Remembrances

"Amanda and her Cousin Amy": Mary Ellen Mark photographed Amanda Marie Ellison, 9 (right), and Amy Minton Velasquez, 8, in Valdese, N.C., in 1990.

Arts

What Happened To The 9-Year-Old Smoking In Mary Ellen Mark's Photo?

12:32pm June 29, 2015

by Chris Benderev

The photographer, who died last month, has a famous portfolio of arresting images. Among them is a shot of two children in 1990. Amanda thought the photo shoot would change her life. It did not.

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President Obama Delivers Eulogy At Funeral For Rev. Clementa Pinckney

9:20pm June 26, 2015

by Wade Goodwyn

President Obama delivered the eulogy Friday at the funeral of Rev. Pinckney in Charleston, S.C., Friday. The state senator was killed last Wednesday in the shooting at a historic black church.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Johnny Gimble, The 'King Of The Swing Fiddle'

1:16pm June 26, 2015

Gimble, who died Saturday at the age of 88, spent years playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. He was regarded by critics as one of the best to ever pick up a bow. Originally broadcast April 9, 2010.

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Composer James Horner, seen here at a movie premiere in 2012, is believed to have died in a plane crash.

James Horner, A Giant Among Movie Music Composers, Is Dead, Agents Say

11:38pm June 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A single-engine plane registered to Horner crashed on Monday in an area 60 miles from Santa Barbara, Calif. There were no survivors.

Actor Dick Van Patten Dies At 86

3:06pm June 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The cause was complications from diabetes, his publicist said in a statement. Van Patten is perhaps best known for the role of Tom Bradford, the father on ABC's Eight Is Enough.

The flamingo ornament was one of hundreds of items that Donald Featherstone made for the Union Products plastics company.

Man Who Created The Pink Plastic Lawn Flamingo Dies

1:15pm June 23, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Donald Featherstone modeled the lawn ornament after images he saw in National Geographic. "Things I did made people happy, and that's what life is all about," he said in 2006.

National

Remembering Lonesome George, Another Famous Galapagos Tortoise

10:32pm June 22, 2015

Encore performance of a song by NPR's Adam Cole about Lonesome George, celebrity tortoise. This story originally aired Jan. 11, 2015 on All Things Considered.

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Music & Culture

Listen Back To A 1988 Conversation With Composer Gunther Schuller

2:05pm June 22, 2015

The composer, conductor, teacher and music historian who coined the term Third Stream for his synthesis of jazz and classical music, died Sunday in Boston from complications of leukemia. He was 89.

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Music & Culture

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musician Gunther Schuller Dies At 89

8:07am June 22, 2015

Gunther Schuller, who bridged classical music and jazz, has died at age 89. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor and educator ranged widely in his musicianship.

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Arts

Remembering James Salter, A 'Writer's Writer' Who Died Friday

6:21pm June 21, 2015

The acclaimed author died in New York at age 90. A master of his craft, Salter never received the mainstream success many believe he deserved. His novels include A Sport and a Pastime and All That Is.

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