Bob Edwards.Photo:D Dipasupil/FilmMagic
D Dipasupil/FilmMagic
Bob Edwards, longtime host ofMorning Editionon National Public Radio, has died at the age of 76,NPR announcedMonday.
Edwards is known for creating the popular morning radio newsmagazine, which he hosted for nearly two-and-a-half decades, in 1979.
A cause of death has not been released.
“He was Bob Edwards ofMorning Editionfor 24 1/2 years, and his was the voice we woke up to,” said Susan Stamberg, who co-hostedAll Things Consideredalongside Edwards for five years, per NPR.
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The famed broadcasterjoined NPRin 1974 amid President Richard Nixon’s impeachment and Watergate hearings, NPR CEO John Lansing said in a statement on Monday. He began co-hostingAll Things Consideredalongside Stamberg that same year.
Bob Edwards.Larry Busacca/Getty
Larry Busacca/Getty
Stamberg has fond memories of Edwards’ sense of humor, as well as the relationship she had with her co-host on the air.
Five years later, Edwards helped launchMorning Editionin 1979, according to NPR. He earned multiple awards for his work on the show, including two Gabriel Awards from the National Catholic Association of Broadcasters, the Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Award in 1995, and a Peabody Award in 1999, according to the Radio Hall of Fame.
Edwards’ last appearance onMorning Editionon April 30, 2004 featured an interview with Charles Osgood, someone whom Edwards admired as a broadcaster. Osgood, a veteranCBS Sunday Morninghostwho died in January, was both his first and last interview on the show.
The award-winning broadcaster was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame that same year.
“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 lives of millions of public radio listeners,” Lansing said in his statement on Monday.
“Staff at NPR and all across the Network, along with those millions of listeners, will remember Bob Edwards with gratitude,” the NPR CEO continued.
source: people.com
