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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 275 |
| | Posted: | | | | Paul Harvey, a radio legend, has died at the age of 90, FOX News has confirmed.
ABC Radio Network spokesman Louis Adams said Harvey died Saturday at his winter home in Phoenix, surrounded by family. No cause of death was immediately available.
Harvey, who was born and raised in Tulsa, Okla., was married to the late Lynne Cooper of St. Louis who died less than a year ago. They had one son, Paul Jr.
He was a news commentator and talk-show pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the country's most familiar voices. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2005.
Known for his resonant voice and trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story," Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio Networks.
In a statement, ABC Radio Networks President Jim Robinson calls Harvey "one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation's history."
He began his radio career in 1933 in Tulsa, while he was still in high school, his Web site said.
Paul Harvey News consisted of more than 1,200 radio stations and 400 Armed Forces Network stations that broadcast around the world and 300 newspapers, his biography reported.
A virus that weakened his vocal cord forced him off the air in 2001. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | Many years before I retired. the alarm radio would wake me up and then I heard "The Rest of the Story." | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln | | | | Last edited: by Srehtims |
| | Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Today we visit a man who entertained millions each day, while telling us the news from around the world. He was 90 years old and was determined to carry on with his mission long after a virus threatened his carreer. In 2005 was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. His name is Paul Harvey and that is the rest of the story.
RIP in Mr. Harvey, you are well deserve of it, you will be missed. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I remember riding a charter bus to High School in Germany during the 80's (no American HS in Aschaffenburg so we were bussed to Hanau) and listening to him over the bus's radio tuned into an Armed Forces network. The noise level would noticeably drop when we heard his voice. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Paul began his career as a newsreader at the ripe old age of Fourteen. In 1951 he he joined ABC Radio and stayed with them until his death. That's right 58 years. He is reunited with his "Angel", who never missed the chance to say isn't it magnificent (the Chicago skyline) upon returning to their Chicago home every year. Now you know the REST of the Story. Good day! Good bye, Paul, God bless, we will miss you. Skip  | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| | Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 582 |
| | Posted: | | | | "Hello, Americans. This is Paul Harvey. Stand by for NIIUUWS".
Used to listen to him while driving home on the AFN station. He was always on right after Dr. Laura (don't ask). | | |  | | | | Last edited: by kosvines |
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