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Bob Edwards, the longtime Nationwide Public Radio host and a goliath of the broadcasting world, died on Saturday, his spouse, NPR reporter Windsor Johnston, confirmed in a Facebook post. He was 76.
Edwards started his 30-year tenure at NPR in 1974, when the community was nonetheless in its infancy. He co-hosted “All Issues Thought-about,” NPR’s night present, earlier than spearheading “Morning Version” as its inaugural host in 1979, a place he held till 2004.
“Bob Edwards understood the intimate and distinctly private reference to audiences that distinguishes audio journalism from different mediums, and for many years he was a trusted voice within the lives of thousands and thousands of public radio listeners,” NPR CEO John Lansing said in a statement Monday. “Employees at NPR and all throughout the Community, together with these thousands and thousands of listeners, will bear in mind Bob Edwards with gratitude.”