Remembrances

Books

Award-Winning Children's Book Author Walter Dean Myers Dies

11:14am July 03, 2014

by Lynn Neary

Myers captured what it was like to be young and black while growing up in the city. As he often said, he wrote books he would have wanted to read as a kid. Myers died after a brief illness. He was 76.

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Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Paul Mazursky Dies At 84

7:53am July 02, 2014

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Paul Mazursky earned his first Oscar nomination for his debut feature film, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, in 1969. His An Unmarried Woman was nominated for Best Picture.

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Arts

Remembering Paul Mazursky, A Filmmaker With An Ear For His Era

7:37pm July 01, 2014

by Robert Siegel

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Mazursky has died at the age of 84. As seen in his films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and An Unmarried Woman, Mazursky had a way of mixing comedy and drama that captured the 1960s and '70s.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Actor Eli Wallach

1:25pm June 27, 2014

Wallach made a career of playing the villain in films like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Magnificent Seven. He died Tuesday at the age of 98. Wallach talked with Terry Gross in 1990.

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Prolific Character Actor Eli Wallach Dies At 98

12:48pm June 25, 2014

by Tom Vitale

In a career spanning seven decades, Wallach appeared in over 200 films, plays and TV shows. His roles ranged from Mr. Freeze on TV's Batman to Kilroy in Tennessee William's Camino Real on Broadway.

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Prolific Pop Lyricist Gerry Goffin Dies At 75

8:25am June 20, 2014

by Jacki Lyden

Along with his musical partner and onetime wife, Carole King, Gerry Goffin wrote such Top 40 hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up on the Roof."

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Music & Culture

'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Singer Jimmy Scott

8:19am June 17, 2014

Scott, who had a rare genetic condition that made him sound like a woman, was popular in '50s but didn't make any records between 1975 and 1992. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1992 about his comeback.

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Sports

Baseball Loses One Of The Game's Greatest, As 'Mr. Padre' Passes

8:20pm June 16, 2014

Hall of Fame baseballer Tony Gwynn has died. Gwynn, nicknamed "Mr. Padre," played for the San Diego Padre for 20 years and was considered by some to be the league's greatest hitter since Ted Williams.

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Legendary Radio Host Casey Kasem Dies At 82

7:56am June 16, 2014

Kasem hosted American Top 40 for four decades. Kasem also made a career as a voice actor. He was the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby Doo cartoon series for nearly 40 years.

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Sports

N.J. Nets, Devils Owner Gave Millions To Local Causes

12:41pm June 07, 2014

by Scott Simon

We remember Lewis Katz, who once said, "Life is meant to have as much fun as you can conjure up." Katz made a fortune as a sports team owner and gave millions of it away.

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