Legendary Broadcaster Alistair Cooke Dies

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

LONDON - Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of "Masterpiece Theatre" and whose "Letter from America" was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Tuesday. He was 95.

Cooke died at his home in New York at midnight, a spokeswoman at the BBC's press office said. No cause of death was given, but Cooke had retired earlier this month because of heart disease.

"I have had much enjoyment in doing these talks and hope that some of it has passed over to the listeners, to all of whom I now say thank you for your loyalty and goodbye," Cooke said when he stepped down on the advice of his doctor.

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[Kooperman]

A legendary figure....

[desdemona]

I've always loved masterpiece theatre but since our area was sold to comcast, for some reason the sound for that program is skewed, no amount of reporting will make comcast pay attention, you would think enough viewers would complain, for what they charge in fees, comcast has no integrity!