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Remembering the jazz greats who died in 2024

5:00am December 27, 2024

by Kevin Whitehead

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year.

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Singer-songwriter and actress Paloma Faith's new album is titled Fall to Grace.

Music & Culture

Paloma Faith's 'Fall To Grace' Is A Keeper

by Ken Tucker

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In Shameless, William H. Macy is the dysfunctional father of six.

Arts

William H. Macy Is 'Shameless' On Showtime

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Gen. David Petraeus is the subject of The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War, a new book by Fred Kaplan.

Books
Arts

'The Insurgents': Petraeus And A New Kind Of War

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Books
Arts

Jane Austen's 'Pride And Prejudice' At 200

by Maureen Corrigan

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Visitors take in a re-created scene at the massacre museum at Vietnam's My Lai village. Researcher Nick Turse says atrocities of all kinds were more common in the Vietnam War than most Americans believe.

'Anything That Moves': Civilians And The Vietnam War

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Remembering Journalist Stanley Karnow

The veteran journalist died on Sunday at age 87. He was famous for his reporting on the Vietnam War, and in 1989 he spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about another war: The Spanish-American War and U.S. involvement in the Philippines.

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