Remembrances

Arts

Remembering Peabody Award-Winning Radio Artist Joe Frank

1:29pm January 19, 2018

Frank, who died on Monday, created the radio drama series Work in Progress and was known for his intimate on-air monologues, sketches and interviews. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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The Awl and The Hairpin announced this week that they would be shutting down.

Arts

Is That Awl There Is? Remembering The Awl And The Hairpin

10:20am January 19, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The website The Awl and its sister site The Hairpin are shutting down. The two sites always valued lively, thoughtful writing — even as the media landscape shifted around them.

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Director of CIA Stansfield Turner, Feb. 4, 1979.

Stansfield Turner, Who Headed CIA Under Carter, Dies At 94

7:32am January 19, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Navy admiral tapped by President Carter to lead the spy agency conducted a controversial downsizing of risky clandestine operations — a move that angered many in the intelligence community.

Hugh Wilson arrives at a WKRP In Cincinnati Reunion at The Paley Center for Media on June 4, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Wilson, who created the sitcom, has died at 74.

National

Director Hugh Wilson, Creator Of 'WKRP In Cincinnati,' Dies At 74

9:09am January 18, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Wilson also worked in movies, directing the first Police Academy as well as Guarding Tess and The First Wives Club. Wilson had been battling lung cancer and emphysema.

Dr. Mathilde Krim at the World AIDS Day Symposium presented by the Foundation For AIDS Research and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2002. Krim had a knack for helping people talk about HIV/AIDS rationally, colleagues say.

Pioneering HIV Researcher Mathilde Krim Remembered For Her Activism

7:26pm January 17, 2018

by Patti Neighmond

Mathilde Krim, who died this week, was a vocal pioneer in HIV treatment and research at a time when discrimination against people with AIDS in the U.S. was rampant, even in medical care.

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Radio Artist, Writer Joe Frank Dies At 79

5:12pm January 16, 2018

Radio artist and writer Joe Frank died Monday at age 79. Ira Glass, who worked as a production assistant for NPR programs that featured Frank, pays tribute to the artist whose approach to making radio has inspired producers around the country to experiment with and stretch the medium beyond traditional boundaries.

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Gospel Star Edwin Hawkins, Known For 'Oh Happy Day,' Dies At 74

12:40pm January 16, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

In 1970, the Edwin Hawkins singers won a Grammy for best soul gospel performance for "Oh Happy Day." It became an unexpected hit when a San Francisco disc jockey began playing the song.

Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries Lead Singer, Dies At 46

6:27am January 16, 2018

by Andrew Limbong

Dolores O'Riordan's voice, heard on hit songs like "Zombie" and "Linger," helped the Irish band rise to international fame in the 1990s. No other information about her death was immediately available.

Music & Culture

Dolores O'Riordan, Lead Singer Of The Cranberries, Dies At 46

10:06pm January 15, 2018

Dolores O'Riordan of the Irish rock band The Cranberries died on Monday at 46. The vocalist became internationally known in '90s with her band's hits such as "Linger," "Dream" and "Zombie."

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Music & Culture

Vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, Of The Cranberries, Dies At 46

8:33pm January 15, 2018

Dolores O'Riordan of the Irish rock band The Cranberries died on Monday at 46. The vocalist became internationally known in '90s with her band's hits such as "Linger," "Dreams" and "Zombie."

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