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Charles Osgood, best known for hostingCBS Sunday Morning, has died. He was 91.
The veteran journalist passed away in his New Jersey home following his battle with dementia, his family toldCBS News.
In a statement to the outlet, Osgood’s family wrote, “Charlie absolutely loved being part of the ‘Sunday Morning’ community. We’ll miss him terribly, but there is comfort in knowing his life was charmed, in large part thanks to you."
“From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for welcoming him into your homes on Sundays to share stories, and to highlight the better parts of humanity,” they concluded. “He’ll see you on the radio.”
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A rep forCBS Sunday Morningtells PEOPLE that the famed television personality will be honored with a special broadcast on this weekend’s broadcast.
Osgood was best known for his illustrious broadcast career which spanned 45 years at CBS News. He began anchoringSunday Morningin 1994; his run on the morning news show resulted in the network’s highest ratings in three decades and threeDaytime Emmy Awardsfor outstanding morning program.
An award-winning journalist, Osgood worked on “virtually every broadcast within CBS News including theCBS Morning News, theCBS Evening News withDan Ratherand theCBS Sunday Night News,” per CBS News.
He also wrote and hostedThe Osgood File, a radio show that broadcasted up to four times a day, five days a week that shared written commentaries on the day’s news. There, he coined his famous phrase, “I’ll see you on the radio,” which he also used to sign off of his hosting duties onSunday Morning.
Beyond his career in the newsroom, Osgood also made his film debut as the narrator for the 2008 adaptation of Dr. Seuss’sHorton Hears a Who. He was also an accomplished author and published a variety of titles that included:A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House,Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis That Is Minor in the MorningandThere’s Nothing I Wouldn’t Do If You Wouldn’t Be My POSSLQ (Persons of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters).
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source: people.com
