Matthews, who also served as NPR's very first news director, passed away in Asheville, NC, where we relocated after retiring from NPR in 1992:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/cleve_mathews_retired_newhouse.html
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/cleve_mathews_retired_newhouse.html