Paddy Moloney, Irish folk music legend and founder of The Chieftains, has died at 83
Known for his mastery of the uilleann pipes, Moloney was an important ambassador of Irish folk music to the wider world.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, has died at 85
Khan launched Pakistan on the path to becoming a nuclear weapons power in the early 1970s. His family said he died of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness.
Coming to terms with the COVID death of an estranged mother
We remember Holly Serl, one of more than 700,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus.
'Top Chef Junior' competitor Fuller Goldsmith has died at age 17
The Alabama native has died after battling leukemia. Goldsmith won the top prize on Chopped Junior when he was 14, before moving on to Top Chef Junior.
George Wein Never Stopped Listening
Nate Chinen remembers Newport Jazz impresario George Wein, who helped create the modern music festival but never lost his appetite for listening in small rooms and connecting at a human scale.
Remembering former TV news producer Clifford Feldman, lost to COVID
We remember Clifford Feldman, a former TV news producer who lived in Washington, D.C. Feldman was one of the nearly 700,000 Americans who have died from COVID.
Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79
Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller.
Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95
Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.
Influential Organ Player Dr. Lonnie Smith Has Died At Age 79
Dr. Lonnie Smith, an influential American organ player and member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s, died this week at the age of 79.
In Labelle And Beyond, Sarah Dash Could Never Fade Into The Background
Even next to Patti Labelle's charisma and Nona Hendryx's songcraft, there is no Labelle without the range and clarity of Dash's silver throat — and the trio's commitment to singing as equals.