Obituaries

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Dickey Betts was a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band. He's pictured on May 19, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn.

Music & Culture

Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80

5:44pm April 18, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The influential guitarist, songwriter and singer was best known for the song "Ramblin' Man." Betts's blues, rock and country-influenced guitar style helped define Southern rock in the 1960s and '70s.

Former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., gestures as he answers questions on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2002, in Washington.

Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and Florida governor, has died at 87

11:14pm April 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

Graham gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war.

Renowned Atlanta hip-hop producer Rico Wade dies at 52

4:40pm April 15, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rodney Carmichael from NPR Music about the legacy of Rico Wade, a foundational producer of Atlanta Hip-Hop.

Arts

Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87

6:56pm April 13, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.

Artist Faith Ringgold sits before her quilt "Tar Beach" in 1993. <em></em>The artwork also inspired a children's book of the same name.

Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93

6:42pm April 13, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

Known best for her story quilts depicting African American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.

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Remembering DJ Mister Cee, pioneering hip-hop broadcaster

6:14pm April 12, 2024

Mister Cee's friend and fellow Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg remembers the longtime hip-hop DJ and radio host who regularly introduced his audience and the record industry to new talent.

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Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler Akebono is dead at 54

6:13pm April 12, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

Hawaiian-born Akebono was the first foreigner to win the highest ranking in Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. He died in Tokyo this month, age 54.

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Ethiopian singer Muluken Melesse dies at 73

5:26pm April 12, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.

This Feb. 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report."

Arts

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour,' dies at 93

4:26pm April 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday

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Morning news brief

5:22am April 12, 2024

The cultural legacy of OJ Simpson. Ukraine's parliament adopts a law to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. The interpreter for the LA Dodgers' star player is charged with bank fraud.