Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist and author who was called the “poet laureate of medicine” died in his New York City home Sunday. He was 82. “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” spoke with Sacks in 1989. Joanna Simon asked him how he would like to be remembered in 100 years: “I would like it to be thou

New Zealand Picks Up the Pieces After the Worst Massacre in Its History. New Zealand’s low-slung second city was cloaked in mourning, shops shuttered and residents zombified, struggling to comprehend the mass shooting that claimed 50 lives — the worst massacre in the history of this nation of five m

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a d

Former FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer was on a routine run in lower Manhattan when he saw a plane aim and crash into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Pfeifer was initially in charge at the scene and made critical decisions that likely saved thousands of lives.

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895) is the first known Gay activist in world history. This amateur video (1987) by Michael Lombardi-Nash and produced by Paul J. Nash, is a short history of Ulrichs' life and works.

Carol Channing performs "Before the Parade Passes By" on the 1971 Tonys. Actress and singer Carol Channing died early Tuesday morning at the age of 97 at her home in Rancho Mirage, California. Her publicist B. Harlan Boll confirmed she died of natural causes.

The Hollywood mainstay died Monday at the age of 97 and is being remembered for her music and movies. She was an animal rights advocate. She was in more than 41 movies and was nominated for an Oscar. Doris Day Received the Cecil B. Demil Lifetime Achievement Award during the 1989 Golden Globes.

WCBS-TV New York, Channel 2 News coverage of ACT UP protest at Manhattan's marriage license bureau in 1989. The report features an on-camera interview with former Lambda Defense and Education Fund executive director, the late Thomas B. Stoddard. Anchor: Ernie Anastos; Reporter: J.J. Gonzalez.

Louis Armstrong performing his hit Hello Dolly on a stage. In Loving memory: Legendary Broadway songwriter Jerry Herman has died 12/27/2019. The author of the hit musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles was 88.

Ed Asner, the legendary actor known for his role as the crusty, loveable boss Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at the age of 91. In Loving Memory.