Sophie Kinsella at the Costa Book Awards in 2015. Anthony Harvey/Getty Images hide caption
Obituaries NPR remembrances of remarkable individuals.
Obituaries
Raul Malo, performing here in Nashville, Tenn. in 2014, died at the age of 60. Malo was the lead singer of The Mavericks, a band that blended country with rock and roll, blues and Latin sounds. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images hide caption
Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, has died at 60
Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico arrives at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation in Las Vegas in 2015. Ithier has died at age 99. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
Frank Gehry stands next his fish lamps at his exhibition at the Gagosian Mayfair gallery, in central London, in November 2013. Joel Ryan/Invision/AP hide caption
Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper poses Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Tom Stoppard's plays include Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. He's pictured above in London in 2017. Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
In this April 6, 2006 file photo, Fuzzy Zoeller encourages the crowd to be quiet on the second hole during first round play at the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Morry Gash/AP hide caption
Jimmy Cliff onstage at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 2011. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai in 2019. Nakadai died at the age of 92 over the weekend. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cleto Escobedo in 2016. Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images hide caption
Cleto Escobedo III, leader of Jimmy Kimmel's house band, dies at 59
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue responds to questions during a news conference at the conclusion of the National Football League's owners spring meeting in Denver in 2006. Tagliabue died on Sunday. Ed Andrieski/AP hide caption
Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix in his office at his Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory office in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on June 10, 2015. J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday/Getty Images hide caption
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97
Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Jazz drummer and pianist Jack DeJohnette moved in multiple directions throughout his career. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns/Redferns hide caption
June Lockhart, right, played the character of Ruth Martin, mother of Timmy Martin, played by Jon Provost, left, during the classic series "Lassie." The two are seen with Lassie, 9th generation, during a 2003 CBS anniversary celebration in New York. Louis Lanzano/AP hide caption
This undated photo released by the Charlotte Chess Center shows Daniel Naroditsky playing chess on the board. Kelly Centrelli/Charlotte Chess Center/AP hide caption
FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama stands before reporters prior to his statement of war remorse at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Aug. 15, 1995. Naokazu Oinuma/AP hide caption
Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley performing in 1975. Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
NPR's Susan Stamberg attends the ceremony honoring her with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
D'Angelo, seen here performing a concert in Chicago in 2000. Paul Natkin/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
Diane Keaton poses during the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Keaton at the Dolby Theatre on June 8, 2017, in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption