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National

Listeners remember loved ones lost to COVID-19, who will be missed at Thanksgiving

4:44pm November 25, 2021

More than 750,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. On Thanksgiving Day, family members remember the roles and memories that their loved ones left behind.

In the ways he memorialized his own family and held up his city, Dolph demonstrated his understanding of people as more than the sum of our generosity or our flaws.

Music & Culture

Young Dolph saw the good in people

4:00pm November 24, 2021

by Jewel Wicker

Remembering Young Dolph, the Memphis rapper who uplifted collaborators, fans and family

Remembering the owner of the world's largest arcade who died earlier this month

6:18am November 24, 2021

by Todd Bookman

Generations of pinball players and game lovers are remembering Bob Lawton who died at the age of 90. For decades, Lawton was a regular presence at Funspot in Laconia, N.H.

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Man charged for Waukesha parade crash made 1st court appearance

6:10pm November 23, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

Five people died during the Waukesha Christmas parade vehicle crash. They ranged in age from 52 to 81. Several of the victims were a part of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.

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Health & Safety

Jack Dowling left a mark on his art and LGBTQ communities before he died of COVID-19

4:45pm November 23, 2021

Jack Dowling was a painter, writer and dear friend. He died from COVID-19 in Feb. 4, 2021, as one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the virus.

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Robert Bly won a National Book Award in 1968. He is pictured above in 2008.

Books
Arts

Poet Robert Bly, anti-war activist and 'men's movement' leader, dies at 94

5:20pm November 22, 2021

by Euan Kerr

Bly won a National Book Award and was a tireless advocate for poetry. But he knew he could rub people the wrong way. "I do remember people wanting to kill me," he said, "but that's not unusual."

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Health & Safety

Remembering the compassionate Lynne Balla, who died of COVID

4:55pm November 22, 2021

More than 700,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. One of them was Lynne Balla, a nurse and mother of three, died due to COVID-related complications at age 75.

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Photographer Mick Rock at the opening reception for Mick Rock: Shooting For Stardust - The Rise Of David Bowie & Co. in Los Angeles in 2015.

Rock is dead, but the photographer's iconic images of Bowie, Blondie and more live on

5:57pm November 19, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Mick Rock, iconic photographer of rock stars, has died. He was known for his images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen and Blondie. He was 72.

National

Justus Rosenberg, professor who helped artists escape Nazi Germany, dies at 100

4:49pm November 19, 2021

For almost 60 years, Justus Rosenberg was a beloved professor at Bard College. But before he made a living writing and teaching about artists and intellectuals, he helped rescue them in World War II.

Rapper Young Dolph is shot and killed in Memphis

9:29pm November 17, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Police say officers responded to a shooting at a cookie shop at around 12:30 p.m. where Dolph, was pronounced dead at the scene.