Visionary NPR leader Kevin Klose, who led network to new heights, has died

NPR reports the death of Kevin Klose, who served as NPR president for a decade beginning in 1998 during a period of significant growth for the public media network. The article is bylined by David Folkenflik, an established NPR media critic, published by NPR itself, which lends institutional credibility to the obituary. However, the metadata provided contains minimal substantive detail — the description offers only basic facts about Klose's tenure and growth metrics without specifics on his accomplishments, age at death, cause, or his life before/after NPR, limiting depth of reporting visible in this excerpt. Independent search results confirm NPR published this obituary and show corroboration from other outlets like WUFT, though the search results do not provide expanded details on Klose's legacy or the circumstances of his death that would typically appear in a full obituary.