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John Barth, innovative postmodernist novelist, dies at 93

11:41am April 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died Tuesday.

Remembering musician Casey Benjamin of the Robert Glasper Experiment, dead at 45

5:41pm April 02, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

The saxophonist best known for his work as part of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Glasper Experiment was 45.

Former cast members of SCTV Dave Thomas (from left), Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, foreground, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Martin Short, pose at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival on March 6, 1999, in Aspen, Colo. Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series "SCTV," died Monday at age 82.

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'SCTV' star and comedian Joe Flaherty dies at 82

5:19pm April 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Emmy winner starred with John Candy and Catherine O'Hara in "SCTV,″ about a fictional TV station. Flaherty's characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd.

Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona attack in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

5:11am April 02, 2024

Lou Conter was on the battleship in December 1941 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor drawing the U.S. into World War Two. Conter, a Navy quartermaster, was on the main deck when the bombing began.

U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., faces reporters during a news conference in Quincy, Mass., on Feb. 22, 2010.

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Former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82

5:12am March 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart, has died following a long-term illness, his family announced.

Remembering NPR host Bob Edwards

6:43pm March 30, 2024

On Saturday afternoon, a memorial service was held at NPR headquarters for longtime Morning Edition host Bob Edwards. Here's a bit of what his colleagues said.

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Louis Gossett Jr., first black man to win Best Support Actor Oscar, dies

4:33pm March 29, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87.

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Louis Gossett Jr., the 1st Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

10:56am March 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

Gossett won the award for An Officer And A Gentleman, and also got an Emmy for Roots. More recent prominent roles for the Broadway star and civil rights activist were in The Color Purple and Watchmen.

Visitors look at the artwork "The Matter of Time" by US artist Richard Serra during the presentation of the "25 Years of the Museum Collection" exhibition on the 25th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in the Spanish Basque city of Bilbao on Oct. 18, 2022.

Arts

Photos: Remembering Richard Serra, a world-renowned 'poet' of metals

1:19pm March 28, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

American artist Richard Serra died this week at the age of 85. Serra was world-renowned for his large-scale metal sculptures.

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Looking back on the life and legacy of sculptor Richard Serra

11:41am March 28, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The great American sculptor died on Tuesday at his home in New York on the North Fork of Long Island. He was 85.

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