Arts & Culture
Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for ‘I’d Do Anything For Love,’ dies at 74
Posted on · Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, was best known for Bat Out Of Hell, one of the best selling albums of all time.
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Dick Raycraft, longtime Harris County budget chief, dies at 82
Posted on · Raycraft worked in Harris County government for more than 40 years, and served as the forerunner to the modern county administrator.
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Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dies in prison at 78
Posted on · Durst was convicted of the 2000 killing of Susan Berman in September. His lawyer said he died Monday in a state prison hospital facility in Stockton, California.
Obituaries
Colin Powell, a former secretary of state, dies at 84
Posted on · Powell's family said that he died of complications from COVID-19, although he was fully vaccinated. Powell was a former general turned statesman who served as secretary of state under George W. Bush.
Obituary
ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies At 72
Posted on · The legendary bearded bassist played on 15 albums over the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band's nearly 50-year history.
NASA
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies
Posted on · Collins was the crew member who stayed in orbit on the Apollo 11 command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Later he oversaw building of the National Air and Space Museum.
Arts & Culture
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Texas Author Larry McMurtry Dies At 84
Posted on · McMurtry penned almost 50 books and dozens of screenplays during a career that spanned over half a century, often depicting the American West.
Coronavirus
Not Forgotten: Stories Of Houstonians We Lost To COVID-19
Posted on · More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. Here are some of the stories of people we've lost in the Houston area.
Houston Matters
How Low Attendance Could Cost Texas Public Schools Millions (Dec. 21, 2020)
Posted on · On Monday's show: Local schools could lose millions due to low attendance, and remembering some of the Houstonians lost to COVID-19.
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Obituary: George H.W. Bush, 41st President And Father Of A President
Posted on · George H.W. Bush helped reshape the landscape of Texas politics and transform Houston into a hub of international trade.
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George H.W. Bush, Nation’s 41st President, Dies At 94
Posted on · Bush began his political career in Houston and considered the city his home for more than half a century.
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Artisan Jewelry Designer James Avery Dead At 96
Posted on · Avery began fashioning his mostly Christian-themed creations himself with his wife in his in-laws' Kerrville garage in 1954
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Barbara Bush Leaves Legacy As Literacy Champion, ‘America’s Grandmother’
Posted on · The wife of President George H.W. Bush and mother of President George W. Bush died at her home in Houston. She was 92.
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UPDATE: Funeral Arrangements Set For Barbara Bush In Houston
Posted on · Former First Lady Barbara Bush, who died at 92 on Tuesday, devoted her life to the cause of literacy, as well as to supporting the career of her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, and raising their six children
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Brilliant, Popular Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76
Posted on · Hawking was a widely popular theoretical physicist who changed how scientists and the world think about gravity