Craig Windham, Award-Winning NPR Journalist, Dies at 66

Craig Windham, an award-winning journalist, SAG-AFTRA member and newscaster/reporter for National Public Radio news, died unexpectedly of a pulmonary embolism on Feb. 28. He was 66.

During his more than two decades at NPR, he delivered newscasts during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Prior to joining NPR in 1995, he worked as a national correspondent for the Unistar/RKO radio networks and was a news director at WASH 97.1. Windham was also an adjunct professor at George Washington University, where he taught classes on counseling and human development. He will be greatly missed.