YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio — Noah Adams, the writer and broadcaster who hosted National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” for 18 years, has died. He was 84.
Adams died Friday at his home in Yellow Springs, his wife, Neenah Ellis, told NPR. The network announced his death Sunday. NPR’s report did not disclose a cause.
Adams joined NPR in the mid-1970s after beginning his public-radio career at the University of Kentucky in 1972. He helped guide listeners through presidential elections, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the September 11 attacks, while becoming especially known for reporting from small towns and rural communities.
His radio work included the 1981 documentary “Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown.” Adams also wrote five books, including “Piano Lessons,” “Far Appalachia” and “The Flyers.” NPR colleagues remembered him for careful observation, quiet interviewing and storytelling that looked beyond the country’s centers of power.