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News Articles: Obituaries

Grachan Moncur III.

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Grachan Moncur III, trailblazing jazz trombonist, dies at 85

Moncur, who played an outsize role in jazz's evolution during the 1960s, died Friday on his birthday after a period of poor health.

June 03, 2022
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  • Nate Chinen
Grachan Moncur III.

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Grachan Moncur III, trailblazing jazz trombonist, dies at 85

Moncur, who played an outsize role in jazz's evolution during the 1960s, died Friday on his birthday after a period of poor health.

June 03, 2022
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Musician Ingram Marshall in an undated publicity photo.

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Composer and performer Ingram Marshall dies at age 80

Visionary musician Ingram Marshall has died at the age of 80; a leading figure of the West Coast avant-garde music scene, Marshall forged unusual connections between minimalism and electronic music.

June 02, 2022
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  • Lara Pellegrinelli
Musician Ingram Marshall in an undated publicity photo.

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Composer and performer Ingram Marshall dies at age 80

Visionary musician Ingram Marshall has died at the age of 80; a leading figure of the West Coast avant-garde music scene, Marshall forged unusual connections between minimalism and electronic music.

June 02, 2022
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  • Lara Pellegrinelli
Police found Marion Barber's body in an apartment in Frisco, Texas. The former Dallas Cowboys running back is seen here in 2010.

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Former NFL running back Marion Barber was found dead in Texas

In the Dallas Cowboys' record books, only three players have scored more than Barber's 47 rushing touchdowns. But he faced severe struggles after his playing days.

June 02, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Robert E. Penn (L) and B.Michael Hunter (R) at the OutWrite Conference in Boston, October 1993.

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Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

May 27, 2022
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  • Allyson McCabe
GPB  NPR

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Depeche Mode founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies at 60

Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group, but was a uniting figure and often the tiebreaking vote in the squabbles of his more famous bandmates.

May 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Liotta's acting spanned four decades, where he put his stamp on crime and gangster films.

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'Goodfellas' star Ray Liotta dead at 67

According to his publicist, the actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a movie.

May 26, 2022
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  • Andrew Limbong
Colin Cantwell, who worked on <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em> and helped design ships for <em>Star Wars</em>, is pictured here in a 2017 photo in Boulder, Colorado.

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The designer of the X-wing and other iconic 'Star Wars' ships has died

Colin Cantwell worked on other films including 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames. He was 90.

May 23, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity. She died Saturday at the age of 85.

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Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85

Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change.

May 22, 2022
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  • Monique Parsons
The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris of heart failure.

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Vangelis, famed film composer and synth pioneer, dead at 79

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

May 19, 2022
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  • Andrew Limbong
Urvashi Vaid, then-executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, protests at then-President George H.W. Bush's address on AIDS in March 1990 in Arlington, Virginia. The pioneering LGBTQ activist and attorney died last week at age 63.

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Remembering Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ activist who spent decades fighting for equality

Colleagues, friends and admirers are paying tribute to Vaid, the pioneering attorney and organizer who died at age 63 on Friday. She worked for the ACLU and National LGBTQ Task Force, among others.

May 18, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman

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Songs of Remembrance

At least 1 million people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19. NPR's Songs of Remembrance project shares some of their stories and the music they loved.

May 18, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis,
  • Jacob Ganz,
  • and 8 more

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David Hardee, 67: Three Dog Night's 'Joy to the World'

A lover of rock of all kinds who loved to belt "Joy to the World" around the kitchen.

May 17, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom

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Steve Rogers, 64: Heart's 'Barracuda'

A frontline worker, a driver for Uber who loved blues singers and girl bands, especially Heart.

May 17, 2022
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