NPR's Scott Simon reflects on co-authoring book with Tony Bennett
NPR's Michel Martin remembers the legendary singer Tony Bennett with Weekend Edition host Scott Simon, who wrote the book "Just Getting Started" with Bennett.
Obituaries
Tony Bennett, one of America's great crooners, dies at 96
Bennett died Friday morning in New York City, according to a representative for the singer.
Belle Ortiz, the valiant educator who brought mariachi to public schools, has died
Texas educator and musician Belle Ortiz has died. She played a vital role in bringing mariachi music out of the night clubs and into public schools across Texas as a musical discipline.
Remembering house music legend DJ Deeon, dead at 56
Chicago house icon DJ Deeon passed this week. The producer pioneered the "ghetto house" subgenre in the early 1990s.
Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88
He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.
Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility
The pianist, who died last week, was an inspiration to a generation of Black and brown musicians who followed in his pioneering footsteps.
Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76
The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.
She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too
Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.
Milan Kundera, who wrote 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' dies at 94
The Czech writer tackled big topics — sex, surveillance, death, totalitarianism — but always with a sense of humor. Blacklisted and banned in the Soviet Union, he left for France in 1975.
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' singer CoCo Lee dies at 48
The Hong Kong-born vocalist and songwriter became the first person of Chinese descent to perform at the Oscars with a nominated song from the popular martial arts film.