This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 17)

Host: Jane Pauley

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COVER STORY: Gabby Giffords and her ongoing fight | Watch VideoWhen Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman in 2011, she began a path towards recovery that is ongoing, as she struggles with a brain disorder known as aphasia. Her improbable and inspiring journey, as both a victim and an advocate for gun legislation, is captured in a new documentary, "Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down." Correspondent Ben Tracy talks with Giffords and her husband, Senator Mark Kelly, and with filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen, about her resilience, her musicality, and her optimism that our country's plague of gun violence can be addressed.

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Giffords (Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence)"Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down," now in theaters

Friends of Aphasia

ART: The geometry of abstraction by artist Sean Scully | Watch VideoColorful grids and stripes woven together represent the signature style of the celebrated artist Sean Scully, who is the subject of a career retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Correspondent Serena Altschul talks with the 77-year-old Scully about his inspirations, from the post-impressionism of Van Gogh to the exotic geometry of mosaics in Morocco.

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Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (through July 31)Exhibition catalogue: "Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas" by Timothy Rub and Amanda Sroka (Yale University Press), in Hardcover, available via the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound

   HEALTH: Studying the effects of long COVID | Watch VideoMore than two years into the pandemic, researchers still have few answers about why as many as 1-in-5 adults infected with COVID have experienced a symptom suggestive of long-term effects. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook talks with doctors looking at ways to diagnose and treat patients with long-COVID; and with patients who are striving to get back to their pre-COVID health.

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Survivor CorpsTo participate in the National Institutes of Health's Recover study click hereCenter for Post-COVID Care, Mount SinaiLong COVID information (CDC)

MUSIC: The B-52s: We "never set out to change people's lives, but it happens that way" | Watch VideoKeith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, along with brother and sister Ricky and Cindy Wilson, were friends in Athens, Ga. Their hobby – playing music together – exploded into a career, as the band The B-52s. Since the late 1970s, the group has inspired such musicians as Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl.  But the death of Ricky Wilson almost ended the band for good.  Ahead of their farewell tour, the surviving members catch up with correspondent Kelefa Sanneh.

To watch The B-52s perform their 1989 hit "Love Shack," click on the video player below:

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theb52s.com | Tour info

   MEDAL OF HONOR: A Vietnam veteran's epic poem of war | Watch VideoSoldiers often write memoirs about their time in combat. One Medal of Honor recipient, retired Green Beret John Duffy, has written an epic poem about one of the biggest battles of the Vietnam War. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with Duffy about "The Battle for 'Charlie.'"

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Major John J. Duffy (army.mil)Major John J. Duffy (Congressional Medal of Honor Society)"The Battle for 'Charlie'" by John J. Duffy, in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound

   PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Monty Norman, composer of the iconic James Bond theme.   

FROM THE ARCHIVES: "First Ex" Ivana Trump (VIDEO)Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump, died on Thursday. She was 73. In this interview broadcast on "Sunday Morning" on October 8, 2017, she talks with correspondent Jim Axelrod about her life before and after she and her husband divorced; her thoughts about Trump's second and third wives, Marla Maples and Melania Trump; and other topics that she also addresses in her memoir, "Raising Trump."

POSTCARD FROM JAPAN: This Tokyo café serves an antidote to writer's block | Watch VideoProcrastination is not on the menu at Tokyo's Manuscript Café, whose only customers are writers and creatives trying to finish their books and other projects by deadline, thanks to the gentle nudging of the café's proprietor and all the coffee you can drink. Correspondent Liz Palmer reports.

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Manuscript Cafe, Tokyo (Google Translation) 

MOVIES: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward: "The Last Movie Stars" | Watch VideoPaul Newman and Joanne Woodward were that rarity: a happily-married Hollywood couple. But the story of their life together was partly myth, as explored in the new HBO Max docuseries, "The Last Movie Stars." Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks with actor Ethan Hawke, the series' director, and with Paul and Joanne's daughter, Clea Newman, about how the couple's seemingly perfect life had its share of turbulence off-screen, and what made the couple's stardom and marriage unique.

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"The Last Movie Stars" debuts on HBO Max July 21Photos courtesy of USA Today

   HARTMAN: Kind hearts and open doors (Video)In January of last year, when Gean LeVar's husband died in their Glendale, Arizona, home, the house was in such terrible condition that police were forced to condemn it. Widowed and homeless in one day, LeVar was taken in by neighbors across the street, who "adopted" their new grandmother. Steve Hartman reports.

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Operation Enduring Gratitude

BOOKS: Jason Reynolds on stories told for, and by, young readers | Watch VideoJason Reynolds, the prolific and bestselling author of young people's literature, uses his own childhood experiences to encourage kids to use their imagination to tell their stories. "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley talks with the poet about writing stories, and the complicated conversations they can evoke.

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"Ain't Burned All the Bright" by Jason Reynolds; Illustrations by Jason Griffin (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieboundJason Reynolds (jasonwritesbooks.com)Jason Griffin (jasondouglasgriffin.com)Lavan 541, New York

    MILEPOST: An addition to the "Sunday Morning" family (Video)We are happy to introduce the newest member of our "Sunday Morning" family: Rosabelle Darling Belton, born July 12, to "Sunday Morning" producer Robbyn Rose McFadden.

NATURE: Yosemite's Vernal Falls (Extended Video)"Sunday Morning" takes us to Vernal Falls in California's Yosemite National Park. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.   

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GALLERY: Live music is back on stage 2022Concerts are back on track, with rock, heavy metal and country artists returning to live performances.

"HERE COMES THE SUN": Sen. Raphael Warnock and Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio" (Video)Senator and Reverend Raphael Warnock sits down with John Dickerson to discuss his hope to be re-elected this fall. Also, Rita Braver visits a new installation at the Museum of Modern Art, featuring Henri Matisse's painting "The Red Studio."

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