obituaries

Henry W. Bloch died Tuesday at the age of 96. A notable philanthropist, Bloch and his brother, Richard, co-founded the tax preparation business H&R Block…

Segment 1: After a failed gas tax proposal, how does the Missouri Department of Transportation continue to keep roads and bridges safe?Voters this month…

For Mike McGraw, it was always about the story, never about his ego.He was a relentless truth teller, a reporter who, once having latched on to a subject,…

Editors note: This story was updated at 10:35 A.M. Wednesday with comments from Irv Hockaday.Laura Rollins Hockaday died Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital.…

Philanthropist, trucking industry magnate, and art collector Jerry Nerman died Tuesday morning at the age of 97 after a bout with pneumonia. As his son…

The redoubtable conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who led a movement that for decades successfully thwarted liberal and feminist causes, including...

You know his voice ... but did you know his life? We remember KCUR'sSteve Bell, who died last week doing one of the things he loved: getting ready for the…

Yesterday, we lost an esteemed colleague and friend here at KCUR. Steve Bell, our afternoon newscaster, collapsed on the job and passed away in the…

Steve Bell, a mainstay of radio broadcasting in Kansas City for four decades, died Monday. He was 77.Bell collapsed while doing what he loved most –…

The great writer Pat Conroy died March 4 at the age of 70. The author of “The Great Santini,” among many others, spoke with Steve Kraske on Up To Date in…

Kansas City’s Steve Metzler was a business leader, a nonprofit supporter, and a patron of the arts, but phrases don’t begin to describe the impact he had…

Members of Kansas City's arts, LGBT and non-profit organizations are in deep mourning over the death of Stephen Metzler, widely described as "a pillar of…