein, famously generous mill owner, dies at 95
Aaron Feuerstein, who owned a textile mill in Massachusetts and famously continued to pay his workers even after a devastating fire, has died. He was… -
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot by a prop gun, was a rising star
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died on the set of Rust when Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun, is being remembered as a talented artist and a team… -
Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, dies of COVID
Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state during the presidency of George W. Bush and led the first Gulf War as chairman of the joint chiefs, has… -
Tom Morey, inventor of the Boogie Board, dies at 86
Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died Thursday at age 86. Morey grew up in Laguna Beach, Calif.,… -
Opinion: Remembering NPR's Neal Conan
Neal Conan and I were once briefly roommates in Neal's apartment in a fifth floor walkup on 101st Street in New York. There was a window about the size of… -
Ron Popeil, Pioneer Of "Wait...There's More!" Late-Night Infomercials, Is Dead At 86
Come, young ones: Gather around the glow of the smartphone's screen for a tale of a distant time when we watched TV on big boxy machines, and switched…
