Remembering Some We've Lost In 2015

As the year’s end approaches, Here & Now’s Robin Young and Meghna Chakrabarti take a look back at some of those who died this past year.

Mentioned In This Segment

• Ian ‘Lemmy' Kilmister, musician
• Haskell Wexler, cinematographer
• Maureen O’Hara, actress
• Omar Shariff, actor
• Kurt Masur, composer
• Lynn Anderson, musician
• Scott Weiland, musician
• Oliver Sacks, scientist
• Ornette Coleman, musician
• BB King, musician

Songs In This Segment

• Motorhead, “Ace of Spades”
• Maureen O’Hara, singing Frederic Weatherly’s “Danny Boy”
• Johannes Brahams, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
• Lynn Anderson, singing Joe South’s “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
• Stone Temple Pilots, “Creep”
• Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz – Parts 1 & 2
• B.B. King, playing Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell’s “The Thrill is Gone”

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