Longtime Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan died Monday at age 100. He's remembered as a master of monetary policy, but his light touch on regulation also set the stage for a financial crisis.

The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.

During his chairmanship, Greenspan was celebrated as possibly the best central banker in history. But later, his reputation was tarnished by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Alan Greenspan, who steered the Federal Reserve for nearly nearly two decades through some of the longest economic booms in U.S. history, has died.

Steve Inskeep remembers a former NPR colleague, the late Elizabeth Arnold.

Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.

James Burrows has died. He was the legendary director of television hits including Cheers, Frasier and The Mary Tyler Moore show.

Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash quickly on the screen in the opening credits. But they knew his work.

Ibrahim, who died June 15, left South Africa in 1962 and lived in exile in the U.S. and Europe for many years. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen to Terry Gross' 1989 interview.

Yolen, who authored The Devil's Arithmetic and the picture book Owl Moon, was an author's author — known for gathering loved ones in her Massachusetts home and collaborating with her friends and family.