Southern California's pioneering DJ Art Laboe dies at age 97
Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who spent seven decades on the air in Southern California, died Friday at age 97.
Obituaries
Remembering NPR's Ken Barcus, a tough editor with a big heart
Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.
Angela Lansbury, a beloved star of the screen and stage, has died at 96
Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She says she knew early on that she'd never be "groomed to be a glamorous movie star" and thus sought out nontraditional roles.
Sharp-tongued Hollywood columnist Nikki Finke has died at 68
The veteran reporter became one of Hollywood's top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com. She was the most-feared columnist in show business.
Sacheen Littlefeather sacrificed her career to make way for Indigenous voices
Actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, best known for declining Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscar to protest Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans, has died at the age of 75.
Just Do It: How the iconic Nike tagline built a career for the late Dan Wieden
Advertising legend Dan Wieden, who created the iconic Nike slogan Just Do It, died last week at the age of 77 — leaving behind a legacy that changed the industry.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller died on Monday in Toronto. He was 83. Fuller was best known for A Soldier's Play – which was turned into an Oscar nominated film, A Soldier's Story.
Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies at 90
Loretta Lynn, the country music star who brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting, died at her home in Tennessee on Tuesday. She was 90.
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83
Fuller often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, like he did in his best-known work, the searing and acclaimed "A Soldier's Play."
Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90
The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.