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Veteran public TV staffer Charles Coates dies; worked as NOC supervisor
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“Charles was passionate about PBS and was a leader among his peers,” PBS said.
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Peggy Girshman, journalist and former NPR editor, dies at 61
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Girshman also worked for PBS and developed a partnership between NPR and Kaiser Health News.
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James Taszarek, ‘godfather of public radio underwriting,’ dies at 73
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Taszarek helped change how stations approach selling underwriting.
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Longtime public radio GM Ben Fry dies at 54
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Fry had worked at KUAR and KLRE since 1988.
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Craig Windham, NPR newscaster, dies at 66
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Windham died unexpectedly Sunday from a pulmonary embolism.
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Roy Alan Hammond, ‘Visions’ executive producer and aerial director, dies at 69
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Hammond was v.p. of national production at WLIW-TV in New York City until leaving in 2010.
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Daniel Brent Williams, longtime WUFT fundraiser, dies at 64
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Williams worked for the Florida station for 34 years.
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Longtime Wichita programmer David Brewer dies at 71
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Brewer took a leave of absence in September to battle cancer.
People
Paul Ray, KUTX music show host, dies at 73
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“There’s no doubt that Paul left an indelible mark on the Texas music scene.”
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Lloyd Kaiser, an ‘early visionary’ in public TV, dies at 88
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Kaiser had “an expansive view of the quality that could be achieved by a fledgling organization with a passion to serve,” said a station president.
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Deborah Davis, longtime WYPR marketer, dies at 61
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She “put her heart and soul” into the station.
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Conrad White dies at 80; worked on ‘French Chef’ and other WGBH shows
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White spent 15 years at the Boston public broadcaster during the 1960s and ’70s.
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Tracy Carter, developer of Myers’ ProTrack software, dies at 49
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“Tracy was an incredibly kind, intelligent and unassuming individual,” said Crist Myers.
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Washington-area radio journalist Max Cacas dies at 61
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“He seemed to know everyone in the business and what was going on in public and commercial radio.”
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David Sonderegger, APM station relations rep, dies at 78
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“Dave was the consummate relationship builder,” said APM President Jon McTaggart.
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Subject of ‘Kind Hearted Woman’ public TV documentary dies at 38
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The two-part film aired in April 2013 as a joint production of Frontline and Independent Lens.
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Ed Walker, WAMU co-founder and longtime host, dies at 83
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Walker died just hours after his final broadcast aired on the station.
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Fred Flaxman, longtime programmer and station leader, dies at 75
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Flaxman’s television and radio career spanned many years.
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Attorney Marc Mangum dies; handled PBS copyright issues
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Mangum was lead attorney in PBS’s lawsuit against Internet TV service Aereo, which went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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‘Exceptional’ public television programmer Nick Frazer dies at 64
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Frazer was the first programmer at KBDI in Denver.