Anita Hill speaks onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in October 2018 in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Fortune hide caption
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Over a 50-year friendship, NPR's Nina Totenberg and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw each other through illness and loss, with laughter and many family dinners. Rebecca Gibian/AP hide caption
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — here in her chambers during a 2019 interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg — died on Friday at the age of 87. Shuran Huang/NPR hide caption
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Stanley Crouch, photographed during The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music's Beacon Awards Gala on Feb. 27, 2006 in New York. Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Image hide caption
Bill Gates Sr. attends "Bill Gates: A Conversation with My Father" in New York City in June 2010. Bobby Bank/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
Jamaican reggae singer Toots Hibbert, of Toots and The Maytals, photographed in 1974. Michael Putland/Getty Images hide caption
English actor Diana Rigg became widely known in the U.S. for her role as Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers. She died Thursday in her home in London. Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images hide caption
Ronald "Khalis" Bell, performing with Kool & The Gang on March 29, 1974. ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty hide caption
Jazz bassist Gary Peacock. Eliott Peacock/Courtesy of the Peacock Family hide caption
Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, pictured in July, was the galvanizing leader of the 'Miracle Mets' 1969 championship team. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Chadwick Boseman in 2018. The star of 'Black Panther,' who died on Friday at age 43, was beloved in Africa. Evan Agostini/ Invision/ AP hide caption
Former Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball coach John Thompson Jr., shown here at a game in 2019, has died. He was 78. Mitchell Layton/Getty Images hide caption
Chadwick Boseman, pictured in June 2019 in Los Angeles, portrayed historical figures with dignity and humanity. In public comments, he gave thanks to those who came before him. Lisa O'Connor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In his role as superhero Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman became the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first film headlined by a Black actor. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43
Riley Gale, performing with Power Trip on Nov. 8, 2015 in Austin, Texas. Gary Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Justin Townes Earle, seen here performing at the 8th annual Americana Honors and Awards in 2009, has died. Rick Diamond/Getty Images hide caption
Steve Grossman, photographed while performing on July 1, 1991 in Nice, France. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption
English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Donald Trump, then the president-elect, hugs his brother, Robert Trump, after delivering his acceptance speech at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of Nov. 9, 2016, in New York City. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Fresh Air language commentator Geoff Nunberg became a regular contributor to Fresh Air in 1987. Nicole Katano, 2012 hide caption
Linguist Geoff Nunberg, Who Explored Our Ever-Changing Language, Dies At 75
When Redstone was about 30, he went to work for his father who owned a few drive-in theaters in New England. He eventually turned his father's business, National Amusements, into a national theater chain. John Blanding/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Media Titan Sumner Redstone, Who Made Viacom A Global Empire, Dies At 97
Dr. José Gabriel López-Plascencia spent over 60 years providing health care for low-income families in Phoenix. Courtesy of Valle del Sol Community Health hide caption