obituaries

Novelist Jin Yong — the pen name for writer and journalist Louis Cha — has died, triggering tributes and mourning from his fans. Here, a customer reads a book at a memorial section at a bookstore in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

Louis Cha, Who Wrote Beloved Chinese Martial Arts Novels As Jin Yong, Dies

12:58pm October 31, 2018

by Bill Chappell

He's been called China's Tolkien, its Martin, its Rowling — all in one. With his adventure stories rooted in ancient China, Louis Cha gave life to decades' worth of martial arts films.

Remembering Cecil And David Rosenthal, Brothers Killed In Synagogue Shooting

5:22pm October 29, 2018

Cecil and David Rosenthal could be counted on every Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Chris Schopf speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the two brothers, who were among those killed in Pittsburgh.

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Poet And Playwright Ntozake Shange Dies On Saturday At Age 70

8:34am October 29, 2018

David Greene talks to Tony Medina, professor of creative writing at Howard University, about Ntozake Shange, who wrote: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf."

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People pay their respects in front of a memorial on Sunday outside of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after a shooting there on left 11 people dead.

'Wonderful People, Good Souls': The Victims Of The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

5:28pm October 28, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The 11 people who were killed on Saturday ranged in age from 54 to 97. Two of them were brothers, and two were a married couple. Here are some of their stories.

Sonny Fortune, performing with the Elvin Jones Quartet at Bimhuis in Amsterdam, on March 29, 1986. The celebrated saxophonist died Oct. 25 in New York.

Music & Culture

Sonny Fortune, Stalwart Saxophonist Of New York, Dies At 79

6:54pm October 27, 2018

by Nate Chinen

After a move to New York in the late '60s, the clear-toned Fortune became a versatile fixture on the broad landscape of modern jazz.

Music & Culture

'Swamp Rock' Master Tony Joe White Has Died At 75

1:43pm October 26, 2018

by Craig Havighurst

The Louisiana native died of a heart attack at home in Leiper's Fork, Tenn. on Thursday.

Annapurna Devi being read her last rites at Chandanwadi Cremation at Marine Lines on October 13, 2018 in Mumbai.

Music & Culture

She Was Poised To Be A Star — Instead, She Spent 60 Years In Her Apartment

6:17pm October 23, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Annapurna Devi could have been famous around the world — possibly on par with her first husband, Ravi Shankar. Instead, she stayed at home for more than six decades, before dying on Oct. 13 at age 92.

Norwegian WWII Hero Joachim Rønneberg Dies At 99

6:12pm October 23, 2018

Author Neal Bascomb tells us about Norwegian hero Joachim Rønneberg, the last surviving member of a 1943 successful raid to deter Hitler's nuclear program. Rønneberg died on Sunday at 99.

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World War II Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg, seen here in 2013, has died at age 99. He led a team that was credited with slowing Hitler's plan to build atomic weapons.

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Joachim Roenneberg, Who Sabotaged Nazis' Nuclear Hopes, Dies At 99

3:20pm October 22, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Roenneberg was just 23 when his team of resistance fighters parachuted into a mountain range in Norway. They skied to a plant making heavy water and blew Hitler's atomic plans off-schedule.

Thirty-year-old Madelyn Linsenmeir, pictured on one of her routine walks with son Ayden. "Her addiction didn't define her, but it did define the way she lived," Linsenmeir's sister, Kate O'Neill, wrote in an obituary that moved readers nationwide this wee

The Viral Obituary Of An Opioid Addict: 'She's Just One Face' Of The Epidemic

10:47pm October 20, 2018

by Emma Bowman

An obit for a young mother who died after struggling with addiction gained national attention this week. Her sister wants to remind readers: "So many people with addiction don't resemble the photo."

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