"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."
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Cooke.html?hpNPR has his last "Letter from America":
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1764472Other highlightsHow Letter From America began:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/215000/audio/_216994_how_lfa_began.ramWitness to RFK's death:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/215000/audio/_215401_kennedy.ramWatergate:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/audio/39911000/rm/_39911101_fooc09015_.ram911:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1560000/audio/_1560502_21_9_01.ramThe last Letter from America:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/audio/39893000/rm/_39893765_20feb04.ramRIP, Alistair!