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Commentator Jo Carson Dies At 64

from National Public Radio
September 30, 2011

Michele Norris and Melissa Block remember former All Things Considered commentator Jo Carson, who died earlier this month in the place where she was born — Johnson City, Tenn. She was 64. She was a playwright, fiction author and children's book author.

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  • All Things Considered, September 30, 2011
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