2005
DECEMBER
December 15, 2005
Farewell William Proxmire
A look back at the life of the Democratic senator from Wisconsin, who died Thursday at the age of 90.

December 12, 2005
Remembering Eugene McCarthy
The Minnesota senator who provided a voice in Washington for those opposed to the Vietnam War died Saturday at the age of 89. Following a background report, a presidential historian discusses Sen. McCarthy's legacy.

December 12, 2005
Remembering Richard Pryor
A look back on the influential comedy career of Richard Pryor, who died Saturday at the age of 65.

NOVEMBER
November 24, 2005
Football and Family
Journalist and author David Halberstam discusses his new book about the late Steve Belichick, a former assistant football coach at the U.S. Naval Academy and father of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.

OCTOBER
October 31, 2005
Memorial Service for Rosa Parks
Admirers gathered in Washington to pay tribute to the late civil rights heroine Rosa Parks.

October 25, 2005
Remembering Rosa Parks
A look at the life of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who died Monday at the age of 92.

October 3, 2005
The Artful Storyteller
Following a background report, a look back at the life of award-winning playwright August Wilson, with actor Anthony Chrisholm, who performed in six of Wilson's plays, and Kenny Leon, who directed and acted in several of Wilson's plays. Wilson died Sunday at age 60.

SEPTEMBER
September 20, 2005
Legacy of Justice
Following an Independent Television News report on the legacy of Simon Wiesenthal and his one-man pursuit of Nazi war criminals, The NewsHour airs an excerpt from a 1990 interview by Robert MacNeil with Wiesenthal. Then, Margaret Warner talks with a Holocaust scholar.

AUGUST
August 9, 2005
Town Mourns Fallen Marines
Thousands of residents and scores of elected officials joined grieving relatives for a somber memorial to mourn the loss of more than 20 members of the local Marine reservist unit.

August 9, 2005
In Memoriam: John Johnson
A tribute to publishing tycoon John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, who died of congestive heart failure in Chicago at 87 years old.

August 8, 2005
Singer of Stories
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died Saturday in Havana of multiple organ failure.

August 8, 2005
Remembering Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings, the anchorman and senior editor of ABC's World News Tonight, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 67. Following a look at Jennings' career, NBC's Tom Brokaw talks about his friend and former colleague.

JULY
July 19, 2005
Gen. William Westmoreland
General Westmoreland, the military chief who commanded U.S. troops during the early phases of the Vietnam war, died Monday in South Carolina at the age of 91.

July 19, 2005
Paul Duke
Journalist Paul Duke, former host of "Washington Week in Review" who died Monday at age 76.

JUNE
June 29, 2005
Shelby Foote: War and Remembrance
Remembering historian and novelist Shelby Foote -- best known for his three-volume work on the Civil War -- who died Monday in Memphis at the age of 88.

June 22, 2005
Jack Kilby: Man of Influence
T.R. Reid, Rocky Mountain bureau chief for the Washington Post, and Ray Suarez discuss Nobel Prize-winning physicist and microchip inventor Jack Kilby, who died of cancer Monday at his home in Dallas at the age of 81.

MAY
May 9, 2005
In Remembrance: Lloyd Cutler
Stuart Taylor, columnist for the Legal Times and senior writer for National Journal magazine, joins Jim Lehrer to remember former White House counsel Lloyd Cutler.

APRIL
April 19, 2005
Oklahoma City: Ten Years Later
The nation marked the 10 year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing Tuesday, an attack that killed 168 people at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

April 12, 2005
Conversation: Vaccines
David Oshinsky, talks about his new book about Jonas Salk and the anniversary of the polio vaccine. Then, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases talks about the life and work of Dr. Maurice Hilleman.

April 8, 2005
Papal Funeral
The NewsHour presents extended excerpts of Pope John Paul II's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

April 8, 2005
Papal Funeral
Theologians and historians discuss Friday's ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

April 7, 2005
Papal Legacy
The Vatican released Pope John Paul II's last will and testament Thursday, which indicated he considered retiring in 2000.

April 6, 2005
In Memoriam: Saul Bellow
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Saul Bellow died Tuesday at the age of 89 at his home in Brookline, Mass. Jeffrey Brown remembers the acclaimed author.

April 4, 2005
Pope John Paul II
A vast crowd of faithful and tourists filed past Pope John Paul II's body in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy Monday as the College of Cardinals started to meet ahead of a secret vote to name his successor.

April 4, 2005
Papal Legacy
As tens of thousands of Catholics gather in Rome to pay tribute to Pope John Paul II, American Catholics assess the pontiff's impact on the Church in the United States.

April 4, 2005
The Legacy of Pope John Paul II
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles, looks at the impact of Pope John Paul II on American Catholicism and the future of the Catholic Church.

MARCH
March 30, 2005
Essay: A Man of Our Time
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt has some words of appreciation for Henry Grunwald, a Time magazine editor who changed the magazine world.

March 21, 2005
Remembering Bobby Short
The NewsHour remembers the life of singer Bobby Short.

March 18, 2005
Remembering Two Distinguished American Diplomats
George F. Kennan, the American diplomat who orchestrated U.S. foreign policy on communism died Thursday at the age of 101. Sol Linowitz, noted Mideast peace negotiator also died Friday at the age of 91.

FEBRUARY
February 21, 2005
Remembering a Writer, an Actress and a Singer
The NewsHour remembers journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, actress Sandra Dee and singer John Raitt.

February 16, 2005
Essay: One For All
An essay by Roger Rosenblatt on the life of actor/activist Ossie Davis who died on February 5th at the age of 87.

February 11, 2005
Death of a Playwright
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller died Thursday night at the age of 89.

February 4, 2005
In Memoriam
Legendary actor and civil rights advocate Ossie Davis died in a Miami hotel at the age of 87. A look back at the man who was a central figure among black performers for many decades.

JANUARY
January 27, 2005
Remembrance
A report on the 60th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland.

January 27, 2005
Towering Force
Jeffrey Brown discusses the legacy, life and work of the late architect Philip Johnson with an architecture critic.

January 24, 2005
Remembrance
Jeffrey Brown looks back on the career of late-night talk show host Johnny Carson, who died over the weekend. Then, Jim Lehrer talks with two entertainment experts about Carson's legacy.