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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

~Walter Cronkite

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Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.

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The death of Churchill at 90 was one of those watershed moments in which the obituary rises to a special calling beyond the sharing of remembered times. It gave an older generation a rare opportunity to explain something of itself to its children.

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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.

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Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

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I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage.

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There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.

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I think that our comfort is in our history.

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I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'

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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: November 4th, 1916

Died: July 17th, 2009

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