National & International Obituaries

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Barton Gellman, author of "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," about the legacy of late Vice President Dick Cheney.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jonah Goldberg, editor of The Dispatch, about former Vice President Dick Cheney who died Monday at 84.

Noted feminist Bible scholar Phyllis Trible influenced generations of Christians. She died this month at the age of 92.

The dynamic drummer worked with jazz innovators and avant-garde pioneers across his career.

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

The actor, whose career spanned films, TV dramas and soap operas, was beloved for her roles in "Lassie" and "Lost In Space." She died on Thursday of natural causes, a family friend said.

Known as a "founding mother" of NPR, Stamberg was the first woman to anchor a national news program in the U.S. She died Oct. 16. Originally broadcast in 1982, 1993 and 2021.

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at the age of 29. NPR's A Martinez talks with reporter David Cox about the impact Naroditsky had on the chess world.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, noted Jewish activist and author of The Freedom Seder, has died at the age of 92. He spent nearly six decades writing, teaching and changing the shape of American Jewish practice.

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died this week at 29 years old — just two weeks shy of his 30th birthday. His peers remember him as humble despite his immense skill.