Mobituaries with Mo Rocca podcast

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!

“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!

 

#59

Death of a Name | Reviving a Mobit

What do you think will be the top baby names of 2025? Will "Mildred" make a comeback? What... more

25 Dec 2024

42 MINS

42:05

25 Dec 2024


#58

Marlene Dietrich Goes To War | Reviving a Mobit

We’re celebrating the birthday month of the iconic Marlene Deitrich by revisiting a specia... more

18 Dec 2024

13 MINS

13:07

18 Dec 2024


#57

Sammy Davis Jr.: Death of the Entertainer | Reviving a Mobit

This week, we’re celebrating the birthday of the legendary Sammy Davis Jr. by revisiting a... more

11 Dec 2024

50 MINS

50:15

11 Dec 2024


#56

Wishbone: Death of a Working Dog | Reviving a Mobit

This week marks 8 years since the finale of the beloved series "Wishbone". In the 1990s, P... more

04 Dec 2024

37 MINS

37:12

04 Dec 2024


#55

Neanderthals: Death of a Human Species | Reviving a Mobit

Did you know November 9 is National Neanderthal Appreciation Day? Reivist this episode whe... more

27 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:23

27 Nov 2024


#54

Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances | Reviving a Mobit

In honor of the anniversary of the first-ever sitcom broadcast on a U.S. television networ... more

21 Nov 2024

40 MINS

40:05

21 Nov 2024


#53

Literary Frontierswoman: Laura Ingalls Wilder

This special episode comes from the audiobook edition of ROCTOGENARIANS, a brand-new colle... more

11 Jun 2024

20 MINS

20:35

11 Jun 2024


#52

LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen

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

03 Jan 2024

44 MINS

44:27

03 Jan 2024


#51

Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey

Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans and abandoned children were placed on East Coast ci... more

27 Dec 2023

44 MINS

44:43

27 Dec 2023


#50

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 f... more

20 Dec 2023

25 MINS

25:13

20 Dec 2023


#49

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 “V... more

13 Dec 2023

43 MINS

43:17

13 Dec 2023


#48

Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television

Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy wit... more

07 Dec 2023

16 MINS

16:38

07 Dec 2023


#47

The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty

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

06 Dec 2023

49 MINS

49:54

06 Dec 2023


#46

Death of a Nepo Baby

“Nepo Baby” is a term popularly used to describe the celebrity children of celebrity paren... more

29 Nov 2023

50 MINS

50:45

29 Nov 2023


#45

JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader: Death of a Career

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

15 Nov 2023

49 MINS

49:59

15 Nov 2023


#44

Charlie McCarthy: Death of a Dummy

When Candice Bergen describes her childhood as weird and eccentric, she isn’t exaggerating... more

08 Nov 2023

40 MINS

40:14

08 Nov 2023


#43

Things I Wish Would Die

On this podcast we’ve honored some of our past’s most outstanding and underappreciated peo... more

01 Nov 2023

41 MINS

41:47

01 Nov 2023


#42

Death of an Accent

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

25 Oct 2023

48 MINS

48:28

25 Oct 2023


#41

Jim Thorpe: Death of an All-American

When gold medalist Jim Thorpe was dubbed "the world's greatest athlete" at the 1912 Olympi... more

18 Oct 2023

47 MINS

47:28

18 Oct 2023