Oct. 17 - Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died at age 87.

NPR reported that Stamberg died on Thursday but did not provide a cause of death.

Stamberg joined NPR in the early 1970s as the network of radio stations across the country was getting established. Over the course of her career, she interviewed thousands of individuals, ranging from prominent politicians and artists to lesser-known figures such as White House chefs and people who work behind the scenes in Hollywood.

The broadcaster explained in an oral history interview with Oregon station KLCC in January that she did not have women in broadcasting to model herself after when she became the host of “All Things Considered” in 1972.

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