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'Adam Smith' host dies at age of 83

NEW YORK — George Goodman, a journalist, business author and award-winning television host who under the pseudonym “Adam Smith” made economics accessible to millions of people, died Friday at age 83.

Goodman’s son, Mark Goodman, said his father died at the University of Miami Hospital after a long battle with the bone marrow disorder myelofibrosis.

“Adam Smith’s Money World” was a multiple Emmy winner that aired on PBS stations from 1984-1996.

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