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This Sept. 26, 2008 file photo shows debate moderator Jim Lehrer during the first U.S. Presidential Debate between presidential nominees Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.

Jim Lehrer, Longtime Host of PBS NewsHour, Dies at 85

Lehrer spent decades as the anchor for the nightly broadcast before retirin...

Lehrer spent decades as the anchor for the nightly broadcast before retiring

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Dookey Chase Chef Leah Chase attends the Taste Of Ebony at the Metropolitan Pavilion October 23, 2006 in New York City.

Remembering Leah Chase, Who Transformed New Orleans and Its Food

She died on June 1 at age 96

She died on June 1 at age 96

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These Were the Biggest Icons and Stars We Lost in 2018

The world lost Aretha Franklin, Barbara and George H.W. Bush, among other t...

The world lost Aretha Franklin, Barbara and George H.W. Bush, among other this year

Kofi Annan, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations, will give a lecture entitled Looking for a New Global Order at German Foreign Ministry on January 28, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

'A Monumental Leader': U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Remembers His Predecessor Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan passed away at the age of 80 on Aug. 18

Kofi Annan passed away at the age of 80 on Aug. 18

The movie poster for Seven Samurai (1954), which Hashimoto wrote with Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni

Antoine Fuqua Remembers the Storytelling Genius of Shinobu Hashimoto

Screen storyteller

Screen storyteller

The food writer Gold on March 25

Jonathan Gold Celebrated How Food Shaped Community

Epicurean Angeleno

Epicurean Angeleno

Friends and relatives of Marai at his grave in the village of Guldara

'He Was Calm and Courageous.' Remembering Photographer Shah Marai

Courage behind the camera

Courage behind the camera