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Obituaries

Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi demonstrates his "Sparko Box" for writer Matt Alt, 2018.
Hiroko Yoda
NPR News
Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100
Chloe Veltman
,
March 15, 2024
Negishi was in his 40s when he came up with the idea of prototyping a mass-produced, coin-operated karaoke machine, branded "Sparko Box" in 1967.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in July 2022.
Anna Moneymaker
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Getty Images
NPR News
Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90
Scott Shafer
,
September 29, 2023
A person wearing a striped sweater sits on a porch
Courtesy
/
City of Petersburg
News
Remembering Richard Stewart, ‘Mayor’ of Pocahontas Island
Lyndon German
,
April 19, 2023