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Noah Adams, Longtime Host of NPR's 'All Things Considered,' Dies at 84

The Kentucky-born broadcaster hosted the evening newsmagazine for 18 years after joining NPR in the mid-1970s.

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Noah Adams, who hosted NPR's All Things Considered for 18 years, has died at 84, NPR reported Sunday. His wife, Neenah Ellis, said he died Friday at their home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Adams was born in Kentucky and came to NPR in the mid-1970s, according to NPR.

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