Wade Goodwyn, a longtime correspondent for NPR’s national desk who reported on Texas and the southwest, has died. Goodwyn was 63.
The cause was cancer, the news organization said. He worked for the network for more than 30 years, mainly from Dallas. NPR CEO John Lansing wrote in a memo to staffers, “For generations of public radio listeners, including me, he was one of NPR’s iconic voices.
Aside from that instantly recognizable voice, Wade was a uniquely gifted storyteller and a brilliant reporter. From the first words of one of his stories, you always knew you were being taken on a journey by a master of our craft.
You were in for a true treat, whatever the subject matter.” Goodwyn covered stories ranging from the Oklahoma City bombing to the American Sniper murder trial, along with natural disasters and other major events.
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