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Jack Dowling left a mark on his art and LGBTQ communities before he died of COVID-19

4:45pm November 23, 2021

Jack Dowling was a painter, writer and dear friend. He died from COVID-19 in Feb. 4, 2021, as one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the virus.

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Robert Bly won a National Book Award in 1968. He is pictured above in 2008.

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Poet Robert Bly, anti-war activist and 'men's movement' leader, dies at 94

5:20pm November 22, 2021

by Euan Kerr

Bly won a National Book Award and was a tireless advocate for poetry. But he knew he could rub people the wrong way. "I do remember people wanting to kill me," he said, "but that's not unusual."

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Health & Safety

Remembering the compassionate Lynne Balla, who died of COVID

4:55pm November 22, 2021

More than 700,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. One of them was Lynne Balla, a nurse and mother of three, died due to COVID-related complications at age 75.

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Photographer Mick Rock at the opening reception for Mick Rock: Shooting For Stardust - The Rise Of David Bowie & Co. in Los Angeles in 2015.

Rock is dead, but the photographer's iconic images of Bowie, Blondie and more live on

5:57pm November 19, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Mick Rock, iconic photographer of rock stars, has died. He was known for his images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen and Blondie. He was 72.

National

Justus Rosenberg, professor who helped artists escape Nazi Germany, dies at 100

4:49pm November 19, 2021

For almost 60 years, Justus Rosenberg was a beloved professor at Bard College. But before he made a living writing and teaching about artists and intellectuals, he helped rescue them in World War II.

Rapper Young Dolph is shot and killed in Memphis

9:29pm November 17, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Police say officers responded to a shooting at a cookie shop at around 12:30 p.m. where Dolph, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Weekend All Things Considered remembers NPR books editor Petra Mayer

4:55pm November 14, 2021

NPR books editor Petra Mayer died suddenly this weekend. She was 46 years old.

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Remembering NPR book editor Petra Mayer

10:05am November 14, 2021

The NPR family has suffered a tremendous loss: NPR book editor Petra Mayer died suddenly Saturday. We take a moment to remember our ebullient, brilliant and proudly nerdly colleague.

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NPR books editor Petra Mayer has died

9:33pm November 13, 2021

by Emma Bowman

Mayer, a self-described "resident nerd" on NPR's Culture desk, was known to her colleagues for her humor and fierce enthusiasm for sci-fi and comics, passions she shared with a national audience.

Married for 52 years, William and Diana Gutierrez died of COVID months apart

5:08pm November 12, 2021

William and Diana Gutierrez lost their lives to COVID approximately two months apart last winter. We take a moment to remember their lives.