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2004
DECEMBER
December 31, 2004
In Remembrance
The nation remembers clarinetist and Big Band leader Artie Shaw who died Thursday.
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December 28, 2004
In
Remembrance
The NewsHour remembers author Susan Sontag with excerpts
of her 2001 conversation with correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth.
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NOVEMBER
November 24, 2004
Appreciation
Terence Smith presents an appreciation of Joseph John Sisco, a distinguished
American diplomat and frequent NewsHour guest who died Tuesday at age 85.
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OCTOBER
October 20, 2004
In
Memoriam
Veteran diplomat and arms control adviser Paul Nitze died
last night at age 97. He served under eight presidents, from Roosevelt to Reagan.
He was considered an architect of the policies seeking to contain the Soviet
Union's nuclear weapons.
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October
11, 2004
Remembrance
"Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, who became paralyzed after a
horse-riding accident nine years ago, died Sunday from heart failure. Jeffrey
Brown takes a look at the actor-turned-advocate for spinal cord and stem cell
research.
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SEPTEMBER
September 13, 2004
Return
to Ground Zero
New York marked the third anniversary of the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks with a ceremony Saturday at the site of the former World
Trade Center. Ray Suarez visited Ground Zero shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, and
he returned to the site on Saturday for the remembrance ceremony.
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AUGUST
August 13, 2004
A
Taste for Life
Julia Child, the American cooking icon who demystified French
cuisine, died at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 91.
Margaret Warner discusses Child's life and legacy with Jacques Pepin, an acclaimed
French chef, food columnist and host of a television cooking program.
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August 4, 2004
In
Memoriam: Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
died at the age of 95. Ray Suarez discusses the work of Cartier-Bresson
with Phillip Brookman, curator of photography at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington.
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JUNE
June 11, 2004
A
Nation's Farewell
American and foreign dignitaries paid final respects to
former Pres. Ronald Reagan at a state funeral in Washington before his
body returned to California for burial at sunset. Kwame Holman narrates an extended
summary of the day's events.
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June 10, 2004
In
Memoriam: Ray Charles
Crooner Ray Charles, who overcame poverty and blindness
to mix gospel and blues into Grammy-winning music, died in Beverly Hills
at age 73. Ray Suarez remembers the unique 20th century cultural icon.
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June 9, 2004
Nation's Farewell: Part II
Gwen Ifill discusses the highlights of Ronald
Reagan's presidency with author and journalist Haynes Johnson and Los Angeles
Times Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus.
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June 9, 2004
Nation's
Farewell: Part I
Former President Ronald Reagan began his final journey
to Washington where his body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until his
funeral on Friday. Gwen Ifill discusses the legacy of the 40th president with
author and journalist Haynes Johnson and Los Angeles Times Washington bureau chief
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June 8, 2004
Stealing
Minds
As America remembers Ronald Reagan this week, renewed attention is focused
on Alzheimer's, the degenerative disease which made him forget the twilight years
of his life. Terence Smith discusses Alzheimer's disease and efforts to treat
it with Dr. Ron Petersen, director of Alzheimer's Research at the Mayo Clinic
and the first physician to diagnose President Reagan.
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June 7, 2004
Saying Good-bye
Family members and government officials finalized
plans for a week-long series of services in honor of Ronald Reagan, the conservative
icon and 40th president of the United States, who died Saturday from complications
of Alzheimer's disease. Ray Suarez reports on how Americans are remembering
Ronald Reagan.
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June 7, 2004
In His Own Words
President Reagan was known as the "great communicator"
for what he said and how he said it. Kwame Holman looks at the 40th president
in his own words.
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June 7, 2004
Lasting
Impact
Gwen Ifill gets perspectives on the Reagan presidency and political
legacy from historians Michael Beschloss, Richard Norton Smith, Haynes Johnson
and Roger Wilkins.
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June 7, 2004
Remembering
the Man
Margaret Warner discusses the Reagan legacy with some of his contemporaries,
Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Reagan, Ken Duberstein,
Reagan's chief of staff, David Gergen, Reagan's director of communications,
and William Gray, a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania during the Reagan
era
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MAY
May 31, 2004
In
Memoriam
Two key Watergate figures died last Saturday: Sam Dash, chief counsel
of the Senate Watergate Committee, and Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald
Cox. Jeffrey Brown discusses their legacies with presidential historian Michael
Beschloss and Richard Ben-Veniste, chief of the Watergate Task Force.
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MARCH
March 30, 2004
In
Memoriam: Tony Randall
Emmy Award-winning actor Tony Randall, best known
for his comic role as half of television's "The Old Couple" in the early 1970s,
died last night at age 84.
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March 30, 2004
In
Memoriam: Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke, a broadcasting legend on both shores
of the Atlantic, died of heart failure Monday in New York City. Cooke reported
his radio program "Letter from America" each week for 58 years on the BBC, and
American audiences knew Cooke as the host of "Masterpiece Theatre" on PBS. Terence
Smith looks back at Cooke's life and legendary career. |
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March 29, 2004
In Memoriam: Peter
Ustinov
Actor and author Peter Ustinov, who appeared in 90 films during his
60-year career, died of heart failure Sunday in Geneva. The NewsHour remembers
Ustinov with a clip of his performance as a Mexican general in the 1970 comedy
"Viva Max," which was based on a novel by Jim Lehrer. |
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March 1, 2004
In Memoriam : Daniel
Boorstin
Historian, author and frequent NewsHour guest Daniel Boorstin died
last weekend in Washington, D.C. The NewsHour remembers Boorstin with a look at
the interview he gave Jim Lehrer in 1987, when he retired as librarian of Congress.
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JANUARY
January 27, 2004
In
Memoriam : Jack Paar
Jack Paar, the man who essentially began late-night
talk on television, died. The NewsHour airs a clip from his days of hosting
NBC's "Tonight Show."
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January 14, 2004
Reflecting
Absence
The final plan for a memorial at the site of the World Trade
Center was unveiled in New York. Tree-filled plazas will surround two
reflecting pools where the twin towers once stood. Jeffrey Brown discusses the
design with Vartan Gregorian, who chaired the jury that chose the winning proposal. |
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