National & International Obituaries

Plas Johnson, the saxophonist behind "The Pink Panther Theme," has died at 94. We remember the Hollywood session legend whose playing shaped decades of music.

The actor Hal Williams has died. He was best known for playing Officer "Smitty" Smith in the 1970s hit TV show Sanford and Son. He was 91.

The man killed by an ICE in Southern Maine this week was a young father, husband and part of small community of immigrants who relied on their neighbors to get by.

Actor Sam Neill died Monday at the age of 78. He had a wide-ranging career over some 50 years — but is perhaps most well-known for his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise.

Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday at the age of 71. The South Carolina Republican was a committed advocate of U.S. military intervention abroad and a close ally of President Trump.

In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor's social media page.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper about George E. Johnson, the entrepreneur who invented Afro Sheen and other Black hair care products, who died last week.

His office said Graham died Saturday night after a "brief and sudden illness." The Republican senator was instrumental in enacting Trump's policy and staffing priorities.

Pilot Wally Funk has died at 87. Denied the chance to become a NASA astronaut, she finally reached space at age 82 aboard a Blue Origin flight.

Kimball, who died July 2, unearthed hundreds of pieces long thought lost, and co-wrote books about George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Eubie Blake. Originally broadcast in 1994.