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![A black and white image of Tina Turner. She is wearing a short skirt and is singing into a microphone.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tina-900x422.jpg)
Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83
By: Annie Zaleski I NPR
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ZURICH, Switzerland (NPR) – Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse known for her octave-defying voice and mesmerizing stage moves, has died at the age of 83. She died Wednesday… Read More
![Ryuichi Sakamoto posing for a portrait in Paris in 1996.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sakamoto-e1680620828448-900x422.jpg)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died
By: Anastasia Tsioulcas I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, a trailblazing composer and producer who was one of the first musicians to incorporate electronic production into popular songcraft, has died at the age of… Read More
![Ohio University's Cutler Hall on the first day of the semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OU-Image-scaled-e1599491277344-900x422.jpg)
Former Ohio University President Charles Ping Dead At 91
By: Will Price
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Former Ohio University President Charles Ping, who oversaw the institution’s rapid expansion in the 1970s through ’90s, died on Tuesday at his home in Athens. He… Read More
![Former Ohio University president Vernon R. Alden, who died June 22, 2020 at the age of 97.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ALDENcrop-900x422.jpg)
Watch: Fond Memories With Ohio University’s Former President Alden
By: Michelle Rotuno-Johnson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Vernon R. Alden, the 15th president of Ohio University, died Monday at the age of 97 from complications of pneumonia. He was living in Boston. Alden,… Read More