A familiar face on television as the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” from 1994 to 2016, he was also known for his “Osgood File” segments on CBS Radio, often delivered with humor and a rhyme.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Frank Farian, the Man Behind Milli Vanilli, Is Dead at 82
He had worldwide success with the disco group Boney M, but he was better known for a duo that had hit records but, it turned out, only pretended to sing.
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Ruth Ashton Taylor, Early Radio and TV Newswoman, Dies at 101
In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.
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Norman Jewison, Filmmaker Who Spanned Genres, Is Dead at 97
His movies — from dramas to comedies and musicals — became magnets for Oscars, but he was best known for socially conscious films, like “In the Heat of the Night.”
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Ewa Podles, a Rare Contralto With Sweeping Range, Dies at 71
With her molten chest voice and commanding presence, Ms. Podles, a galvanizing Polish opera singer, developed a cult following.
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Mary Weiss, Who Sang ‘Leader of the Pack,’ Is Dead at 75
As the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, she conveyed passion, pathos and toughness — and reached the Top 40 six times while still in her teens.
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Menachem Daum, Filmmaker Who Explored the World of Hasidim, Dies at 77
His acclaimed documentary, “A Life Apart,” presented a complex portrait of a religious group usually depicted as somber and impenetrable.
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Annie Nightingale, Pathbreaking British D.J., Is Dead at 83
She was initially told there was no room for her on BBC Radio 1 because a woman’s voice lacked the authority of a man’s. Once she was on the air, she stayed there for 53 years.
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Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can forget “The Concerto for Horn and Hardart?”
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Leon Wildes, Immigration Lawyer Who Defended John Lennon, Dies at 90
Battling the government for more than three years, he was able to prove that the Nixon White House was trying to deport the former Beatle for political reasons.
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Howard Weaver, Who Helped an Alaska Newspaper Win 3 Pulitzers, Dies at 73
The Anchorage Daily News was the smallest newspaper and the first in the state to earn the medal for public service in 1976. It then won two more.