Bob Edwards, Longtime NPR Host, Dead at 76
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NPR host Bob Edwards has died. He was 76.
Edwards' wife of 12 years, Windsor Johnston, who also worked at NPR, confirmed he passed away surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, Feb. 10, in a Facebook post.
"We are saddened to hear that Bob Edwards has passed away," NPR president and CEO John Lansing said in a statement first shared with USA Today. "In 1979, in what would become a career-defining moment, he helped NPR launch the morning newsmagazine 'Morning Edition.' He continued to be the voice that NPR listeners started their day with for another 24 and a half years as host of 'Morning Edition.'"
"As an NPR listener myself, I will always remember Bob Edwards' deep warm baritone and the confident ease of his delivery," Lansing told NPR in part. "Bob Edwards understood the intimate and distinctly personal connection with audiences that distinguishes audio journalism from other mediums, and for decades he was a trusted voice in the daily lives of millions of NPR listeners."
A cause of death has not been given at this time.
Before he rose to fame as a radio personality for the outlet's Morning Edition, a position he held for 24 years, he first studied writing at American University. He went on to join NPR in the early 1980s as a newscaster before he hosted All Things Considered alongside Susan Stamberg.
The Louisville-born radio personality closed out his NPR's Morning Edition run on April 30, 2004, but his broadcasting career didn't end there as he began hosting a new show at Sirius XM Radio, The Bob Edwards Show, later that same year. Six years later, Edwards returned to public radio with a new show produced by Sirius XM, Bob Edwards Weekend.
Edwards is survived by his wife and daughters, Susannah and Nora.
