Obituaries

Arts

Remembering Tom Shales, a TV critic with a biting wit

1:30pm January 18, 2024

by Terry Gross

Known for his strong opinions, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post critic also reviewed films on Morning Edition for two decades. Shales died Jan. 13. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević smiles during an NBA preseason basketball game against the Denver Nuggets San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Sports

Dejan Milojević, the Golden State Warriors assistant coach, has died at 46

1:13pm January 18, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Milojević was in his third season with the Warriors. He was a head coach in his native Serbia for eight years and won three MVPs in the Adriatic Basketball Association as a player.

Trailblazing journalist Ruth Ashton Taylor has died at the age of 101

5:12am January 17, 2024

She was the West Coast's first female TV newscaster, and was a fixture on Los Angeles TV for decades. She began in radio producing documentaries for legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow.

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie on the TV series The Honeymooners, on Nov. 24, 1990, in New York. Randolph has died at age 99.

'The Honeymooners' actor Joyce Randolph dies at 99

7:35pm January 14, 2024

by The Associated Press

The veteran stage and television actor's role as the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband.

Washington Post columnist, Tom Shales, pictured in 2002, died at age 79.

Tom Shales, longtime TV critic, dies at 79

5:05pm January 13, 2024

by Emma Bowman

Shales, who spent almost 40 years with The Washington Post, was known for his informative and snarky commentary on a wide range of TV programs, networks and personalities.

National

Josephine Wright, who fought developers in South Carolina, has died at 94

6:28pm January 12, 2024

by Victoria Hansen

Josephine Wright, a South Carolina woman who fought developers on Hilton Head Island, has died. She had celebrity support for her cause of trying to keep her home.

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Amalija Knavs, mother of first lady Melania Trump, walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, June 18, 2017. Knavs has died, according to an announcement by Trump late Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

Former first lady Melania Trump's mother has died

1:41am January 10, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Trump described her mother, Amalija Knavs, as strong and graceful in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Knavs, a native of Slovenia, became a U.S. citizen in 2018.

Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes according to a coroner's statement. She's pictured above performing in Vancouver, Canada in the late 1980s.

Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes, coroner says

12:44pm January 09, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

The Irish singer died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 56. A tribute concert for O'Connor and Irish artist Shane MacGowan is planned for March in New York.

Economy

Farewell to Earnest Jackson, the iconic voice behind Planet Money's 'Inflation' song

6:31am January 09, 2024

by Greg Rosalsky

The singer and songwriter behind Planet Money's "Inflation" song has passed away.

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Arts

Remembrance done right: How TCM has perfected the 'in memoriam' montage

7:00am January 06, 2024

by Aisha Harris

TCM Remembers is an annual tribute to the film industry's dearly departed. Somehow, these videos manage to strike just the right balance between sentimentality, fond remembrance and aesthetics.