Remembrances

Curt Lowens, a Holocaust survivor who often portrayed German officers, attends the LA Jewish Film Festival in 2015.

Arts

Actor Curt Lowens, A Holocaust Survivor Known For Nazi Roles, Dies At 91

6:18pm May 12, 2017

by Rose Friedman

As a young man, Lowens survived Kristallnacht and joined the Dutch resistance. After the war, he played German officers on TV, on the Broadway stage and in films.

National

Michael Parks, TV And Movie Character Actor, Dies At 77

5:00am May 11, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Parks had more than a hundred film and TV credits as villains and antiheroes in a career lasting more than 50 years. He was a favorite of directors Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith and David Lynch.

Sports

Oldest U.S. Olympic Champion, Adolph Kiefer, Dies

8:16am May 07, 2017

Adolph Kiefer, who won a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died this week. He was 98.

Adolph Kiefer was a teenager in 1936 when he traveled to Berlin to compete in the Olympic Games. He went on to be a Navy Lieutenant, an inventor, and a businessman. He died at the age of 98 on Friday, May 5.

Olympic Swimmer Adolph Kiefer Dies At 98

3:45pm May 06, 2017

by Maggie Penman

America's oldest living Olympic champion Adolph Kiefer died Friday at the age of 98. After the Olympics, he went on to develop the first nylon swimsuit, and a safety curriculum for the Navy.

Arts

A Salute To Filmmaker Jonathan Demme's Early TV Work

2:20pm May 03, 2017

by David Bianculli

In 1982, Demme directed Who Am I This Time?, an hour-long comedy-drama for the PBS anthology series American Playhouse. TV critic David Bianculli says the show deserves to be remembered and watched.

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Grandaddy bassist Kevin Garcia passed away Tuesday after a stroke.

Music & Culture

Grandaddy Bassist Kevin Garcia Dies After Suffering Stroke

11:19pm May 02, 2017

by Robin Hilton

The band announced the sad news on its Facebook page Tuesday night.

Col. Bruce Hampton, center in blue, backstage with (from left) Warren Haynes of GOV'T MULE, Mike Mills and Peter Buck of R.E.M. during 'Hampton 70: A Celebration Of Col. Bruce Hampton' on May 1, 2017.

Music & Culture

Colonel Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During His Own Birthday Concert

9:39am May 02, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Colonel Bruce Hampton, a veteran of the grassroots jam-band scene, was performing with members of Widespread Panic and Phish at Atlanta's Fox Theater when he collapsed.

"[Jonathan Demme] was sensitive to the fact that each musician had as much excitement to bring to the screen as to the music," Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth write of the director's Stop Making Sense.

Music & Culture

On Film And Stage, Jonathan Demme Looked Into The Heart Of The Song

8:00am April 29, 2017

Rick Springfield, Tunde Adebimpe, Kenny Chesney and members of Talking Heads and The Feelies share how music moved — and moved us — in Jonathan Demme's movies.

Waffle House founders Joe Rogers (center) and Tom Forkner (right) greet longtime customer John Webb as they stop for a meal at a Waffle House restaurant in Norcross, Ga., in 2005.

National

Waffle House Founders Die Less Than 2 Months Apart

2:42pm April 28, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Joe Rogers Sr. and Thomas Forkner Sr. co-founded the Waffle House in an Atlanta suburb in 1955. A statement released by the company says Forkner died on Wednesday at age 98. Rogers died March 3 at 97.

Arts

Listening Back To A 2009 Conversation With Director Jonathan Demme

2:22pm April 28, 2017

The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who died Wednesday, directed The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Married to the Mob and Stop Making Sense. We'll hear a clip of his 2009 conversation with Dave Davies.

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