Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.

Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Violet Crawley: Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died yesterday at the age of 89.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers understated comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who died this week at the age of 94.

Bryant played in the NBA for eight seasons, before taking his playing career overseas. He later coached at a his alma mater, La Salle University, as well as the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

The Blue Ridge Republican, who died Nov. 16 at 68, was one of the most powerful and respected politicians in Georgia.

After news of House Speaker David Ralston’s death, tributes and memories of the Blue Ridge Republican have poured in from politicians. 

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch, has died at 96. Remembrances and reactions are rolling in from across Georgia — from politicians, British immigrants, and those who simply admired her as an international leader.

Today on “Two Way Street” we’re discussing The New York Times obituary project “ Overlooked ” with its co-creator Jessica Bennett . From Ida B. Wells to...