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whose London nightclub was a mecca for jazz performers and fans. Scott was 69.

The AP tabulated the ages of the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood. They are older than the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. On average, the Stones are closing in on 69. The Supremes are spry young kids who average just under 67.

Bob Mondello remembers Lauren Bacall, an actress who constantly reinvented herself.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem where the militant Palestinian group the Hamas are calling for a "Day of Rage" to begin this morning in response to the week of violence that have left 69 people in Israel dead, most of them Palestinian.

Influential jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy died Friday of cancer at age 69, ending a career that was noticed by both John Coltrane and the MacArthur Genius Awards. Hear NPR's Tom Cole.

Debbie Macomber's books don't get a lot of critical attention, but they've sold in the hundreds of millions. Her fans feel like they know and love the woman behind the words, so her publisher threw a party for them.

The Tony-winning actor Jerry Orbach, star for almost half a century on Broadway and television, died Tuesday at age 69 of prostate cancer. He was best known as the seen-it-all detective Lennie Briscoe on Law and Order. NPR's Gloria Hillard reports.

A new Harvard University and NPR poll finds that 69% of Native Americans say inflation is causing them to have trouble making ends meet.

"Candyman" actor Tony Todd died Nov. 6. He was 69.