Remembrances

Johan van Hulst, Who Saved Hundreds Of Jewish Children During The Holocaust, Dies At 107

4:10pm March 29, 2018

Dutch schoolteacher Johan van Hulst saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during WWII. He died last week at 107.

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Music & Culture

Remembering Buell Neidlinger, A Genre-Hopping Bassist, Composer And Music Teacher

1:59pm March 27, 2018

by Terry Gross

Neidlinger, who died March 16, was a child prodigy on the cello who went on to perform in the New York Philharmonic and also as a studio and jazz musician. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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Education

Linda Brown Dies. She Was At The Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education

7:29am March 27, 2018

by Frank Morris

In 1954, Linda Brown was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregated public schools for black and white students. Brown was 76.

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Venezuelan conductor and composer JosÃ© Abreu delivers a speech to the young musicians of his orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela in January, 2009. Abreu was the founder of "El Sistema," an educational framework intended to extend musical instruction to chi

José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan Who Envisioned Musical Education For All, Dead At 78

8:13pm March 26, 2018

Abreu began El Sistema in Venezuela in 1975 with fewer than a dozen students — 40 years later, his system has been used throughout the world to unite children through musical education.

Jose Antonio Abreu, Founder Of El Sistema Youth Orchestra, Dies At 78

6:13pm March 26, 2018

Jose Abreu, founder of El Sistema Youth Orchestra in Venezuela, died Saturday at 78. Alvaro Rodas, director of the Corona Youth Music Project, wrote his grad school thesis on Abreu and remembers him.

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Bozo The Clown Actor Frank Avruch Dies At 89

5:57pm March 22, 2018

Actor Frank Avruch, who portrayed Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died at 89. Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease.

Draylen Mason, right, poses with his orchestra director, Hermes Camcho, center, and Mayareli Albiter at the Golden Hornet's Second Annual Young Composer Concert last year.

National

Austin Victims Remembered For Resilience, Radiating Positivity

10:38am March 21, 2018

Draylen Mason was funny, a longtime friend said, because he said what "everyone else is scared to say." Anthony Stephan House was able to put bitterness aside and move forward, friends say.

Politics & Government

The Life Of Louise Slaughter

8:13am March 17, 2018

by Scott Simon

We remember New York Democratic Rep. Lousie Slaughter, who died on Friday at the age of 88.

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., the first chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, died Friday.

Politics & Government

New York Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, 88, Has Died

4:57pm March 16, 2018

by Amy Held

Slaughter was the first woman to lead the powerful House Rules Committee and had planned to run for a 17th term. She died following a fall in her home, according to a spokesperson.

Health & Safety

Revolutionary Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton Dies At 99

5:17pm March 15, 2018

Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton revolutionized the way parents interacted with their babies and young children. His career spanned more than half a century and included dozens of books, hundreds of publications and a TV show. He died Tuesday, just shy of his 100th birthday.

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