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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born Nov. 4, 1916 and is now retired. Began his career as broadcast journalist in 1937. Best known as anchorman for CBS Evening News and ending his newscasts with ¿And that¿s the way it is.¿
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born Nov. 4, 1916 and is now retired. Began his career as broadcast journalist in 1937. Best known as anchorman for CBS Evening News and ending his newscasts with ¿And that¿s the way it is.¿
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Weekend TV Talk Shows: Newt Gingrich; Rudy Giuliani; Antonio Villaraigosa
Show TrackerSATURDAY The Chris Matthews Show 2012 campaign, Memorial Day. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC; 5:30 a.m. Sunday KNBC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today 2012 election; the Black Dahlia murder; summer movie previews. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...... -
Mike McGrady dies at 78; journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax
In the summer of 1966, Newsday columnist Mike McGrady threw down the gauntlet to a trusted coterie of fellow journalists: Produce a novel so poorly written and relentlessly focused on sex that it would fly off bookstore shelves. Two dozen colleagues,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Stranger Than Fiction, News Media, Long Island, The Wall Street Journal
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Disaster strikes again for a sailing race
Organizers of the famed Newport Beach-to-Ensenada sailing regatta were stunned by the mysterious loss of four crew members aboard a 37-foot boat that disappeared in mid-race, marking the first fatalities in the event's 65-year history.
While the U.S....Tags: Star Sailing, Sailing, World War II (1939-1945), Humphrey Bogart, U.S. Navy
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Typewriter fan Steve Soboroff loves the click-clack of carriages
When Steve Soboroff gets one of them in his sights, he goes into what he calls "emergency overdrive." He has been known to bug estate lawyers, hoping to move in and make an acquisition before someone else has the same idea. Sometimes, his enthusiasm...
Tags: Orson Welles, India, Realty, Services and Shopping, Egypt
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PASSINGS: Jimmy Ellis, Jay McMullen
Jimmy Ellis
Frontman for the R&B band Trammps
Jimmy Ellis, 74, the frontman for the Trammps R&B group who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby, burn!" in a 1970s-era disco hit, died Thursday at a nursing home in Rock Hill, S.C., according to the Bass-...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Columbia University, Disco (genre), Services and Shopping
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On a special visit to the Hollywood sign; L.A.'s City Council battle with Wal-Mart; and Meghan Daum on truth
What a view! Re "Getting a close-up with an L.A. icon," March 23 Now that it's a media event when a resident of the city gets permission to visit the Hollywood sign, it makes me sadly wistful for the many times throughout my youth and young adulthood...
Tags: William Campbell, Politics, Ed Reyes, Poetry, Services and Shopping
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'Hunger Games': Star's 'baby fat' shouldn't eclipse the film's message
Never mind that "The Hunger Games"embraces a strong, courageous and capable heroine navigating a sick and twisted world where those in power benefit from the people suffering below them. The lamentable chatter dominating the conversation around the film...
Tags: Movies, Bully (movie), Scarlett Johansson, Suzanne Collins, Jennifer Lawrence
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Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer
As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program.
Beginning in 1968, as one of...Tags: Larry King, Depression, Mike Wallace, Richard Nixon, Iran
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Mike Wallace: Newsman's death symbolizes passing of an era
Company TownMike Wallace: The veteran CBS newsman has died at 93. His tenacious style helped define a generation of journalists but that style is becoming increasingly rare.... -
Late Night: Ron Paul talks to Jon Stewart about media, markets
Show TrackerRon Paul: On "The Daily Show," presidential candidate Ron Paul talks to Jon Stewart about libertarianism and the free market.... -
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LA Times MagazineOpinionated in a way only a dyed-in-the-wool Bronx native can be.... -
Margaret Tante Burk dies at 93; host of Round Table West
Margaret Tante Burk, a businesswoman, publicist and book enthusiast who co-founded one of the country's largest literary lunch groups, died Oct. 6 in Los Angeles of natural causes, her son, Harry, said. She was 93.
For 30 years, until 2007, Burk ran...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Ray Bradbury, Macdonald Carey, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrities
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