Reflecting on the legacy of colleague Victor Holliday
NPR's Michel Martin remembers the much-loved Holliday, who died this week at 61. His lifelong friend said Holliday's goal was to leave everything he touched a little better.
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Lata Mangeshkar, the sweetheart of Bollywood, dies at 92
She was one of the most famous and beloved playback singers. She recorded songs used in movie soundtracks, which generations of actresses would then lip-sync onscreen.
Ashley Bryan, children's illustrator and author, has died at 98
He created stories centered on African and African American folk tales and his vibrantly colored collage and paper-cut illustrations adorned the pages of some 50 books.
Jason Epstein, founder of 'The New York Review of Books,' dies at 93
Jason Epstein, a towering figure in the New York City's intellectual scene who co-founded "The New York Review of Books" as well as the Library of America series, died this week at 93.
The reporter who broke the gender barrier in NHL locker rooms has died at age 70
Herman hoped her "mini sports history" moment would go quietly unnoticed. Instead, the locker room quickly devolved into a "circus scene."
A 104-year-old COVID survivor has died. He wanted to keep people safe until the end
In his final days, Alim asked people not to visit him or his family due to rising COVID cases in his community. "Even in death he wanted to keep people and our family safe," says his son.
Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82
Waterson was from the renowned English folk family The Watersons. She was married to musician Martin Carthy. Her daughter, singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy, announced her mother's death.
Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died
As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown's most famous lines — "I got a rock" — in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Remembering trailblazing fashion designer Thierry Mugler, dead at 73
French fashion designer Thierry Mugler reshaped the fashion world, centering wildly inventive concepts and creating space for queer voices. On Sunday, he died at the age of 73.
Bobbe 'Beegie' Long Adair, a formative center of Nashville's jazz scene, dies at 84
Adair was a superb soloist and tremendous accompanist, as well as the bedrock of Nashville's jazz scene after first relocating there in the early '60s.