obituaries

Activist And Former Sex Slave Kim Bok-Dong Dies At 92, Still Fighting For Reparations

6:04pm January 30, 2019

Kim Bok-dong died Monday at 92. She was a fierce activist on behalf of women forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. She shared her story of being a "comfort women" widely.

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Music & Culture

Award-Winning R&B Singer James Ingram Dies At 66

12:59pm January 30, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The Grammy-winning artist rose to prominence in the 1980s and enjoyed several successful collaborations with other artists. He had two No. 1 hits on the Billboard charts.

Remembering Singer James Ingram Who Died At Age 66

6:53am January 30, 2019

Singer James Ingram has died. He was a constant fixture on the pop and R&B charts in the 1980s with hits such as: "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways."

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French Pianist And Composer Michel Legrand Dies At 86

5:42pm January 28, 2019

Michel Legrand was trained as a classical pianist and composer, but he will always be remembered for such pop hits as "The Windmills of Your Mind." Legrand died Saturday at 86.

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Joseph Walker, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was honored with a full military burial on Monday. After officials warned that he might be buried without anyone in attendance, a huge crowd responded.

National

After Hearing U.S. Veteran Had No Family, Huge Crowd Attends His Funeral In Texas

5:37pm January 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Scores of people turned up for Joseph Walker's funeral Monday — not because they knew him, but because they knew the Vietnam-era veteran was at risk of being buried without anyone attending.

Remembering Barrier-Breaking Naval Aviator Rosemary Mariner

5:34am January 28, 2019

Rosemary Mariner, the first American female military aviator to command an air squadron, has died at the age of 65. Steve Inskeep remembers Mariner's life with her friend and pilot Tammie Jo Shults.

French composer Michel Legrand arrives at the opening ceremony of the 6th Lumiere Festival in 2014. Legrand died Saturday.

Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Composer Who Lived 'Surrounded by Music', Dies At 86

6:34pm January 26, 2019

by Francesca Paris

The musician worked across genres, collaborating with American stars like Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand.

African-American Advertising Pioneer Barbara Gardner Proctor Dies At 86

6:17pm January 24, 2019

Trailblazing Chicago businesswoman Barbara Gardner Proctor, who was best known as the founder of the first ad agency owned by an African-American woman, died at 86 last month.

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Jonas Mekas, Champion Of Underground Filmmakers, Dies At 96

4:24pm January 24, 2019

by Ben Shapiro

Jonas Mekas survived a Nazi labor camp and landed in New York City in 1949. He picked up a 16mm camera and began filming the new world around him. Mekas died Wednesday at 96.

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Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi during an interview conducted in Jan. 2018. A portrait of his son — Sam Mtukudzi, who died in a 2010 car crash — can be seen over his shoulder.

African Music Legend Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi Dead At 66

2:06pm January 24, 2019

by Frank Chikowore

Mtukudzi, better known as 'Tuku' and who began his artistic career in the '70s, would go on to release dozens of records and become one of the most celebrated musicians in Zimbabwean history.