Obituaries

National

Biologist Phil Pister — who singlehandedly saved species from extinction — dead at 94

4:56pm January 26, 2023

Phil Pister, a biologist who singlehandedly saved a rare fish from extinction by walking through the desert at night with two buckets in his hands, has died at 94.

National

Remembering longtime Chicago radio host Lin Brehmer

6:14pm January 25, 2023

Longtime Chicago radio host Lin Brehmer died on Sunday at 68. Brehmer anchored the morning show on WRXT for nearly 30 years.

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Education

'Sesame Street' co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93

10:58am January 25, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Sparked in part by the civil rights movement, the show aimed to teach children basic skills. His hope was to "help those children who would otherwise not succeed in school, do better," he said.

Victor Navasky was also the author of a classic work about the Hollywood blacklist, Naming Names.

Arts

Journalist Victor S. Navasky has died. For years, he led The Nation.

5:18pm January 24, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

Navasky's journalism and influence were a clarion call for the left.

An Alabama farmer secretly helped strangers pay their pharmacy bills

5:58pm January 23, 2023

by Ashley Brown

For almost a decade, some residents in the tiny town of Geraldine, Ala., were having their pharmacy bills paid by a secret benefactor. No one knew until after the man's death.

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Priscilla Presley reads a poem wrtitten by granddaughter Harper Lockwood during a memorial service for her daughter Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.

National

Fans and celebrities gather at Graceland to eulogize Lisa Marie Presley

5:53am January 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Memphis morning to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died on Jan. 12.

David Crosby, photographed in New York on August 3, 1984.

Music & Culture

Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81

8:47pm January 19, 2023

by Annie Zaleski

Crosby was a prominent figure of the free-spirited 1970s Laurel Canyon scene who helped bring folk-rock mainstream with both The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

David Crosby, an icon of American rock, has died at age 81

7:49pm January 19, 2023

by Eric Westervelt

David Crosby, an icon of American rock, has died. A co-founder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young influenced a generation of rockers and singer songwriters. He was 81.

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A remembrance of Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida, who died at the age of 95

1:47pm January 18, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Gina Lollobrigida melted the hearts of major stars in the 1950s and '60s: Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Burt Lancaster. She was a voluptuous brunette with captivating brown eyes.

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Sister André poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, on April 27, 2022. With her death, the oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

The world's oldest person, Sister André of France, dies at age 118

11:04am January 18, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Born Lucile Randon in 1904, Sister André spent most of her life in religious service as a Roman Catholic nun. The oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.