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1999
DECEMBER
December 13, 1999
Remembering Joseph Heller
A tribute to novelist Joseph Heller, author of "Catch-22," who died Sunday at age 76.


December 9, 1999
Fallen Firefighters
Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the firefighters memorial service in Massachusetts.

OCTOBER
October 25, 1999
A Voice of Moderation
Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman looks at life and career of Senator John Chafee, R-RI, who died Sunday at the age of 77.


October 13, 1999
King of the Court
A tribute to basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain who passed away Tuesday.


October 11, 1999
Good Vibes
Remembering the skills of jazz musician Milt Jackson – vibraphonist of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Jackson died at age 76 from liver cancer this past weekend in New York.

AUGUST
August 6, 1999
The Heartland
Essayist Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service considers the work of American writer J.F. Powers.

JULY
July 19, 1999
The Fallen Son
The disappearance of a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. off the coast of Martha's Vineyard is the latest chapter in the Kennedy family's tragic history.


July 9, 1999
Remembering an Explorer
Remembering the life of Charles "Pete" Conrad – the commander of the second lunar landing in 1969 and the third man to walk on the moon.

FEBRUARY
February 22, 1999
Thumbs Up
Richard Schikel, film critic for Time Magazine, discusses the life and legacy of film critic Gene Siskel.


February 9, 1999
Remembering Iris Murdoch
British novelist Dame Iris Murdoch, 79, died Monday in Oxford at a special nursing home for Alzheimer's Disease sufferers.

JANUARY
January 26, 1999
Remembering
Remembering two American originals: a look at the lives of 'Sadie' Delany and Robert Shaw.

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