Podcasts by Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

“CBS News Sunday Morning” correspondent Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. Each episode of Mobituaries covers his favorite dearly departed people and things. This season profiles legendary athlete Jim Thorpe in "Death of an All-American", iconic singer/songwriter Peggy Lee in "Death of Cool", and even the death of the mid-Atlantic accent, best known from the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Franklin Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy. Mo even has a few new things in store including an episode that looks back at folks who "Died on the Same Day.” Think: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett; John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; Jim Henson and Sammy Davis, Jr. – and then there’s Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello? Tune in for fresh takes on famous legacies and tributes to people who never got the sendoff they deserved. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter until now!

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
Death of the Very Special Episode from 2023-12-13T08:00

If you were a kid watching TV in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably saw a fair number of “Very Special Episodes,” when the usual blissful bubble of the sitcom world was punctured by real-world is...

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Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television from 2023-12-07T08:00

Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy with social commentary. Lear died on December 5th at the great old age of 101. Mo revisits their 2015 conve...

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The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty from 2023-12-06T08:00

For centuries European royals married only each other. It was believed to be the best way of consolidating power. But rampant royal inbreeding had increasingly negative consequences––including g...

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Death of a Nepo Baby from 2023-11-29T08:00

“Nepo Baby” is a term popularly used to describe the celebrity children of celebrity parents. But family connections affect every field of work, and always have. And where family is involved, so...

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Mobituaries LIVE! from 2020-01-17T09:00

In a Mobits first, Mo takes the show on the road! Mo shares his love of obituaries; investigates why we confuse certain dead celebrities; and interviews former New York Times obituary writer Mar...

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Lawrence Welk: Death of a Square (with special guest Fred Armisen) from 2020-01-03T09:00

Fred Armisen joins Mo to pay tribute to legendary bandleader and TV host, Lawrence Welk. Welk was another victim of television's Rural Purge of the early 1970s, when his long running musical var...

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Merry Christmas from Laura Branigan from 2019-12-21T15:00

In December of 1993, Laura Branigan called into Ernie Manouse's Chicago-based radio show and sang O Holy Night a capella. Technically the recording isn't perfect, but Laura's pitch is. And her s...

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The Orphan Train: Death of an American Experiment from 2019-12-20T09:00

Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans - at peril in the dangerous, overcrowded streets of New York - were placed on trains and sent west to live with new families. A desperate solution to a des...

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Laura Branigan: Death of a Singer, Life of a Song from 2019-12-13T09:00

The St. Louis Blues hockey team had the worst record in the NHL in January 2019, before deciding to adopt the 1982 hit song Gloria as their anthem. They ended up winning the Stanley Cup. But man...

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The Rural Purge: Death of the Country Broadcasting System from 2019-12-06T09:00

In the early 1970's, CBS axed its slate of hit country-themed sitcoms. The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction were just three of the shows that bought the farm. Mo talks to...

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The Black Congressmen of Reconstruction: Death of Representation from 2019-11-22T09:00

During the 1870s, more than a dozen African American men, many of whom had been born into slavery, were elected to the U.S. Congress. These political pioneers symbolized the sky high hopes of mi...

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Thomas Paine: Death of a Forgotten Founding Father from 2019-11-15T09:00

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired the American Revolution. So why did only six people show up at his funeral? Mo finds out why this essential Founding Father has never ...

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Marlene Dietrich Goes To War from 2019-11-05T11:00

Marlene Dietrich cemented her status as a Hollywood legend with a series of iconic performances that flouted traditional women's roles and ignited the screen. But it's her passionate support for...

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Billy Carter: Death of the First Brother from 2019-11-01T17:38:01

America has a long tradition of unruly presidential brothers, none more famous than Billy Carter. He became so well-known for his antics, there was even a brand of beer named for him. Mo speaks ...

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca Season 2 Trailer from 2019-10-22T09:00

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca returns with more stories about the people and things that have long fascinated him and, yes, they’re all still dead. From the unruly presi...

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Death of a Tree: Roots of a Rivalry from 2019-03-08T08:06

The legendary rivalry between college football powerhouses Auburn and University of Alabama turned ugly with the 2011 poisoning of two beloved oak trees on Auburn's campus. Mo explores the history ...

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Chang and Eng: A Messy American Dream from 2019-02-28T08:03

Many of us have seen pictures of the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng. But their story is so much more than a medical case study. Mo travels to Mount Airy, North Carolina - the inspiration fo...

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Neanderthals: Death of a Human Species from 2019-02-21T08:03

Mo welcomes his friend Michael Ian Black – comedian, author, podcaster, and, as it turns out, Neanderthal (we’ll explain). Mo talks to Michael and the world’s leading researchers about why our exti...

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Sammy Davis Jr.: Death of the Entertainer from 2019-02-15T08:01

From the age of three Sammy Davis, Jr. did it all better than anyone else - singing, dancing, acting, even gun spinning. Mo talks to friends and family about what drove him to keep performing, even...

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Audrey Hepburn: Death of an Icon from 2019-02-07T08:04

There were other stars as big as Audrey Hepburn, some even bigger. (Ahem, Katharine Hepburn?) So why is it that more than 25 years after her death her image still captivates us and her name trends ...

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The Forgotten Forerunners from 2019-01-31T08:02

Mo tells the stories of three remarkable people who changed history - but whose names you've probably never heard. They are the pioneers before the pioneers. Before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth ...

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Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances from 2019-01-24T08:04

Characters on sitcoms aren't supposed to die. So when they do, it's never less than weird. Mo examines some of the most infamous sitcom deaths and disappearances with Henry Winkler, Sandy Duncan an...

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JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader: Death of a Career from 2019-01-17T08:00

For one brief shining moment in the early 1960s, John F. Kennedy impersonator Vaughn Meader was on top of the world. He was the voice of the hit comedy album "The First Family" which broke sales re...

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca Season 1 Trailer from 2019-01-09T18:29

 Join CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, humorist, and history buff Mo Rocca for an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have long intrigued him. ...

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca Season 1 Trailer from 2019-01-09T18:29

 Join CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, humorist, and history buff Mo Rocca for an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have long intrigued him. ...

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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca Season 1 Trailer from 2019-01-09T18:29

 Join CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, humorist, and history buff Mo Rocca for an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have long intrigued him. ...

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