On Tuesday, it was introduced that former CBS Information anchor Charles Osgood died.
He was 91-years-old.
CBS Information reported that he died at his house in New Jersey, the place he had tragically suffered from dementia.
Osgood was the host of CBS Sunday Morning for 22 years.
A CBS Information Legend
Osgood undoubtedly left an imprint at CBS and in American journalism.
CBS Information studies, “Osgood, a gifted information author, poet and writer, spent 45 years at CBS Information earlier than retiring in September 2016. Osgood started anchoring ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ in 1994. Throughout his run on the present it reached its highest rankings ranges in three many years, and 3 times earned the Daytime Emmy as Excellent Morning Program.”
The story continued:
“For years now individuals — even family and friends — have been asking me why I maintain doing this contemplating my age,” Osgood stated when he retired in 2016 at 84. “It’s simply that it’s been such a pleasure doing it! Who wouldn’t need to be the one who will get to introduce these terrific storytellers and the producers and writers and others who put this excellent present collectively.”
Osgood stated then it has “been an incredible run…”
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‘He Was One in every of a Sort – in Each Sense’
Broadcasting legend Charles Kuralt referred to as Osgood “one of many final nice broadcast writers.”
Sunday Morning government producer Rand Morrison stated, “To say there’s nobody like Charles Osgood is an understatement. He embodied the guts and soul of ‘Sunday Morning.’ His signature bow tie, his poetry … simply his presence was particular for the viewers, and for these of us who labored with him.
“Really, he was considered one of a sort – in each sense.”
Veteran broadcaster Jane Pauley, who succeeded Osgood as host of Sunday Morning in 2016, stated, “Watching him at work was a masterclass in speaking. I’ll nonetheless suppose to myself, ‘How would Charlie say it?’, attempting to seize the elusive heat and intelligence of his voice and supply. I anticipate I’ll go on attempting.”
“He was top-of-the-line broadcast stylists and one of many final,” Pauley stated.
RIP to an all-time nice.
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