Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84. NPR’s Scott Simon remembers covering Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign in Mississippi.
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Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2025
Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.
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Opinion: Remembering Bob Trumpy — NFL great, broadcaster, and life-saver
Bob Trumpy has died. While he leaves a fine legacy as a Cincinnati sportscaster, his best moment might have been the two hours he spoke with a desperate and depressed woman who called into his show.
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Opinion: Cheers to a life well lived
Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com “Cheers.” He died this week at the age of 76.
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Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, has died
The creator of the grocery store snack aisle staple died at 88. His family said in a statement that he had dementia.
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Her father was killed in a climate-driven flood. Here’s how she’s remembering him
Mandy Messinger is one of hundreds who lose loved ones to climate-linked extreme weather each year in the U.S. Her father Craig Messinger was killed in a 2021 flash flood in the Philadelphia suburbs.
