Obituary: Journalist Charles Osgood, 91, who worked for years for CBS and is best remembered for his hosting Sunday Morning for years until his retirement in 2016, has died from dementia.
Osgood was of the old school of journalists, plus he was a great writer. He was missed in his retirement, and he is missed now. He also hosted the long-running radio program "The Osgood File."
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"For years now people — even friends and family — have been asking me why I keep doing this considering my age," Osgood said when he retired in 2016 at 84. "It's just that it's been such a joy doing it! Who wouldn't want to be the one who gets to introduce these terrific storytellers and the producers and writers and others who put this wonderful show together."
Osgood said then it has "been a great run."
He interviewed such luminaries as chef Julia Child, graffiti artist-turned-gallery star Keith Haring, painter Andrew Wyeth, sculptor Louise Nevelson, and singer-songwriter Sting.
Osgood's love of poetry and music were also on display in "Sunday Morning," whether it was his playful prose, or playing Christmas carols on the piano during the show's holiday broadcasts.
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Another day, another misogynist murderer. Now the poor son has to live with trauma for the rest of his life.
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Paranoia about their "values" being attacked is what drives the religious nutjobs into the arms of the Trump campaign.
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Another obituary: Singer Melanie Safka, 76, known for her folk-style music and appearance in Woodstock 53 years ago, has died. She died yesterday. Professionally, she went by her first name:
Melanie was born Melanie Anne Safka in Astoria, Queen, in 1947, and she graduated from high school in New Jersey in 1964.
She went on to study acting at the insistence of her parents, who wanted her to get a college education, but while attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts she also worked on the side by singing at Greenwich Village folk clubs, which were then experience a surge in popularity that would propel singers including Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary to stardom.
She was signed briefly to Columbia Records, but it was with the smaller label Buddah Records that she had her first real success in 1969 with the single Bobo's Party, which topped the charts in France and did well elsewhere in Europe.
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