Remembrances

Singer Joe Cocker Dies Of Lung Cancer At 70

7:28am December 23, 2014

Cocker was famous for both his unique voice and for a soulful style of singing that made it sound like he was pouring his heart out when he put his unique touch on hits such as "You Are So Beautiful."

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Music & Culture

Charismatic Singer Joe Cocker Dies At 70

5:54pm December 22, 2014

by Neda Ulaby

The British singer, who won American hearts for his performance at Woodstock, died of lung cancer.

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Singer Joe Cocker, famous for his powerful and raspy voice, has died at age 70.

Music & Culture

Singer Joe Cocker Dies At Age 70

4:02pm December 22, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer famous for hit songs such as "Feelin' Alright" and "Up Where We Belong," has died, his management agency says.

Music & Culture

When The Beatles Gave Fans A 'Crimble' Present

9:08pm December 21, 2014

In the 1960s, the Beatles sent their most loyal fans a Christmas gift every year — a flexi-disc. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to music writer Colin Fleming about the annual holiday single.

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This July 1943 photo provided by the Los Angeles Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen Inc., shows Lowell C. Steward after his graduation from flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Field, in Tuskegee, Ala. Steward, who won the Distinguished Flying Cross among other awa

National

Decorated Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward Dies At 95

3:45pm December 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

He flew nearly 150 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, but after the war, Steward returned home and was denied a mortgage because of his skin color.

Books

Bridwell Created A Big Red Dog That Grew With Readers' Love

11:39am December 20, 2014

Norman Bridwell, the beloved creator of the classic children's book character, Clifford the Big Red Dog, died last week. NPR's Scott Simon remembers the author.

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Books

Author Of 'Clifford' Children's Books Dies At 86

9:07pm December 17, 2014

by Neda Ulaby

The creator of Clifford The Big, Red Dog died last Friday . Norman Bridwell wrote about 150 Clifford books that were translated into 13 languages and sold nearly 130 million copies.

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National

Photojournalist Michel Du Cille Chased The Tough Stories

6:16pm December 12, 2014

Audie Cornish speaks with Kevin Merida, managing editor of The Washington Post, about the life and work of photojournalist Michel du Cille. The winner of three Pulitzer Prizes died Thursday.

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German-American game developer Ralph Baer shows the prototype of the first games console which was invented by him during a press conference on the Games Convention Online in Leipzig, Germany in 2009. Baer died on Saturday. He was 92.

Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games,' Dies At 92

12:32pm December 10, 2014

by Steve Mullis

Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry, but all of the Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis can be traced back to the work of Robert Baer and his "Brown Box." He died Saturday.

World News

'Always Giving Us Hope': Friends, Family Remember Murdered Hostage

11:12am December 07, 2014

by Nate Rott

American photojournalist Luke Somers was held captive by al-Qaida militants in Yemen for more than a year; he was killed Saturday during a failed U.S. rescue attempt.

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