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Sports

Gale Sayers, Who Inspired TV Movie 'Brian's Song,' Dies At 77

8:52am September 24, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to sports journalist Kevin Blackistone about Gale Sayers' legacy. The former Chicago Bears running back, whose elusiveness bedeviled defenses, died Wednesday.

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Teacher Who Died Of COVID-19 Was Loved By His Students

7:40am September 24, 2020

Rene Chavez of El Paso, Texas, died of COVID-19 at age 45. His wife Annette Chavez says he made her laugh, and inspired his high school English students.

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National

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be Honored At The Supreme Court

4:10am September 24, 2020

The Supreme Court is honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a private ceremony and then a public viewing today. Ginsburg died on Friday. She was 87.

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Sports

NFL Hall Of Fame Running Back Gale Sayers Dies At 77

5:28pm September 23, 2020

Legendary Chicago Bears' running back Gale Sayers has died at age 77. In primarily five seasons, he strung together a Hall of Fame career.

Gale Sayers, who held or shared 12 NFL records when he retired, has died at age 77. He famously dedicated an award to his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo.

Gale Sayers, Who Wowed NFL Fans And Inspired A Beloved TV Movie, Dies At 77

2:43pm September 23, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The story of the Black football star's friendship with a white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer inspired the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song.

Charles Krebbs Is Among The More Than 200,000 People Who Died Of COVID-19

6:59am September 23, 2020

Charles Henry Krebbs of Phoenix, Ariz., died of COVID-19 at age 75. His daughter Tara Krebbs remembers his love of fashion, his sense of humor and the chance to say goodbye.

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In this May 28, 1957, photo, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, center, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, left, talk outside the witness room during a bombing trial in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgome

Robert Graetz, Only White Pastor To Back Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies At 92

4:24pm September 22, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.

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Guess How Much I Love You™ © 2015 Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram. Guess How Much I Love You™ is a registered trademark of Walker Books Ltd, London. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books,

Books
Arts

'Guess How Much I Love You' Author Sam McBratney Dies At 77

3:59pm September 22, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

"I love you right up to the moon — and back," Big Nutbrown Hare tells Little Nutbrown Hare. Their affections were translated into 57 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide.

Music & Culture

Member Of The Temptations, Bruce Williamson Jr., Dies At 49

11:18am September 22, 2020

The family of Bruce Williamson Jr., who was a former lead singer with the Temptations, died on Sept. 6 in Las Vegas of complications from COVID-19.

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Remembering People Of Color Lost To COVID-19

4:16pm September 21, 2020

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is nearing 200,000, and it's Black and brown communities that have suffered the most. NPR offers a remembrance of some of those lives.

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