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Barbara Hoctor Lynch, former NPR host, has died at 77

The former broadcast journalist who spent time hosting NPR's two flagship news shows during the late 70s, died this month.
Barbara Hoctor Lynch, right, is pictured cohosting <em>All Things Considered</em> with Noah Adams at a studio in a former NPR building in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s.

Barbara Hoctor Lynch, a former broadcast journalist who hosted NPR's All Things Considered in its early days, died earlier this month. She was 77.

Hoctor Lynch died after a struggle with cancer on Sept. 18 at a rehab facility in Somers, N.Y., where she spent her final days receiving care, her brother Chris Hoctor told NPR. Shethat had spread to her colon and liver.

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