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The Legacy Of Late College Basketball Coach John Chaney

4:17pm February 02, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with The Ringer staff writer Tyler Tynes about the legacy of college basketball coach John Chaney. Chaney, who coached at Temple University, died on Friday at 89 years old.

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"I've always wanted to just be an actor ... that's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles," Hal Holbrook told NPR in 2008. He is shown above in his New York apartment in February 1973.

Arts

Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95

11:05am February 02, 2021

by Jesse Baker

Holbrook played the Southern humorist for more than six decades in his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. He's also known for playing Deep Throat in All the President's Men.

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After Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond made many appearances on reality TV shows, such as Celebrity Big Brother.

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'Saved By The Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Dead At 44

9:36pm February 01, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Dustin Diamond played the awkward sidekick Screech in the hit sitcom. He died Monday of cancer, after having been diagnosed three weeks ago.

Music & Culture

Remembering SOPHIE, Electronic Pop Musician

4:28pm February 01, 2021

The electronic pop musician SOPHIE, known for her unique spin on underground dance music, died on Saturday after an accidental fall. She was 34 years old.

Double K, born Michael Turner, of People Under the Stairs performing during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 11, 2009 in Manchester, Tenn.

Music & Culture

Double K, People Under The Stairs Rapper And Producer, Dead At 43

3:34pm February 01, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

The LA-born and bred artist, alongside partner Thes One, influenced the sound of West Coast rap around the turn of the century.

The Animals, from left, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, John Steel, Eric Burdon and Dave Rowberry, board an airliner in London bound for New York on May 27, 1965, to appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Valentine died Friday at the age of 77.

Music & Culture

Hilton Valentine, Founding Guitarist For The Animals, Dies At 77

3:26pm January 31, 2021

by Jason Slotkin

Valentine's ghostly and circular guitar riff on the song "House of the Rising Sun" helped make The Animals' 1964 recording of the folk staple one of the most evocative versions ever recorded.

Remembering Actor Cicely Tyson

6:03pm January 30, 2021

Host Michel Martin remembers legendary actress Cicely Tyson, who died Thursday at the age of 96.

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SOPHIE, seen here performing in London in March 2018, died Saturday morning after an accident.

Music & Culture

SOPHIE, Electronic Music's Transgressive Pop Star, Dead At 34

9:49am January 30, 2021

by Otis Hart

The visionary producer and singer whose music melded house, techno, trance, pop and the avant-garde died after an accident in Athens.

Cicely Tyson attends the TIME 100 Gala in 2012. The famed actress died at the age of 96. Tyson inspired generations of African American actors who grew up watching her perform on stage and on screen.

Arts

Cicely Tyson, Who Brought Grace And Gravitas To The Screen, Has Died At 96

9:07am January 29, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

In a career that spanned more than six decades, she commanded attention on the screen and the stage and was known for roles that reflected her experience as an African American woman.

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Legendary Stage And Screen Actress Cicely Tyson Has Died At 96

7:28am January 29, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Actress Cicely Tyson has died. In a career that spanned some 65 years, Tyson was an elegant, dignified presence.

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