Obituaries

Henry Kissinger, legendary diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100

5:46am November 30, 2023

by Tom Gjelten

Henry Kissinger, a hawkish and towering figure in foreign policy circles, has died at the age of 100. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 29, 2023.)

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger leaves behind a complicated legacy

5:13am November 30, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with professor Jeremi Suri of the University of Texas at Austin about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at the age of 100.

A longtime friend remembers Rosalynn Carter

6:13pm November 29, 2023

Anne Mahoney Robbins, who worked in the White House in the 1970s, says the first lady Rosalynn Carter saved her from a crippling depression.

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Remembering musician, composer and artist Catherine Christer Hennix

5:05pm November 29, 2023

by Andrew Limbong

Catherine Christer Hennix combined drones and minimalism with mathematics, logic, and spirituality. Hennix died earlier this week in her home in Istanbul, Turkey, at age 75.

'Mr. Big Stuff' singer Jean Knight has died at age 80

6:42pm November 28, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Jean Knight, the New Orleans-born soul singer behind the infectious 1971 hit "Mr. Big Stuff," has died. She was 80.

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Friends, family, presidents and first ladies honor Rosalynn Carter at memorial

5:55pm November 28, 2023

by Sam Gringlas

A memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter was held in Atlanta, Ga. Friends and family were joined by presidents and first ladies in honoring her.

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Arts

Remembering First Lady Rosalynn Carter

2:29pm November 28, 2023

by Terry Gross

Carter, who died Nov. 19, grew up in Plains, Ga., and met her husband, Jimmy, when she was 17. In 1984, she spoke to Fresh Air about life before and after the White House.

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Producer Marty Krofft arrives at the premiere of "Land of the Lost," at Gramuan's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 30, 2009. Krofft, one of the producing pair that put "H.R. Pufnstuf" and the Osmonds on TV, has died at 86.

Arts

Marty Krofft, who changed children's TV with 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' dies at 86

11:17am November 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Krofft and his brother Sid brought a trippy sensibility to children's TV and brought singling siblings Donny and Marie Osmond and Barbara Mandrell and her sisters to primetime.

Marty Krofft, the king of Saturday morning television, dies at 86

5:18am November 28, 2023

In the 1960s and 70s, Marty Krofft and his older brother Sid made trippy children's shows with huge, oddball puppets. They created shows such as H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost.

National

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will be honored at 3 memorial services this week

7:44am November 27, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

Three days of memorial events are planned in Georgia this week for former first Lady Rosalynn Carter who died on November 19 at the age of 96.

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