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Jane Henson, puppeteer and philanthropist

Posted: April, 16, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

Jane Nebel Henson, a puppeteer and philanthropist who was the widow of Jim Henson and founder of The Jim Henson Legacy, died in her Connecticut home April 2 after a long battle with cancer. She was 79. Continue reading →

Walt Bodine, KCUR talk show host

Posted: April, 04, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

Walt Bodine, a broadcaster who helmed a signature local talk show on KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., for nearly three decades, died March 24 at the age of 92. Continue reading →

Pat Perini, pubTV producer

Posted: April, 05, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

Patricia “Pat” Perini, a public television producer, director, writer and production executive for more than three decades, died Feb. 21 after a long battle with leukemia. She was 68. Continue reading →

Roger Ebert, film critic and pubTV icon, dead at 70

Posted: April, 04, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

Roger Ebert, the legendary film critic who got his television start on Chicago PBS station WTTW, died April 4 after a long battle with cancer. He was 70. “Everyone at WTTW is deeply saddened by the loss of Roger Ebert, whose courageous battle with cancer in recent years was an inspiration to us all,” WTTW President Dan Schmidt said in a statement. Continue reading →

Michael Toms, co-founder of New Dimensions

Posted: February, 27, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

Michael Toms, the co-founder and co-host of the public radio program New Dimensions for four decades, died in his sleep Jan. 24 at the age of 72. The series is syndicated by 188 stations throughout the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Continue reading →

Stanley Karnow, journalist and historian

Posted: February, 26, 2013
By Dru Sefton

Stanley Karnow, whose book Vietnam: A History was the basis of a critically acclaimed 13-hour documentary on PBS, died Jan. 27 at his home in Potomac, Md. He was 87. Continue reading →

Series founder Stanford Calderwood dies

Stanford Calderwood, who served only a few months as president of WGBH, Boston, but initiated one of its most enduring franchises, Masterpiece Theatre, died May 9 [2002]. He was 81. Calderwood brought together costume dramas from British TV producers with … Continue reading →

Bill McCarter, chief exec of independent-minded WTTW/WFMT, Chicago

Bill McCarter, who headed Chicago’s WTTW for 27 years before retiring in 1998, died of complications from cancer April 21. He was 81. Newton Minow, a former FCC chair and WTTW trustee, recruited McCarter from WETA in Washington, D.C., to … Continue reading →

Public TV programming ‘giant’ Jonathan Rice gone at 84

Jonathan C. Rice, the storied program director and co-founder of KQED-TV in San Francisco, died July 22 [2001] at the age of 85. He succumbed at his home in the city after a long illness. Continue reading →

James Yee succumbs after long struggle with cancer

James T. Yee, former executive director of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) died March 17 in Piedmont, Calif., after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 53. The former producer and community organizer headed ITVS for seven of its 10 … Continue reading →

Henry Hampton: ‘He endured because his vision was so important’

Henry Hampton, the visionary filmmaker who documented the history of the civil rights movement with the landmark PBS series Eyes on the Prize, died Nov. 22 [1998]. He was 58. Hampton recovered from lung cancer some nine years ago, but … Continue reading →

Jerrold Sandler, key advocate for public radio funding, dies at 64

The man who led the campaign to make educational radio eligible for federal aid, Jerrold Sandler, died Feb. 24 [1995] at age 64. He apparently had a heart attack after cancer surgery … Continue reading →

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