US musician Sonny Rollins performs, 29 June 2006 in Vienne, southeastern France, during the opening of the Vienne Jazz Festival. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Kyle Busch is introduced during the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Dover, Del. Derik Hamilton/AP hide caption
Rob Base performs during the "I Love The 90's" tour on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, at RiverEdge Park in Aurora, Ill. Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP hide caption
Kyle Busch is introduced during the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday 2026 in Dover, Del. Derik Hamilton/AP hide caption
Brooklyn Nets center Jason Collins dribbles the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Feb. 23, 2014, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Dallas Cowboys Craig Morton is pictured in 1973. AP hide caption
Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox waves to the crowd as he is introduced at a ceremony to open the Braves' new stadium before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, April 14, 2017, in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN at a converted Jewish country club in Atlanta. Rick Diamond/Getty Images/Archive Photos hide caption
Pioneering geneticist J. Craig Venter has died at the age of 79, according to his namesake research institute. K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune/Getty Images hide caption
Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
NFL Legend Monte Coleman announces a selection for the Washington Football Team during the 2nd round of the NFL football draft, Friday April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. Gregory Payan/AP hide caption
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021. Paul Marotta/Getty Images hide caption
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose died Wednesday at the age of 85. During his tenure, NPR received a multimillion-dollar gift from the late Joan Kroc that enabled the network to weather financial crises. Jacques Coughlin/Jacques Coughlin/NPR hide caption
A portrait of singer Asha Bhosle, taken in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption
Jim Whittaker is interviewed for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the First American Ascent of Mount Everest in Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films in the 1980s, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger. He's pictured above in California in October 2003. Jeff Golden/Getty Image hide caption
Internationally renowned German philosopher Juergen Habermas speaks to journalists in an auditorium of the Philosophical School of Athens in 2013. Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Singer Joe McDonald sings during the concert marking the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival on Aug. 15, 2009 in Bethel, New York. McDonald has died at age 84. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Bernard LaFayette speaks to reporters after attending a SCLC meeting on March 6, 2010, in Atlanta. Gregory Smith/AP hide caption
People attend a celebration of life service for civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson at the House of Hope on Friday in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
In this 2017 photo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, sits in a session to deliver his message for the Iranian New Year. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is next to him. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP hide caption
White House confirms death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Willie Colon in an undated photograph. Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives hide caption