Obituaries
KUER classical host Gene Pack dies at 86
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The longtime host delighted classical listeners for more than four decades.
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The longtime host delighted classical listeners for more than four decades.
“WKAR is the community institution it is today because of Steve’s leadership, innovative spirit and business acumen,” a colleague said.
Kelly worked at the Pennsylvania station for four decades.
“There is no single person who has been more instrumental in creating the WUWM sound than Bruce.”
Breitenfeld’s work in the early 1960s helped shape the case for the Public Broadcasting Act.
Keating was also an early supporter of the Digital Convergence Alliance, a joint master control service in Jacksonville, Fla.
The documentarian died Sept. 16 at the age of 97.
“Susan Howarth epitomized the very best of public broadcasting,” said PBS President Paula Kerger.
Colleagues recalled him as a “meticulous mastering engineer” with a “mellifluous announcing voice.”
Henry Morgenthau III joined WGBH in 1957, just two years after it went on the air.
Gina Carter-Simmers worked to raise awareness of cancer as she battled the disease.
Brackett was also a five-time world champion triathlete and was training for a triathlon when she was injured.
Bennet helped bring financial stability to NPR during his 10-year tenure.
He was the first reporter at NPR to cover the digital technology beat.
Konner was a “model executive producer” with “high journalistic standards, sharp intellect, and the eye for a good story, well-told.”
“He remains in my mind an exemplar of what it means to be both a broadcaster, and a person,” said Wait Wait host Peter Sagal.
Longtime friends and colleagues remember Marquis as public television’s man on Capitol Hill.
Grossman, who died Friday at the age of 86, backed expansion of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” and was involved in launching “Frontline.”
Michael Getler was “fully committed to the integrity of our work,” said PBS President Paula Kerger.
“He’s one of those bright lights you don’t run into very often,” a colleague said.