Annapurna Devi could have been famous around the world — possibly on par with her first husband, Ravi Shankar. Instead, she stayed at home for more than six decades, before dying on Oct. 13 at age 92.
Author Neal Bascomb tells us about Norwegian hero Joachim Rønneberg, the last surviving member of a 1943 successful raid to deter Hitler's nuclear program. Rønneberg died on Sunday at 99.
Roenneberg was just 23 when his team of resistance fighters parachuted into a mountain range in Norway. They skied to a plant making heavy water and blew Hitler's atomic plans off-schedule.
An obit for a young mother who died after struggling with addiction gained national attention this week. Her sister wants to remind readers: "So many people with addiction don't resemble the photo."
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Miranda Paul about Todd Bol, who built the first "Little Free Library" on his Hudson, Wis., deck. Bol died Thursday at age 62 after battling pancreatic cancer.
He was best known as a legal pimp whose business was profiled on a reality TV show that aired on HBO. He had recently turned to politics, running for state assembly in Nevada.
Paul Allen, co-founder of computer giant Microsoft, has died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Allen used his fortune to fund his many business and philanthropic interests. He was 65.