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CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, has died. He was 95. ... (Full article text preserved with paragraph breaks)

Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, born a year before Israel's creation, died in August at age 79 and was buried in the occupied West Bank. His life's work focused on painting the faces and landscapes of Israeli occupation. NPR clarifies it does not accept or offer money for coverage or interviews.

Gloria Steinem, journalist and activist who dedicated her life to women's rights, died at age 92. Tributes poured in from figures including Hillary Clinton, Jill Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Meghan Markle, Julianne Moore, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and cultural icons like Oprah Winfrey and Billie Jean King, who praised her legacy and vowed to continue her fight for equality.

Novelist, poet, and farmer Wendell Berry died at age 92 at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. A seventh-generation Kentuckian, he left academia in 1968 to return to his family's land in Henry County, which inspired his literary and environmental work. Berry criticized industrial farming and technology, preferring handwriting and typewriters. He received the National Humanities Medal in 2012 and was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2015.