Remembrances

Former pro wrestler and actress Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, seen here in 2015, had reportedly been seeking a comeback to compete in World Wrestling Entertainment events.

Chyna, Legendary Pro Wrestler And Entertainer, Has Died At Age 45

12:42pm April 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

With chiseled muscles and a natural flair for entertainment, Joanie Laurer exploded onto the scene of professional wrestling in the late 1990s. She was found dead in her apartment Wednesday.

After Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore erupted in protests, political action, and artistic expression.

Reflecting On The Death Of Freddie Gray, One Year Later

7:45am April 20, 2016

by Leah Donnella

A year ago, 25-year-old Freddie Gray died of injuries he sustained while in police custody. His family, neighborhood and the whole of Baltimore are still grappling with his loss.

Actress Doris Roberts Of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' Dies At 90

4:31pm April 19, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Actress Doris Roberts was best known for playing an overbearing yet lovable mother on Everybody Loves Raymond. NPR has a remembrance of the 90-year-old character actress, who died this week.

World News

London Underground's 'Mind The Gap' Man Dies

4:34pm April 15, 2016

Any rider of the London Underground metro system will recognize a certain recording of a man asking riders to "please, mind the gap between the train and the platform." Former BBC journalist Phil Sayer was the man behind the recording. He died Thursday.

National

Voice Of Lucky Charms Leprechaun, Arthur Anderson, Dies At 93

9:04am April 13, 2016

by Doreen McCallister

Besides making a living voicing the breakfast cereal leprechaun, he appeared in a radio show and on Broadway and was in TV shows including episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? and Law & Order.

Tony Conrad had been a SUNY-Buffalo professor since 1976, but beyond his academic duties, he was open and free giving of his knowledge and wisdom.

Music & Culture

'You Couldn't Help But Be The Student': Remembering Tony Conrad

2:52pm April 12, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

David Grubbs, C. Spencer Yeh, Jennifer Walshe, Chris Forsyth and others pay tribute to the experimental composer and to his natural gifts as a mentor.

Merle Haggard, performing at the Ryman Auditorium in 2004 in Nashville, Tenn.

Music & Culture

Merle Haggard, Country's Outlaw With A Heartfelt Message

10:40am April 09, 2016

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon spent some time with the country legend aboard his tour bus in 2001. Simon remembers a man who'd come a long way since his imprisonment at San Quentin, where he did time for robbery.

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Merle Haggard on stage in California in 2010. Haggard died at 79 on April 6.

Music & Culture

His Songs Were Carved In Stone: Patterson Hood Remembers Merle Haggard

3:13pm April 08, 2016

by Patterson Hood

Haggard, who died April 6, was singularly rebellious and rootless, and his songs are a graduate course in everything timeless and true about music, says the Drive-By Truckers singer.

Music & Culture

Fresh Air Remembers Country Music Legend Merle Haggard

1:41pm April 08, 2016

"I was, to say the least, probably the most incorrigible child you can think of," Haggard told Fresh Air in 1995. The country icon died Wednesday morning in California. It was his 79th birthday.

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Country Superstar Merle Haggard Dies At 79

1:31pm April 07, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

Country music legend Merle Haggard died on Wednesday — his 79th birthday. He'd been fighting various health problems for a long time, but he kept on performing and releasing new albums.

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