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Robert Alan Edwards

Also Known As: "Bob"
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Birthplace: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 10, 2024 (76)
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States (heart failure due to metastatic bladder cancer)
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Son of Joseph R. Edwards and Loretta Edwards
Husband of Private
Ex-husband of Private and Private
Father of Private and Private
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Occupation: Radio broadcaster
Managed by: Private User
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About Bob Edwards

Bob Edwards was an American broadcast journalist who was a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He hosted both of National Public Radio's flagship news programs: the afternoon All Things Considered, and Morning Edition, where he was the first and longest serving host in the program's history. Starting in 2004, Edwards hosted The Bob Edwards Show on Sirius XM Radio and Bob Edwards Weekend distributed by Public Radio International to more than 150 public radio stations. Those programs ended in September 2015.

Edwards was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to a homemaking mother and an accountant father. His marriages to Joan Murphy and Sharon Kelly ended in divorce. He had two daughters, Eleanor and Susannah, with Sharon Kelly. He married NPR news anchor Windsor Johnston in 2011, with whom he remained until his death. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Bob Edwards's Timeline

1947
May 16, 1947
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
2024
February 10, 2024
Age 76
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States