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News Articles: Obituaries

Indian Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeshkar in 2013.

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  • Music News

Lata Mangeshkar, the sweetheart of Bollywood, dies at 92

She was one of the most famous and beloved playback singers. She recorded songs used in movie soundtracks, which generations of actresses would then lip-sync onscreen.

February 06, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Children's author and illustrator Ashley Bryan has died at age 98.

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  • Obituaries

Ashley Bryan, children's illustrator and author, has died at 98

He created stories centered on African and African American folk tales and his vibrantly colored collage and paper-cut illustrations adorned the pages of some 50 books.

February 05, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

The reporter who broke the gender barrier in NHL locker rooms has died at age 70

Robin Herman hoped her "mini sports history" moment would go quietly unnoticed. Instead, the locker room quickly devolved into a "circus scene."

February 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abdul Alim, one of Pakistan's oldest COVID survivors, died of natural causes on Jan. 27. He was 104 years old.

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  • Global Health

A 104-year-old COVID survivor has died. He wanted to keep people safe until the end

In his final days, Alim asked people not to visit him or his family due to rising COVID cases in his community. "Even in death he wanted to keep people and our family safe," says his son.

February 01, 2022
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  • Benazir Samad
Norma Waterson receives the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Folk Awards at Royal Albert Hall on April 27, 2016, in London.

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  • Music

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

Waterson was from the renowned English folk family The Watersons. She was married to musician Martin Carthy. Her daughter, singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy, announced her mother's death.

January 31, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Miss North Carolina Cheslie pictured as she Kryst wins the 2019 Miss USA final competition in Reno, Nev., in 2019. Kryst, a correspondent for the entertainment news program <em>Extra</em>, has died at age 30.

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  • Obituaries

Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, has died at age 30

Police said Kryst jumped from a Manhattan building and was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday morning. Kryst was the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the TV program Extra.

January 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Voice actor Peter Robbins and the character he voiced, Charlie Brown, attend a DVD release party in Hollywood, Calif., in 2008.

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  • Television

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died

As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown's most famous lines — "I got a rock" — in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

January 26, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell

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  • Music News

Bobbe 'Beegie' Long Adair, a formative center of Nashville's jazz scene, dies at 84

Adair was a superb soloist and tremendous accompanist, as well as the bedrock of Nashville's jazz scene after first relocating there in the early '60s.

January 25, 2022
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  • Ron Wynn
Rapper Cardi B wears a Thierry Mugler design as she arrives with rapper Offset at the Grammy Awards in 2019.

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  • Obituaries

A pioneer in architectural style, designer Manfred Thierry Mugler delivered drama

The legendary designer's highly constructed creations and outlandishly dramatic aesthetic made him a favorite of stars such as Cardi B, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Mugler died Sunday at 73.

January 24, 2022
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  • L. Carol Ritchie
GPB  NPR

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  • Obituaries

Co-founder of the guitar group The Ventures, Don Wilson, dies at 88

The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

January 24, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Bob Spalding, left, and Don Wilson of The Ventures perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, March 10, 2008. Wilson, a co-founder of the band, died Saturday at the age of 88.

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  • Obituaries

Don Wilson, cofounder of the instrumental guitar group The Ventures, dies at age 88

Wilson played rhythm guitar for The Ventures, which with over 100 million records sold, was the best-selling instrumental band of all time.

January 23, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Tom Smith performing on Dec. 13, 2013 in Jacksonville, Fla.

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  • Obituaries

Tom Smith, founding member of noise band To Live and Shave in L.A., has died at 65

The prolific artist was a mentor to generations of experimental musicians.

January 23, 2022
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  • Marc Masters
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Remembering André Leon Talley, a titan of the fashion world

The former creative director at Vogue magazine and larger-than-life fashion influencer died Jan. 18. Talley spoke to Fresh Air in 2018 about growing up in Durham, N.C., and discovering fashion.

January 22, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
GPB  NPR

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  • Obituaries

Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95

Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.

January 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Marty Roberts performs at The Dresden in Los Angeles.

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  • Obituaries

From hairdresser to L.A. lounge icon, Marty Roberts is remembered as a musical idol

After performing six nights a week for four decades, LA musician Marty Roberts has died. He was half of the husband-and-wife duo Marty and Elayne.

January 22, 2022
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Amy Isackson,
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