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.
In the 2015 attacks, 130 people were killed, including at the Bataclan concert hall. France is still wrestling with how to remember the deadliest attack on its soil in modern history and how to live with it.
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.
John Michael Osbourne, a poor student from Birmingham, UK, exceeded expectations and helped invent heavy metal. A moment to remember the singular Ozzy Osbourne, who died this week at the age of 76.
Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sitcom Cheers. He died this week at the age of 76.
NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember Alice Tan Ridley, who busked in the New York City subways and reached the semi-finals of "America's Got Talent."
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.
Wildfires, hurricanes, flash floods and heat waves contribute to deaths across the U.S. every year. Have you lost a loved one in an extreme weather event? Share your story.
NPR's Scott Simon remembers longtime colleague Wade Goodwyn, who covered Texas for the network for 30 years. Goodwyn died this week of cancer at age 63.
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life Joseph Kromelis, Chicago's famous "Walking Man", and the harsh conditions that many unhoused people live with every day.
