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Former CBS News anchor Charles Osgood has died, it was announced Tuesday.
He was 91 years old.
He died at his home in New Jersey, where he tragically suffered from dementia, CBS News reported.
Osgood was the host CBS Sunday Morning For 22 years.
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CBS News legend
Osgood certainly left a mark on CBS and in American journalism.
โA gifted news writer, poet and author, Osgood spent 45 years at CBS News before retiring in September 2016,โ CBS News reported. โOsgood began anchoring CBS Sunday Morning in 1994. During his career On the show, it reached the highest ratings levels in three decades, and was three times awarded a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Morning Program.
The story continued:
โFor years, people โ even friends and family โ have been asking me why I keep doing this given my age,โ Osgood said when he retired in 2016 at age 84. โIt was a pleasure doing it! Who wouldn't want to be the person who could introduce these amazing narrators, producers, writers and others who put this amazing show together.
“It's been a great run…” Osgood said afterward.
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โHe was one of a kind โ in every sense of the word.โ
Radio legend Charles Kuralt called Osgood “one of the last great broadcast writers.”
Sunday morning โTo say there's no one like Charles Osgood is an understatement,โ said executive producer Rand Morrison. โHe embodied the heart and soul of 'Sunday Morning.'โ His signature tie, his hair…just his presence was special to the audience, and to those of us who worked with him.
โIn fact, it was unique in every sense of the word.โ
Veteran broadcaster Jane Pauley, who succeeded Osgood as host Sunday morning In 2016, he said: โWatching him in action was a great lesson in communication. I would keep thinking to myself, โHow would Charlie say that?โ, trying to capture the elusive warmth and intelligence in his voice and delivery. I expect I will keep trying.โ
โHe was one of the best broadcast designers and one of the last,โ Pauley said.
RIP to the all-time great.
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