Late one winter night in 1963, a ringing phone woke up publicist Jim Mahoney. “Frank Sinatra’s attorney said, ‘You have to ...

The Mafia had significant influence in the entertainment industry, particularly in the operation of nightclubs. Frank Sinatra denied having connections to the Mafia, but he benefited from ...

Sinatra, and the Mafia” is always entertaining—Mario Puzo’s accounts of the young Johnny Fontane/Frank Sinatra are reprised at length, and the brief moment when Hollywood and the White House ...

A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost this year.

Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Jimmy Carter, U.S. congresswoman ...

Producer Rico Wade helped craft the sounds of Goodie Mob, Future and OutKast ... as an arranger for jazz bands and for singers like Frank Sinatra. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FLY ME TO THE MOON ...

World's losses included such notables as Alexey Navalny, Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones, Bela Karolyi and Bob Newhart ...

Here is a roll call of some noteworthy figures who died in 2024 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available): ...

It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson ‘s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ...

There have been five disputed elections in U.S. history. Only one prompted an armed insurrection – and soon, the man behind ...

England cricket icon Graham Thorpe tragically ended his life on August 5 after a long battle with depression and anxiety. He ...