Jul 13 Watch News Wrap: Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dead at 61 By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Thursday, Chinese political dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo died Thursday of liver cancer. He'd been released from a state prison last month. Also, former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized for dehydration in… Continue watching
May 29 Frank Deford, who has died at 78, changed the way we see sports By Erica R. Hendry Longtime Sports Illustrated writer and NPR commentator Frank Deford, an esteemed sports journalist known for his colorful commentary, died Monday in Florida. Continue reading
Feb 09 How Swedish statistician Hans Rosling changed the way we look at health By Kristin Hugo Rosling, a Swedish statistician, doctor and viral mathematics entertainer whose TED Talks made complicated statistics more accessible, died this week at 68. Continue reading
Mar 30 Patty Duke’s most memorable roles included mental health advocate By Larisa Epatko Patty Duke, the lovable girl(s) next door in “The Patty Duke Show," was remembered this week as a woman who overcame bipolar disorder to become a renowned actress and mental health advocate. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 3:27 Remembering the lives of Garry Shandling and Phife Dawg By PBS News Hour Two groundbreaking artists died this week. Comedian Garry Shandling, star of the Emmy-winning “The Larry Sanders Show,” and rapper Malik Taylor, who co-founded the Grammy-nominated group A Tribe Called Quest under the stage name Phife Dawg, died within two days… Continue watching