Dayton Daily News Online Operations Editor and music critic Jeff Adams died Thursday night while covering the rally for presidential candidate John Kerry. Read his obituary here.

"Jeff Adams joined newspaper staff in early 1990s. A man with wide interests, Mr. Adams traveled to a newly free South Africa in 1994 and heard Nelson Mandela speak.

In an editorial, he wrote, "It was an amazing event for a white American from the suburbs. I knew listening to Mandela that night in Cape Town that I would view the world differently."

Ten years after the end of apartheid and the birth of democracy, Mr. Adams again visited South Africa, this time to promote Kids Voting, a program intended to instill a lifelong habit of casting election ballots."

In addition to being a newsman and photojournalist, Jeff found time to connect with music and wrote a number of music reviews, including his look at Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony.


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