(TheRedAlertNews.com) – Charles Osgood, the former TV news and radio show host who deserves to be called “legendary,” has passed away at the age of 91 as a result of dementia.
Osgood died on Tuesday in his home in New Jersey, his former network, CBS News, has announced.
Osgood’s career spanned 45 years at CBS News, where he notably anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for 22 years.
No less remarkably, he hosted “The Osgood File,” a daily radio show featuring his commentaries, from 1971 until December 29, 2017.
The report points out that “CBS Sunday Morning” experienced its most significant ratings surge in thirty years during his time with CBS.
Osgood’s contributions to the program were recognized with three Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Morning Program.
Reflecting on his prolonged career at the time of his retirement, Osgood stated,
“For years now people — even friends and family — have been asking me why I keep doing this considering my age. 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’s unique talents extended beyond journalism. His predecessor, Charles Kuralt, praised him as “one of the last great broadcast writers.”
His artistic abilities included playing various instruments, such as the piano, organ, and violin.
Rand Morrison, the executive producer of “Sunday Morning,” paid tribute to Osgood’s distinct and irreplaceable presence on the show.
“To say there’s no one like Charles Osgood is an understatement. He embodied the heart and soul of ‘Sunday Morning.’ His signature bow tie, his poetry… just his presence was special for the audience, and for those of us who worked with him. At the piano, Charlie put our lives to music. Truly, he was one of a kind — in every sense,” Morrison declared.
Osgood, who was born in New York City but grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, was also the narrator’s voice in the 2008 animation “Horton Hears a Who!” based on Dr. Seuss’s book of the same name.
In 2004, he published “Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack,” a memoir of his childhood during World War II.
