Depeche Mode founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies at 60
Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group, but was a uniting figure and often the tiebreaking vote in the squabbles of his more famous bandmates.
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Remembering the young victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting
Twenty-one crosses stand outside Robb Elementary School where a gunman committed a massacre. Each cross honors a life taken. NPR profiles some of the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting.
'Goodfellas' actor Ray Liotta has died at age 67
Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in Goodfellas, has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic where he was filming a movie. He was 67.
Mona Fort, who died of COVID, is remembered with 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra
Kathryn Redmond remembers Mona Fort, who died from COVID at age 67, with the song My Way by Frank Sinatra. The song accompanied the photo tribute at her funeral.
Remembering the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde
We're still learning the names of the victims of the mass shooting that took place in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas. Piece by piece, we're learning a little bit more about who they are.
'Goodfellas' star Ray Liotta dead at 67
According to his publicist, the actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a movie.
American pickle legend Robert J. Vlasic has died at age 96
Robert J. Vlasic died at his home earlier this month at age 96. The businessman helped grow Vlasic into America's number-one pickle by not taking himself, or the company, too seriously.
Remembering 'New Yorker' editor and renowned baseball writer Roger Angell
Angell's writing earned him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame, when he received a career excellence award in 2014. He died May 20 at the age of 101. Originally broadcast in 2001.
Journalist who wrote about gun violence was killed in mass shooting in Buffalo
The Challenger is a Black-owned, woman-owned newspaper in Buffalo, N.Y. One of its journalists, Katherine Massey, was killed in the grocery store attack this month that left 10 African Americans dead.
The designer of the X-wing and other iconic 'Star Wars' ships has died
Colin Cantwell worked on other films including 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames. He was 90.