Remembrances

A screenshot from the DC Eagle Cam shows Victory and Valor perched in the tree where they were born on July 23, three days before Valor fell from a branch.

Science

Beloved Baby Eaglet In D.C. Euthanized After Suffering West Nile Disease

7:26pm August 08, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Valor was one of two young eaglets in a nest at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. The tree is monitored 24/7 by a popular webcam. He fell from the nest late last month, and died on Tuesday.

Gackenbach, whose duties included documenting the event with his camera, is the last surviving member of the Hiroshima mission.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

7:09pm August 06, 2018

by Nellie Gilles

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

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"Girls! Girls! Giii-iirls!" (Clockwise from top): Nancy McKeon as Jo, Mindy Cohn as Natalie, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Garrett, Lisa Whelchel as Blair, Kim Fields Tootie.

Arts

Remembering Charlotte Rae: Her Voice Quavered, Her Comic Timing Didn't

4:50pm August 06, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Charlotte Rae snagged the role of Mrs. Garrett in 1978, a time when sitcoms were driven by catchphrases. But it was her delivery that turned a stock matronly character into a starring role.

Actor Charlotte Rae poses in her New York apartment in 2006.

Music & Culture

Charlotte Rae, Who Played Mrs. Garrett On '80s Sitcom 'Facts Of Life,' Dies At 92

11:32am August 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor was most famous for her sitcom roles, which also included Diff'rent Strokes and Car 54, Where Are You? Rae was diagnosed with bone cancer last year.

Sports

Remembering Nikolai Volkoff, Wrestling's Soviet Villain

5:18pm August 05, 2018

NPR's Don Gonyea and journalist Oliver Bateman remember wrestler Nikolai Volkoff, who died recently at age 70. He portrayed an evil Soviet but was actually a fiercely anti-Communist Yugoslav defector.

Manilla Road's Mark "The Shark" Shelton circumnavigated convention to evolve what fans call epic heavy metal.

Music & Culture

Manilla Road's Mark 'The Shark' Shelton, Traditional Metal's Innovator, Dead At 60

4:44pm July 27, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Shelton was tireless in his pursuit of timeless metal. He died after performing at the Headbangers Open Air Festival in Germany.

Sergio Marchionne was named CEO of Fiat in 2004 as the company was struggling. He brought the automaker back to profitability in just one year.

Sergio Marchionne, Who Guided Fiat Chrysler's Dramatic Turnaround, Dies

2:45pm July 25, 2018

by Bill Chappell

He was a visionary at a time when the auto industry was sorely in need of one, bringing Fiat, which had been hemorrhaging billions of dollars annually, to profitability in just one year.

Arts

Remembering Adrian Cronauer, The DJ Who Inspired 'Good Morning Vietnam'

2:29pm July 23, 2018

by Terry Gross

Cronauer, who died last week, hosted an armed forces radio show in Saigon during the Vietnam War and later was the subject of a film starring comic Robin Williams. Originally broadcast in 1988.

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Food Critic Jonathan Gold Dies At Age 57

6:10am July 23, 2018

by Justin Richmond

Writing for the LA Times, Gold said his mission was to democratize food and he championed holes-in-the-wall as well as white-tablecloth restaurants. He became the first food critic to win a Pulitzer.

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National

Remembering L.A. Food Critic Jonathan Gold

5:12pm July 22, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died Saturday at age 57. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about Gold's legacy in Southern California.