Tag: Obituaries
Steve Julian, KPCC ‘Morning Edition’ host, dies at 57
Julian joined the station in 2000.Veteran pubcasting fundraiser John Reynolds dies at 82
He spent more than two decades at WPBT in Miami and also worked at WNED in Buffalo, N.Y.‘Sesame Street’ actor David Smyrl dies at 80
Smyrl played Hooper’s Store owner Mr. Handford.Veteran public TV staffer Charles Coates dies; worked as NOC supervisor
“Charles was passionate about PBS and was a leader among his peers,” PBS said.Peggy Girshman, journalist and former NPR editor, dies at 61
Girshman also worked for PBS and developed a partnership between NPR and Kaiser Health News.James Taszarek, ‘godfather of public radio underwriting,’ dies at 73
Taszarek helped change how stations approach selling underwriting.Longtime public radio GM Ben Fry dies at 54
Fry had worked at KUAR and KLRE since 1988.Craig Windham, NPR newscaster, dies at 66
Windham died unexpectedly Sunday from a pulmonary embolism.Roy Alan Hammond, ‘Visions’ executive producer and aerial director, dies at 69
Hammond was v.p. of national production at WLIW-TV in New York City until leaving in 2010.Daniel Brent Williams, longtime WUFT fundraiser, dies at 64
Williams worked for the Florida station for 34 years.Longtime Wichita programmer David Brewer dies at 71
Brewer took a leave of absence in September to battle cancer.Paul Ray, KUTX music show host, dies at 73
"There’s no doubt that Paul left an indelible mark on the Texas music scene."Lloyd Kaiser, an ‘early visionary’ in public TV, dies at 88
Kaiser had “an expansive view of the quality that could be achieved by a fledgling organization with a passion to serve,” said ...Deborah Davis, longtime WYPR marketer, dies at 61
She "put her heart and soul" into the station.Conrad White dies at 80; worked on ‘French Chef’ and other WGBH shows
White spent 15 years at the Boston public broadcaster during the 1960s and ’70s.
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