Gibb, along with his brothers, crafted melodies (and, oh, those harmonies) that spanned far beyond the disco years
Remembrance
Robin Gibb, 1949-2012: Remembering the Bee Gees Co-Founder
The Bee Gees founding member died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
Watch: Donna Summer’s Most Memorable Songs
Donna Summer, who died today from cancer at the age of 63, was one of disco’s most successful artists—but her innovative songwriting and powerful sensual voice transcended the genre. TIME looks back at her best musical moments.
Legendary ‘Queen of Disco’ Donna Summer Dies at 63
Donna Summer, the R&B songstress known best for her far-ranging voice and late-’70s dance-floor ballads who was dubbed the Queen of Disco at the height of the genre’s popularity, died Thursday from complications of cancer. She …
From TIME’S Archive: Maurice Sendak on Children’s Books
The curmudgeonly author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are sat down to talk about the kinds of stories children like to read and what makes such stories good (and bad)
Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012: His Legacy in Books
The beloved children’s book artist died on May 8 at age 83. TIME looks back at the books he wrote and illustrated.
Appreciation: Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys
My knees went weak when I heard MCA had died. Perhaps that’s because it wasn’t simply the death of a man but of a piece of my youth — and of a time when hip hop itself was young. He was 47, and I knew he had battled cancer …
Dick Clark: 1929 – 2012
Mike Wallace and the Legacy of 60 Minutes
An appreciation of the late, great journalist by the former president of CBS News
Andrew Breitbart, 1969-2012
Maybe the most telling thing about the news that conservative blog impresario Andrew Breitbart had died was that as word spread on Twitter this morning, many people passed it along with the caveat that it might not be true, …
RIP Davy Jones, The Monkees’ Daydreamboat
I wasn’t born when The Monkees went on the air, so I don’t recall Davy Jones as my first teen idol. But he was probably my first image of what a teen idol was, thanks to his appearance in the ’70s Brady Bunch episode, “Getting Davy Jones,” in which superfan Marcia Brady overpromises that she can get the pop star to perform at her school …
The Voice: Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
One of the greatest voices in the history of American popular music has been silenced. An appreciation of the talents of Whitney Houston
Requiem for Mr. Tough Guy
Ben Gazzara, born a street kid in Manhattan, died there on Friday, at 81, of pancreatic cancer—one of the few opponents tougher than he was.