obituaries

Health & Safety

Broadway colleagues remember costume dresser who died of COVID-19

5:41am October 22, 2021

Jennifer Robin Arnold worked decades as a costume dresser with The Phantom of the Opera. Her colleagues came to StoryCorps to remember her. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Taylor Haney.

In this July 13, 1997 file photo Lorli von Trapp Campbell attends a mass honoring her father, in Stowe, Vt. A funeral home confirmed Lorli von Trapp Campbell died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Northfield, Vt.

Arts

Lorli von Trapp Campbell from the 'Sound of Music' family has died at age 90

6:32pm October 21, 2021

by The Associated Press

Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.

Children's book illustrator Jerry Pinkney poses in front of two of his illustrations in 2016, at the City Hall in Philadelphia.

Books
Arts

Jerry Pinkney, the beloved, award-winning children's book illustrator, has died at 81

6:59pm October 20, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The Caldecott Medal winner died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was known for illustrating over 100 books for readers of all ages, including The Lion and the Mouse and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Remembering Tom Morey, the eccentric surf icon and inventor of the Boogie Board

4:43pm October 19, 2021

Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 86.

Albright and Powell, both secretaries of state, were part of a small club

9:07am October 19, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state about the legacy of Colin Powell who died Monday. In 2001, Powell became the first Black secretary of state.

Gen. Colin Powell, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tours the bombed courtyard of the Panamanian Defense Force Comandancia in Panama City during the U.S. invasion of Panama on Jan. 5, 1990.

PHOTOS: Colin Powell's life in public service

5:17pm October 18, 2021

by Tien Le

Colin Powell died at age 84 on Monday. He spent much of his life in the military and served in the Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations.

Colin Powell, a former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has died at age 84. Above, Powell speaks at eBay headquarters in California in 2010.

Colin Powell, a former secretary of state, dies at 84

5:16pm October 18, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Powell's family said that he died of complications from COVID-19, although he was fully vaccinated. Powell was a former general turned statesman who served as secretary of state under George W. Bush.

Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff Bill Smullen on his friend's legacy

4:28pm October 18, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff Col. Bill Smullen about his good friend's career and legacy.

Politics & Government

Ted Koppel remembers Colin Powell as a 'wise counselor' to presidents

11:30am October 18, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran journalist Ted Koppel about Colin Powell's legacy. Koppel recalls both professional moments as well as personal ones, like their shared love of fast cars.

Politics & Government

Gen. Wesley Clark remembers the legacy and leadership of Colin Powell

10:19am October 18, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark about how history will remember Colin Powell. The former secretary of state has died at 84.