Remembrances

Mary Tyler Moore (left, as Mary Richards) gives a 'thumbs up' sign as she sits at her desk with Betty White (as Sue Ann Nivens) in a scene from 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in 1975.

Arts

Mary Tyler Moore: On Her Own, Single And Singular

9:08am January 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Actress Mary Tyler Moore helped redefine women's roles on TV. She starred in one of the first hit shows to feature a single career woman — The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Moore died Wednesday at age 80.

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Actors Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight laugh in a still from The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1976.

Arts

She Turned The World On With Her Smile: Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80

5:20pm January 25, 2017

by Jesse Baker

The comedic actress was loved for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and, later, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. To this day, however, it's her comedy that endures.

Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, seen here receiving a Grammy Award in 2012, died Tuesday, according to a statement from his publicist.

Music & Culture

Butch Trucks Of The Allman Brothers Band Dies At 69

12:59pm January 25, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Trucks, a founding member of the popular Southern rock band, passed away Tuesday night. Throughout the band's many ups and downs — which included three breakups and reunions — he was a constant.

National

Writer Walking Barefoot Across U.S. Fatally Struck By SUV

4:27pm January 24, 2017

Writer Mark Baumer, who was walking across the country barefoot, was struck by an SUV this weekend and died.

National

Corporate Leader Brenda Barnes Dies At 63

8:43am January 21, 2017

Brenda Barnes, the former CEO of Sara Lee, has died. She became known for quitting her job as the CEO of Pepsi-Cola to spend time with her family. Scott Simon speaks with her daughter Erin Barnes.

Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett Dies At 71

7:41am January 20, 2017

Wayne Barrett chronicled Donald Trump's rise on the New York scene. Barrett made his name as an investigative journalist at the Village Voice newspaper. We have a remembrance.

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Nigerian Funk Musician William Onyeabor Dies At 70

4:32pm January 18, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Uchenna Ikonne, a Nigerian music scholar, about Onyeabor's career and how he turned his back on music to become a born-again Christian in the 1980s.

Gene Cernan in the Apollo 17 lunar module after one of three moonwalks.

Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 82

5:17pm January 16, 2017

by Russell Lewis

Cernan flew in space three times, took the second American spacewalk, and was just as thrilled to walk on the moon as if he had been the first to do it.

National

Bishop Eddie Long, Controversial Megachurch Pastor, Dies At 63

11:39pm January 15, 2017

by Maquita Peters

The senior pastor of a Georgia megachurch whose reputation was tarnished after former congregants accused him of sexual misconduct, has died after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer.

Atlanta Megachurch Pastor Bishop Eddie Long Dies At 63

6:05pm January 15, 2017

Bishop Eddie Long built New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, one of the nation's largest churches with some 30,000 members. The Atlanta megachurch pastor has died at age 63.