Aug 27 John McCain to be buried near best friend at U.S. Naval Academy By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press It will be a fitting final resting place for a man who prized military service, cherished friendship and had little patience for formalities. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 13:31 Remembering Aretha Franklin, the soulful voice of our time By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport A legend is gone. Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday at age 76 in Detroit from pancreatic cancer. One of the best-selling musical artists of all times, she defined a generation of music with countless hits like “Think”… Continue watching
Aug 16 How Aretha Franklin shaped generations of music By Gretchen Frazee, Alison Thoet, Jennifer Hijazi, Rhana Natour, Joshua Barajas “If there’s a heaven, this is what it sounds like.”… Continue reading
Aug 16 Aretha Franklin, queen of soul, dies at 76 By Mesfin Fekadu, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Legendary singer Aretha Franklin died Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 25 Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died By Colleen Barry, Tom Krisher, Associated Press MILAN — Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. Continue reading
Jun 27 Jackson family patriarch dies at 89 By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press NEW YORK — Joseph Jackson, the strong, fearsome patriarch of the musical Jackson family, has died, according to a person close to the family. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 3:14 Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as 'school for feeling' Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a… Continue watching
Jun 22 Opinion: What made Charles Krauthammer 'a joy to watch' By Gordon Peterson Although he was a gentleman in every sense of the word, cordial, congenial and unfailingly courteous to strangers, Charles did not suffer fools gladly. He would peel the skin off you if you said something deemed to be foolish or… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 3:11 Remembering NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Brackett Elizabeth Brackett, an award-winning special correspondent for the NewsHour for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 76. Across her 40 years in journalism, her reports stood out in the way she captured the voices of those… Continue watching
Jun 13 Opinion: A brief encounter with Anthony Bourdain By Steve Goldbloom Anthony Bourdain was authentic and arrestingly candid. He also seemed exhausted. Continue reading