Ambassador of the Airwaves Whose Words Bridged an Ocean; Allan Laing Pays Tribute to the Journalist Who Captivated Generations of Listeners
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ALISTAIR Cooke, the doyen of broadcasters who built a bridge of understanding across the Atlantic with his Letter from America, has died aged 95.
Age and ill-health finally caught up with him earlier this month when he announced his retirement after nearly 60 years of his much- loved weekly radio programme.See the full content of this document
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Ambassador of the Airwaves Whose Words Bridged an Ocean; Allan Laing Pays Tribute to the Journalist Who Captivated Generations of Listeners
Those 15-minute personal reflections touched on everything from the Kennedy assassinations to the September 11 terrorist attacks. It was Cooke's ability to give his own twist to events, from the momentous to the mundane, that kept generatio...
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