Remembrances

Rep. Louis Stokes was the dean of the Ohio congressional delegation until he stepped down in 1999.

Louis Stokes, Ohio's First African-American U.S. Congressman, Dies At 90

3:29pm August 19, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Stokes represented Ohio for 15 terms. He also served as chairman of the House select committee investigating the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Bob Dylan in the studio in the summer of 1965, while recording Highway 61 Revisited, which was mostly produced by Bob Johnston.

Music & Culture

'Is It Rolling, Bob?': Remembering Producer Bob Johnston

5:20pm August 18, 2015

by Joe Henry

Producing albums for Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen and most crucially, Bob Dylan, Johnston helped give shape, heft and durability to some of the most transformative music of the past five decades.

Omar Sharif in one of his signature roles, the revolutionary poet Doctor Zhivago in the film of the same name.

Remembering Omar Sharif, A Star In Two Skies

9:25am August 18, 2015

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif has died at the age of 83. He became a global star in the 1960s with films like Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago — but his career started in Cairo.

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National

Route 29 Batman Dies After Being Struck On Md. Highway

7:48pm August 17, 2015

A Maryland man who drove a custom-made Batmobile and dressed as Batman to visit sick children in hospitals has died. He became a viral sensation three years ago after a roadside encounter with police.

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Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond Dies At 75

9:34am August 16, 2015

One of the leading figures of the civil rights movement, Julian Bond, has died. NPR's Rachel Martin remembers him in a conversation with another giant of that era, Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

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Sports

'Minnie Minoso,' First Black Latin Professional Baseball Player, Dies

2:00pm August 14, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Roberto González Echevarría, author of The Pride of Havana, about baseball player Minnie Minoso (as he was known in the U.S.). Minoso died Sunday.

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Sean Price onstage in New York City in September of 2014.

Music & Culture

Sean Price, Well-Loved Brooklyn Rapper, Dies At 43

11:30am August 11, 2015

by Frannie Kelley

The death of the highly respected hip-hop figure prompted an outpouring of tribute and personal stories from his community this weekend.

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Sports

Frank Gifford, Sports Broadcaster And Ex-NFL Star, Dies At 84

4:10pm August 10, 2015

by Sam Sanders

NFL Football Hall of Famer and long-time sports broadcaster Frank Gifford died on Sunday at his Connecticut home at age 84. He was married to talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford.

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Buddy Baker, the 1980 Daytona 500 winner, has died at age 74. Here, he poses at Daytona International Speedway in 2007.

Legendary NASCAR Driver Buddy Baker Dies Of Cancer At 74

10:57am August 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

He was one of racing's fastest drivers, the first in NASCAR to take a car to 200 mph on a closed course. Months after a lung cancer diagnosis, Buddy Baker has died.

Dr. Frances O. Kelsey of the U.S. FDA, who is credited with keeping the birth-deforming drug, Thalidomide, off the U.S. market, is shown in an Aug. 1962 photo. Kelsey died on Friday at age 101.

Frances Kelsey, FDA Officer Who Blocked Thalidomide, Dies At 101

1:45pm August 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.