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Music industry legend Suzanne de Passe

Suzanne de Passe is a giant in the music and entertainment industry – a trailblazing record executive who helped Motown find such talent as the Jackson 5, the Commodores, and Rick James; an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for “Lady Sings the Blues”); and a producer of the classic miniseries “Lonesome Dove.” And at 78, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee tells correspondent Michelle Miller that she is still listening to her ear, and her gut, to find new stories to tell. Source

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New sounds: Check out these new musical instruments

The standard configuration of the symphony orchestra has remained mostly unchanged for the past century. But innovative artists continue to design new instruments to create sounds never before heard. Correspondent David Pogue attended the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Institute of Technology, where groundbreaking acoustic and electronic instruments were demonstrated. Source

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Making time for Christian Marclay’s “The Clock”

The multimedia artist talks about his cinematic timepiece, a 24-hour film comprised of scenes from movies and TV that track the viewer’s own experience of time, minute by minute, currently screening at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Source

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How Bill Gates knew he was different

The Harvard dropout who became a billionaire in his 30s, Bill Gates revolutionized the computer industry and, later, the world of philanthropy. Now he has been looking back at his childhood, with the first of a three-part autobiography fittingly titled “Source Code.” He discusses his rebelliousness and competitiveness with correspondent Lee Cowan, and talks about how, growing up, he viewed nearly everything through the prism of mathematics. Source

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Here Comes the Sun: Maggie Rogers and more

Singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers sits down with Luke Burbank to discuss how she went from being a music student at New York University to selling out Madison Square Garden. Then, Martha Teichner visits a bakery in Nashville that produces the same bread the Kurds have been making for the last 4,000 years. “Here Comes the Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.” Source

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The “No Body” Case of Dee Warner

When a woman disappears, her children are certain she’s been murdered. But without a body, they know it will be hard to get justice. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. Source

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