Press statement from NPR CEO John Lansing about Bob Edwards

We are saddened to hear that Bob Edwards has passed away. Edwards joined NPR as a newscaster in 1974, during the Nixon impeachment and Watergate hearings, and later that year became co-host of All Things Considered alongside Susan Stamberg. In 1979, in what would become a career-defining moment, he helped NPR launch the morning newsmagazine, Morning Edition. He continued to be the voice that NPR listeners started their day with for another 24 and a half years as host of Morning Edition.

Bob Edwards understood the intimate and distinctly personal connection with audiences that distinguishes audio journalism from other mediums, and for decades he was a trusted voice in the lives of millions of public radio listeners. Staff at NPR and all across the Network, along with those millions of listeners, will remember Bob Edwards with gratitude.

–John Lansing