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Known for his ever-present black fedora, Barbieri could never be pinned down. "My music is the same. I play Gato," Barbieri once told The Tavis Smiley Show.

The British rapper remains both successful and controversial, but she tells NPR's David Greene she's just trying to widen the conversation.

Actor Rutger Hauer was best known for his portrayal of Roy Batty, a murderous and contemplative android who is hunted down by a cop played by Harrison Ford in Blade Runner.

One of the world's most well-known architects has died. He designed the Louvre pyramid in Paris and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, among other buildings.

Philip Roth, whose novel American Pastoral won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 but who was best-known for the controversial and explicit 1969 Portnoy's Complaint, has died at age 85.

Australian scientists have reported that a spider — assumed to be the world's oldest — has died at 43, outliving its nearest rival by 15 years. The arachnid is believed to have survived for so long by sticking to one protected burrow its entire life and expending minimal energy.

Howard Johnson, an American jazz musician known for his mastery of tuba and baritone saxophone, has died at age 79. NPR remembers his life and legacy.

Protesters at the Ohio Statehouse join thousands across the country in rallies at state capitals. In Columbus, the demonstration included some tense verbal exchanges but, for the most part, remained peaceful.

The longest fossilized human trackway has been discovered at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Details of this discovery will be informing history for generations, archaeologists say.

Walter Mercado, the popular astrologer who endeared himself to millions of Hispanic television viewers for more than three decades, died Saturday in Puerto Rico.