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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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OCTOBER
October 31, 2005
Memorial
Service for Rosa Parks
Admirers gathered in Washington to pay tribute to
the late civil rights heroine Rosa Parks.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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August 8, 2005
Singer
of Stories
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died Saturday in Havana of multiple
organ failure. |
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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.
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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.
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July 19, 2005
Paul Duke
Journalist Paul Duke, former host of "Washington Week in Review" who died Monday
at age 76.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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April 8, 2005
Papal
Funeral
Theologians and historians discuss Friday's ceremony at St. Peter's
Basilica in Vatican City. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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March
21, 2005
Remembering Bobby
Short
The NewsHour remembers the life of singer Bobby Short. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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February 11, 2005
Death of a Playwright
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller died Thursday night at the age
of 89. |
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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.
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JANUARY
January 27, 2005
Remembrance
A report on the 60th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau
death camp in Poland.
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January 27, 2005
Towering
Force
Jeffrey Brown discusses the legacy, life and work of the late architect
Philip Johnson with an architecture critic.
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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. |
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