Wendt got his start in Chicago's The Second City improv comedy troupe. He went on to earn six Primetime Emmy nominations for his role as a lovable barfly on "Cheers."
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Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun born in 1908, is remembered as compassionate and dedicated to her faith.
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Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades.
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Broadbent, diagnosed at age 3, was one of the first generation of children born HIV positive, and known for raising awareness to lessen the stigma of the disease from a young age. She died Tuesday.
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The Hall of Famer whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four NCAA Division I schools.
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World Athletics confirmed the 24-year-old died in his native Kenya alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.
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Keith announced on social media in 2022 that he had been having chemotherapy and radiation treatments for stomach cancer. He is behind such hits as "Red Solo Cup" and "Beer For My Horses."
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Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, has died.
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The three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway legend created indelible roles: Anita in "West Side Story," Rose in "Bye Bye Birdie" and Velma Kelly in "Chicago."
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Osgood, who anchored "CBS Sunday Morning" for more than two decades and hosted the long-running radio program "The Osgood File," died Tuesday at home in New Jersey. The cause was dementia, his family said.
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With the 1960s pop girl group, Weiss found fame as a 15-year-old. She died on Friday, according to her husband.
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Milojević was in his third season with the Warriors. He was a head coach in his native Serbia for eight years and won three MVPs in the Adriatic Basketball Association as a player.
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The veteran stage and television actor's role as the savvy Trixie Norton on "The Honeymooners" provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband.
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Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning actress best known for her role as a single mom and waitress in the TV sitcom "Alice," has died. She was 87.
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People in Plains, Ga., are remembering former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter embraced his hometown and never forgot the importance of the place.
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The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.
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One of the crowning foreign policy achievements of Carter's single term as U.S. president was brokering a series of agreements that later came to be called the Camp David accords in 1978.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, who reflects on his time serving in the Pentagon under President Jimmy Carter, who has died at age 100.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talked to Jason Carter in September, who at that time, reflected on what it was like growing up in the shadows of his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter.
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Jimmy Carter faced many challenges during his four years as president: Soaring energy prices, high inflation and foreign unrest -- including the Iran hostage crisis.
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Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, was president from 1977 to 1981. He remained involved in world politics long after leaving office. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 29, 2024.)
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A first look at the legacy of Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at 100.
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Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. The former Georgia governor was president from 1977 to 1981 and remained involved in world politics afterward.
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Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.
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Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies.