As the year’s end approaches, Here & Now’s Robin Young and Meghna Chakrabarti take a look back at some of those who died this past year.
Mentioned In This Segment
- Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, musician
- Haskell Wexler, cinematographer
- Maureen O’Hara, actress
- Omar Shariff, actor
- Kurt Masur, composer
- Lynn Anderson, musician
- Scott Weiland, musician
- Oliver Sacks, scientist
- Ornette Coleman, musician
- BB King, musician
Songs In This Segment
- Motorhead, “Ace of Spades”
- Maureen O’Hara, singing Frederic Weatherly’s “Danny Boy”
- Johannes Brahams, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
- Lynn Anderson, singing Joe South’s “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Creep”
- Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz – Parts 1 & 2
- B.B. King, playing Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell’s “The Thrill is Gone”
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