Susan Stamberg, Longtime Mainstay of NPR, Dies at 87
Susan Stamberg, a warm and familiar voice on NPR for over 50 years who in 1972 became the first woman to anchor a national evening news broadcast, “All Things Considered,” bringing an earthy informality to her pointed questioning of newsmakers, died on Thursday. She was 87.
Her death was announced by NPR, which did not specify a location or a cause.
Ms. Stamberg retired in September from the public broadcaster, where her last assignment had been special correspondent covering the arts. She served as host of “All Things Considered,” the weekday program of news, analysis and interviews, for 14 years, through 1986, and during that time it became NPR’s marquee broadcast, bringing prestige and seriousness to the network as it quickly grew beyond its original 63 member stations.
Along with Nina Totenberg, Linda Wertheimer and Cokie Roberts, Ms. Stamberg was known in-house as one of NPR’s “founding mothers,” journalists who brought their distinctive female voices to public radio.
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