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'Fresh Air' Remembers Toni Morrison With 3 Conversations Over 4 Decades

2:03pm August 09, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Nobel laureate died Monday at 88. Terry Gross talked with Morrison in 1987 after she wrote Beloved, in 1992 after she authored Jazz and in 2015 when she published God Help the Child.

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David Berman, seen here in a 2006 photo, died Wednesday at the age of 52.

Music & Culture

Silver Jews' David Berman Dies At 52

4:23pm August 08, 2019

by Otis Hart

The master lyricist and poet leaves behind a catalog of oblique indie rock that inspired a cult following.

Gloria Garces kneels in front of crosses at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Tuesday in El Paso, Texas.

National

Stories Of El Paso Shooting Victims Show Acts Of Self-Sacrifice Amid Massacre

11:42pm August 06, 2019

At least 22 people died, including citizens of the U.S., Mexico and Germany.

Remembering Toni Morrison In Her Own Words

5:58pm August 06, 2019

Writer Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. We remember her in her own words.

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Books

Author Tayari Jones Shares An Appreciation Of Toni Morrison

5:58pm August 06, 2019

American writer Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. Author Tayari Jones shares her appreciation of Morrison.

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Toni Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Books
Arts

Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88

12:42pm August 06, 2019

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Pioneering Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker Dies At 94

4:35pm August 05, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

D.A. Pennebaker used portable cameras and redefined documentary filmmaking. Pennebaker was best known for Don't Look Back, The War Room, and Monterey Pop. He died Thursday at 94.

Arts

Remembering Oscar-Winning Documentary Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker

1:20pm August 05, 2019

by Terry Gross

Pennebaker, who died Aug. 1, pioneered a cinéma vérité style of filmmaking in documentaries like Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back and The War Room. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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Harold Prince poses with his Tony Award for best direction of a musical in 1980. He earned the honor for his work on Evita.

Arts

Hal Prince, Transformational Broadway Producer And Director, Has Died

4:28pm July 31, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The winner of an unprecedented 21 Tony Awards, Prince left a major impact on American musical theater. Among his shows: Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof and The Phantom of the Opera. He was 91.

Russi Taylor and her husband Bruce Allwine pose with their characters Minnie and Mickey Mouse at the 2008 Disney Legends Ceremony at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

Arts

Russi Taylor, Voice Of Minnie Mouse For Over 30 Years, Dies At 75

6:00pm July 28, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Taylor also played Martin Prince on The Simpsons and a number of other iconic animated characters. Her husband, Wayne Allwine famously portrayed Mickey Mouse and died in 2009.