5 Things You Should Know About Merle Haggard
"I was probably the most incorrigible child you could ever meet," the legendary singer once told NPR. "I was already on the way to prison before I realized it."
Remembrances
Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies At 79
Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.
'Star Wars' Voice Actor Who, As Admiral Ackbar, Warned 'It's A Trap!' Dies At 93
Erik Bauersfeld's amphibious rebel commander was far from the biggest role that the Star Wars movies had to offer. But three words transformed a bit part into a fan favorite: "It's a trap!"
Actor Who Voiced: 'It's A Trap,' Famous 'Star Wars' Line, Dies
Admiral Ackbar, the fish looking creature with a domed head from Return of the Jedi endeared himself to fans with a single line: "It's a trap." Voice actor Erik Bauersfeld died Sunday at age 93.
Smithsonian Curator Remembers Plains Indian War Chief Joe Medicine Crow
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Herman Viola, curator emeritus of the National Museum of the American Indian, about his working relationship with Joe Medicine Crow, the last surviving Plains Indian war chief. Medicine Crow died Sunday at age 102.
Joseph Medicine Crow, Historian And Last Crow Tribe War Chief, Dies At 102
Medicine Crow, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, was also the last person alive to have heard direct testimony from someone who took part in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Grammy Winner, Sax Legend Gato Barbieri Dies At 83
Known for his ever-present black fedora, Barbieri could never be pinned down. "My music is the same. I play Gato," Barbieri once told The Tavis Smiley Show.
Fresh Air Remembers Actress Patty Duke
Duke won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Helen Keller in 1962's The Miracle Worker. She died Tuesday at the age of 69. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Renowned Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid Dies At 65
Architect Zaha Hadid died on Thursday at age 65. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor.
Renowned Architect Zaha Hadid Dies At 65
Hadid was first famous for spectacular designs that were never built — but later proved her ideas worked in the real world, not just on paper. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker prize.