obituaries

Longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, Bob Dole, dies at 98

5:23am December 06, 2021

by Mara Liasson

Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years.

Politics & Government

Bob Dole, a Republican politician shaped by his Kansas roots

5:16pm December 05, 2021

by Frank Morris

Former Senate Majority leader, and GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, of Kansas, has died. He was 98.

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Newt Gingrich, the incoming speaker of the House, meets with Dole, then Senate majority leader, on Capitol Hill on Jan. 3, 1995. The 104th Congress had a Republican majority in both chambers for the first time since 1954.

Politics & Government

Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies

3:22pm December 05, 2021

by Mara Liasson

After recovering from wounds suffered in World War II, Dole went on to represent Kansas in Congress for more than 30 years.

Mourners remember 'pastor's pastor' and WWII veteran Matthew Southall Brown Sr.

7:43am December 04, 2021

by Walter Ray Watson

The decorated war veteran and retired pastor was among the first African Americans to desegregate the military and fight during World War II.

Retired Special Forces Maj. Ian Fishback, seen in December 2019, deployed four times to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2005, he blew the whistle on U.S. troops who were torturing people in Iraq.

National

The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by U.S. troops

10:25pm December 02, 2021

by Quil Lawrence

Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.

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From music made from brain waves to gamelan instruments reworked for amplifiers and loudspeakers, Alvin Lucier rewired how we heard sound.

Music & Culture

Alvin Lucier, inquisitive and innovative composer, has died at 90

4:28pm December 01, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

Lucier changed the way we think about sound through monumental works like I Am Sitting in a Room and Music on a Long Thin Wire.

National

Sherif Zaki, CDC disease detective, is dead at age 65

5:22pm November 30, 2021

Sherif Zaki, a legendary disease expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was known for his photographic memory and knack for solving tough disease mysteries, has died at 65.

Lee Elder, golf pioneer who broke the race barrier at the Masters, dies at 87

8:12am November 30, 2021

Although there were other professional African American golfers who came before him, Elder made history in 1975, breaking the sport's race barriers when he competed at Augusta National Golf Club.

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Sports

Lee Elder, the 1st Black golfer to play at the Masters, has died at age 87

6:11pm November 29, 2021

Former PGA Tour player Lee Elder has died at age 87. He was the first Black man to play at the Masters Tournament and meant a lot to the community of Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C.

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Health & Safety

News brief: Omicron variant, Maxwell trial, renowned fashion designer dies

7:50am November 29, 2021

A new coronavirus variant creates uncertainty around the world. Opening statements begin Monday in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial. Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died at age 41.

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