Jul 08 Activist and First Lady Betty Ford Dies at Age 93 By Larisa Epatko Betty Ford -- wife of President Gerald Ford, advocate for breast cancer awareness and activist for women's issues -- died Friday with her children around her at age 93. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Film Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 Film and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 79. Continue watching
Dec 13 Foreign Policy ‘Giant,’ Lifelong U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies at 69 By Larisa Epatko Richard Holbrooke, who spent much of his career interfacing with troubled spots around the world, most recently serving as the Obama administration's point man on Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday following surgery for a torn aorta at the age of… Continue reading
Jul 06 Remembering Robert C. Byrd, the Fiddler By Dave Gustafson As longtime West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd is laid to rest today today, Art Beat looks back at the statesman's musical side, which shone through in his fiddling prowess. Continue reading
Jun 01 Conversation: The Life, Work and Legacy of Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010 By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Guggenheim Museum, about the life and work of Louise Bourgeois. Continue reading
May 10 Lena Horne Dies at Age 92 By Tom LeGro Groundbreaking singer, performer and film star Lena Horne died Sunday night in New York at the age of 92. Horne, the first African American to sign a long-term contract with a major film studio, broke down racial barriers, most memorably… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Civil Rights Luminary Dorothy Height Dies at 98 Gwen Ifill remembers civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height, who was a leader in both the African-American and women's rights movements. She died Tuesday at age 98. Continue watching
Mar 16 Charles Moore’s Photographs Helped Spur Fight Against Racial Injustice By Arts Desk Charles Moore, a photographer whose images helped to enlighten the nation to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s, died at the age of 79. According to his daughter, he died from natural causes in Palm Beach Gardens,… Continue reading
Mar 15 Actor Peter Graves Dies at Age 83 By Tom LeGro Peter Graves, who starred in the hit television series "Mission: Impossible" as well as the "Airplane" films, died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 83. Continue reading