Remembering 2024’s Losses: Charles Osgood

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Every year a number of individuals in various fields of expertise pass away. I focus on music, because it’s my passion (and the only thing I really know anything about); however, this year, I am looking at notable people from other walks of life who said farewell last year. Here’s another one of the great newsmen from the past. Charles Osgood If you had no inclination to get up on a Sunday morning, Charles Osgood would give you one…to turn the TV on and watch Sunday Morning on CBS. It was partly news but mostly “magazine” style features, a soft counterpart to the more hard-hitting 60 Minutes that came later in the day. Osgood was the host of Sunday Morning for 22 years, succeeded another Charles — Kuralt — as host. He frequently spoke in rhymes, though not at all times. He had a soothing baritone voice that was perfect for radio (where he started, and where he hosted The Osgood Files from 1967 until his retirement in 2017). Another one of the great news fixtures of the past has left us. Charles Osgood Born Charles Osgood Wood III, January 8, 1933, New York, New York Died January 23, 2024, Saddle River, New Jersey (dementia) (age 91) HALL OF FAME: National Association of Broadcasters (Radio) Osgood’s announcement of his retirement from Sunday Morning: