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Tag: obituary

Arts & Culture

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for ‘I’d Do Anything For Love,’ dies at 74

NPR Staff

Posted on January 21, 2022 · 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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obituary

Dick Raycraft, longtime Harris County budget chief, dies at 82

Andrew Schneider

Posted on January 14, 2022 · 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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Obituary

Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dies in prison at 78

Andrew Dalton, Associated Press / BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press

Posted on January 10, 2022 · 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.

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Obituaries

Colin Powell, a former secretary of state, dies at 84

Scott Neuman, NPR / Don Gonyea, NPR

Posted on October 18, 2021 · 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.

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Obituary

ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies At 72

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on July 28, 2021 · The legendary bearded bassist played on 15 albums over the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band's nearly 50-year history.

Tags frank beard joe michael hill obituary ZZ Top

NASA

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies

Russell Lewis, NPR

Posted on April 28, 2021 · 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.

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Arts & Culture

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Texas Author Larry McMurtry Dies At 84

Jamie Stengle, AP

Posted on March 26, 2021 · McMurtry penned almost 50 books and dozens of screenplays during a career that spanned over half a century, often depicting the American West.

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Coronavirus

Not Forgotten: Stories Of Houstonians We Lost To COVID-19

HPM Staff

Posted on December 21, 2020 · 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.

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Houston Matters

How Low Attendance Could Cost Texas Public Schools Millions (Dec. 21, 2020)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on December 21, 2020 · 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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News

Obituary: George H.W. Bush, 41st President And Father Of A President

Andrew Schneider

Posted on November 30, 2018 · George H.W. Bush helped reshape the landscape of Texas politics and transform Houston into a hub of international trade.

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News

George H.W. Bush, Nation’s 41st President, Dies At 94

Andrew Schneider / Associated Press

Posted on November 30, 2018 · Bush began his political career in Houston and considered the city his home for more than half a century.

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News

Artisan Jewelry Designer James Avery Dead At 96

Associated Press

Posted on May 1, 2018 · Avery began fashioning his mostly Christian-themed creations himself with his wife in his in-laws' Kerrville garage in 1954

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News

Barbara Bush Leaves Legacy As Literacy Champion, ‘America’s Grandmother’

Jen Rice / Andrew Schneider

Posted on April 17, 2018 · 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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News

UPDATE: Funeral Arrangements Set For Barbara Bush In Houston

Andrew Schneider / Jen Rice / Associated Press

Posted on April 17, 2018 · 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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News

Brilliant, Popular Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76

Associated Press

Posted on March 14, 2018 · Hawking was a widely popular theoretical physicist who changed how scientists and the world think about gravity

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