Remembrances

The National Hurricane Center introduced a new storm surge forecast map this year. This map, centered on New Orleans, is a prototype.

10 Years Since Katrina: A Look Back At The Busiest Hurricane Season

10:26am June 01, 2015

by Greg Allen

Meteorologists say this year's hurricane season will be quieter than usual. But if a Category 3 or higher hit the U.S., it would be the first time since 2005, one of the worst years on record.

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Amanda, right, and her cousin Amy in Valdese, N.C., 1990

Arts

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies At 75

9:27am May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The influential photographer was known mostly for her humanist work.

Arts

Influential Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies At 75

9:27am May 27, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

Mary Ellen Mark's work appeared in such publications as Life and Vanity Fair. Her photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of Streetwise, an Academy Award-nominated film.

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Books
Arts

Prolific Fantasy And Science-Fiction Writer Tanith Lee Has Died

7:35pm May 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Lee wrote dozens of books, including Don't Bite The Sun and Death's Master -- the latter of which was part of her popular Flat Earth series. She was 67.

Anne Meara, Half Of Husband-Wife Comedy Team, Dies At 85

12:43pm May 25, 2015

Anne Meara died Saturday in New York. She had a long varied career in show business and was one half of the 1960s comedy duo Stiller and Meara. She was marred to Jerry Stiller. Her son is Ben Stiller.

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Remembering Nobel Prize-Winning Mathematician John Nash

6:54pm May 24, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The great mathematician, whose accomplishments and struggle with schizophrenia were depicted in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, died with his wife, Alice, in a car accident on Saturday. "His suffering, I know, was real," says University of Chicago economist Roger Myerson. "But he was touched by glory."

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Bruce Lundvall attends a ceremony hosted by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which produces the Grammy Awards. In addition to his role as record executive, he also once served as director of the Recording Academy.

Music & Culture

Bruce Lundvall, Jazz Record Executive, Has Died

6:06pm May 20, 2015

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

The longtime president of Blue Note Records, a lifelong jazz fan, signed artists such as Norah Jones, Joe Henderson and Robert Glasper. He died of complications due to Parkinson's Disease. He was 79.

Dean Potter, Pioneering Extreme Athlete, Dies In Wingsuit Flight

10:32pm May 18, 2015

Climber Dean Potter died this weekend while BASE jumping in Yosemite National Park. NPR's Melissa Block talks with his friend, the photographer Dean Fidelman, about Potter's life and work.

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B.B. King performs at the Newport Jazz Festival at Yankee Stadium in 1972 (the festival temporarily relocated to New York in the 1970s).

Music & Culture

B.B. King And The Majesty Of The Blues

10:42am May 16, 2015

by Mark Anthony Neal

The legendary blues guitarist and singer, who died on Thursday, was the most recognizable and accessible icon of a sound that was in flux.

Music & Culture

B.B. King's Guitar Name, 'Lucille,' Came From A Near Death Experience

6:58pm May 15, 2015

American blues great B.B. King died Thursday in Las Vegas at the age of 89. King played many guitars over the years, and all of them were named "Lucille."

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