Remembrances

National

Remembering Chef Charlie Trotter, Chicago Fine-Dining Visionary

2:55pm November 06, 2013

by Cheryl Corley

Charlie Trotter was one of the country's most influential chefs. His death comes just a year after he closed his namesake restaurant in Chicago. Authorities plan to conduct an autopsy on Wednesday.

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Arts

The Story Behind The Stunts: Remembering Hollywood's Hal Needham

3:54pm November 01, 2013

Throughout his career, Needham did the kind of stunts that would either end with a spectacular shot ... or an ambulance. On Oct. 25, Needham died of cancer at age 82. We listen back to a 2011 interview, in which he tells the stories behind some of his most daring stunts.

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Former House Speaker Tom Foley Dies At 84

10:09pm October 18, 2013

Former House Speaker Tom Foley has died. The Washington Democrat spent 30 years in the House until he lost his seat in the 1995 Republican revolution. He went on to serve as ambassador to Japan under Clinton. Foley was 84 years old and died of complications from a stroke.

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Scott Carpenter, Second US Astronaut To Orbit Earth, Dies

8:33pm October 10, 2013

by Russell Lewis

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, one of NASA's original seven astronauts, has died at the age of 88. Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth.

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Herman Wallace (left) and his legal team discuss his trip home to New Orleans after his release from prison on Tuesday. Wallace died on Friday.

National

Angola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedom

6:36pm October 05, 2013

by Arun Rath

Herman Wallace was released from prison in Louisiana on Tuesday after more than 40 years in solitary confinement. A judge overturned his conviction on the grounds that Wallace had been denied a fair trial. Wallace died just three days later.

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Civil Rights Crusader Evelyn Lowery Dies At Age 88

7:19pm September 26, 2013

by Lisa George

The wife of civil rights leader Joseph Lowery has died in Atlanta at age 88. Evelyn Lowery was a civil rights activist alongside her husband. She participated in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery in the 1960s and spent most of her life working for civil and human rights.

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Man Who Made Nintendo Into A Video Game Empire Dies

7:07pm September 19, 2013

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who led Nintendo from a trading card company to the video game giant it is today, died Thursday at the age of 85. Some of Nintendo's most iconic characters — including Mario Brothers, Donkey Kong and Zelda — were created under Yamauchi's leadership.

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The Man Who Made Toyota A Modern Success Dies At 100

8:01pm September 18, 2013

Robert Siegel speaks with automotive reporter Michele Maynard about the death and legacy of Eiji Toyoda, the former president and later chairman of Toyota.

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Music & Culture

Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies At 80

8:26am September 13, 2013

by Mandalit del Barco

Dolby, who invented some of the technologies that revolutionized film and sound recording, was instrumental in developing surround sound technology. Dolby had been living with Alzheimer's and was diagnosed with leukemia this summer.

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"I've been wrong so often I don't find it extraordinary at all," Ronald Coase told us last year.

Economy

The Nobel Laureate Who Figured Out How To Deal With Annoying People

5:22pm September 10, 2013

by Jacob Goldstein

The solution, according to the Coase Theorem: Pay them to stop annoying you. Ronald Coase, who came up with that idea, died Monday at the age of 102.

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