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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
CBS News & iHeartPodcasts

“CBS News Sunday Morning” correspondent Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. Each episode of Mobituaries covers his favorite dearly departed people and... more

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Episodes

LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen

Long before her turn as the sermonizing Aunt Esther on "Sanford and Son," LaWanda Page was dazzling Black nightclub audiences... more

03 Jan 2024 · 44 minutes
Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey

Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans and abandoned children were placed on East Coast city trains and sent west to... more

27 Dec 2023 · 44 minutes
Death of a Sports Team: Satchel Paige and Los Dragones

There’s no shortage of sports teams that change cities or names over the course of their franchise history. But what... more

20 Dec 2023 · 25 minutes
Death of the Very Special Episode

If you were a kid watching TV in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably saw a fair number of “Very... more

13 Dec 2023 · 43 minutes
Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television

Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy with social commentary. Lear died on... more

07 Dec 2023 · 16 minutes
The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty

For centuries European royals married only each other. It was believed to be the best way of consolidating power. But... more

06 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Death of a Nepo Baby

“Nepo Baby” is a term popularly used to describe the celebrity children of celebrity parents. But family connections affect every... more

29 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader: Death of a Career

November 22, 2023, marks 60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the end of one of... more

15 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
Charlie McCarthy: Death of a Dummy

When Candice Bergen describes her childhood as weird and eccentric, she isn’t exaggerating. She grew up with a world-famous sibling,... more

08 Nov 2023 · 40 minutes
Things I Wish Would Die

On this podcast we’ve honored some of our past’s most outstanding and underappreciated people and things. May they live on... more

01 Nov 2023 · 41 minutes
Death of an Accent

Have you ever wondered about that old timey accent so many actors used in black and white movies? Hollywood stars... more

25 Oct 2023 · 48 minutes
Jim Thorpe: Death of an All-American

When gold medalist Jim Thorpe was dubbed "the world's greatest athlete" at the 1912 Olympics, it wasn't hype. Football, baseball,... more

18 Oct 2023 · 47 minutes
Peggy Lee: Death of Cool

There were so many different Peggy Lees: The woman who defined cool in the 1950s with songs like "Fever." The... more

11 Oct 2023 · 45 minutes
Died on the Same Day (with special guest Anderson Cooper)

When it comes to obituaries, Mo has always been obsessed with the phenomenon of public figures who share the same... more

04 Oct 2023 · 1 hour,
Introducing: Season 4 of Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

Mo Rocca is back with another fascinating season of Mobituaries, exploring the people and things that are no longer with... more

27 Sep 2023 · 2 minutes
Timothy Scott: Death of a Dancer

When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original Broadway production of the musical Cats premiered in 1982, a young dancer named Timothy Scott... more

15 Feb 2023 · 49 minutes
Benedict Arnold: Before They Went Bad

Before his name became synonymous with treason, Benedict Arnold was a bonafide hero of the American Revolutionary War. At critical... more

08 Feb 2023 · 41 minutes
The Gros Michel: Death of a Banana

The banana we eat today is not the same kind our grandparents grew up eating. Today’s variety, called the Cavendish,... more

01 Feb 2023 · 40 minutes
Samantha Smith: Death of a Peacemaker

At one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War, an ordinary 5th grade girl from Maine wrote to... more

25 Jan 2023 · 53 minutes
Second Place Finishers: Larry Doby, Judith Resnik & The Dave Clark Five

We love historical “Firsts” so much that we end up ignoring the people who come right after them. But without... more

18 Jan 2023 · 47 minutes
Fanny Brice: Death of the Original Funny Girl

Fans of Broadway and Barbra Streisand probably know the name Fanny Brice as the woman who refuses to let anyone... more

11 Jan 2023 · 47 minutes
Mobits Extra: Burrata and Anchovies with Major Garrett

Mo goes behind the scenes of season 3 of Mobituaries with the host of The Takeout, Major Garrett. They share... more

04 Jan 2023 · 46 minutes
Mobits Extra: Mo’s Mystery Bust

Mo’s deep appreciation for our less-remembered presidents led him to purchase a giant bust of Grover Cleveland, which has dominated... more

14 Dec 2022 · 24 minutes
Death of the Latin Lover

The frenzy Rudolph Valentino caused in life was matched only by the pandemonium unleashed when he died at age 31.... more

09 Nov 2022 · 48 minutes
June Foray: Woman of a Thousand Voices

It's hard to imagine childhood without the classic cartoon characters June Foray gave voice to: Little Cindy Lou Who from... more

02 Nov 2022 · 40 minutes
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Death of a Marriage Ban

1967 was a big year for marriage in America. The Supreme Court's ruling in Loving v. Virginia overturned bans on... more

26 Oct 2022 · 47 minutes
Death of a Name: Mildred, Bertha & Todd

What’s in a name…that makes it popular to one generation, and downright ugly to the next? From "Bertha" and "Layla"... more

19 Oct 2022 · 42 minutes
Wishbone: Death of a Working Dog

In the 1990s, PBS introduced young audiences to a canine star like none other: a Jack Russell terrier who imagined... more

12 Oct 2022 · 37 minutes
John Denver: Death of the Sunshine Boy

The utter sincerity of his songs ("Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High") endeared John Denver to fans worldwide and helped make... more

05 Oct 2022 · 56 minutes
Introducing: Season 3 of Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

Mo Rocca’s long love of obituaries returns for a third season. Mo looks to celebrate the dearly departed people (and... more

28 Sep 2022 · 2 minutes
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What’s in a name…that makes it popular to one generation, and downright ugly to the next? From "Bertha" and "Layla" to "Reagan"... more