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Jeff Metcalf's "Requiem for the Living"

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published June 12, 2020 at 4:00 PM MDT

After a long, valiant and inspiring battle with prostate cancer, the writer and teacher Jeff Metcalf died Friday, June 12, 2020. He was a great friend of the show. In 2014, he joined us to talk about his memoir, Requiem for the Living, about his fight to stay alive. Jeff's vivacity and humor were infectious, his determination was uplifting, and his kindness was a blessing to all he met. He will be dearly missed by our community.

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Doug Fabrizio

Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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