Remembrances

Margaret Howe Freydburg — seen here at 104 — was still writing and publishing well past her 100th birthday.

Books
Arts

Centenarian Poet Was A Fearless Guide To 'The Country Of Old Age'

8:00pm April 01, 2015

by NPR Staff

Poet and author Margaret Howe Freydburg died last week at 107; she wrote and published well past her 100th birthday. Her friend Nancy Slonim Aronie has an appreciation of a remarkable woman.

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Sports

Remembering Legendary NBA Announcer 'Hot Rod' Hundley

5:22pm April 01, 2015

by Frank Deford

Hundley, who died last week at age 80, was one of the first former NBA players whom the Basketball Hall of Fame honored for calling games.

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Music & Culture

Remembering Pop Singer Selena, 'The Queen of Tejano'

10:03am April 01, 2015

by Cynthia Leonor Garza

The singer Selena elevated Tex-Mex music to a new level. She was about to cross over to the English-language market when she was fatally shot 20 years ago on March 31, 1995.

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John Renbourn performs onstage at the Royal Festival Hall in London June 29, 2008. The influential guitarist died at his home in Scotland Thursday. He was 70.

Influential Guitarist John Renbourn, Co-Founder Of Pentagle, Dies

1:41pm March 28, 2015

by Tom Cole

Renbourn co-founded the popular folk/jazz group Pentangle and was one of the most respected and influential acoustic guitarists in the world. He died this week at his home in Scotland; he was 70.

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White roses adorn the statue of Richard III outside Leicester Cathedral before the reinterment ceremony of King Richard III.

Books

At Last, A Fitting Farewell For Richard III

10:56am March 28, 2015

by Scott Simon

Richard III has been buried, two years after his abandoned bones were found under an abandoned parking lot. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the man Shakespeare turned into one of his great characters.

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The crowd cheers as Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (center) arrives at the Marina Bay Floating Platform for the annual National Day Parade celebrations in Singapore on Aug. 9, 2012.

World News

Founding Father Of Modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Dies At 91

7:06pm March 25, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

During more than a half-century as the city-state's leader, Lee helped turn the sleepy British colony into an affluent trading enclave. But he ruled with an iron fist and muzzled critics and rivals.

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Bill Deputy, a longtime NPR audio engineer, in 2012.

Remembering NPR's Bill Deputy, A 'Guardian Of Sound'

10:43am March 24, 2015

by Robert Siegel

Sound was serious business for Bill Deputy, an audio engineer and All Things Considered technical director for many years. Deputy died Sunday at the age of 58.

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Former NPR Audio Engineer Bill Deputy Dies At 58

8:03am March 23, 2015

Former NPR audio engineer Bill Deputy died over the weekend of lung cancer. He understood how sound could create pictures — pictures as vivid as any painting and as clear as any photo. He was 58.

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Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Bednarik (60) is victorious in an iconic 1960 photograph after making a sack vs. New York Giants Frank Gifford (16). Bednarik died on Saturday. He was 89.

Sports

Chuck Bednarik, Philly's 'Concrete' Player, Dies At 89

3:37pm March 21, 2015

by Nathan Rott

The pro football Hall of Famer was known for his toughness and was one of the sport's last two-way players. In his 14-year career with the Eagles, he only missed three games.

Fresh Air Remembers Blues And Jazz Historian Samuel Charters

2:01pm March 20, 2015

Charters helped ignite the blues revival of the '50s and '60s. He made field recordings of forgotten and previously undiscovered performers. He also wrote two books. He died Wednesday; he was 85.

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