Veteran newsman Christopher Glenn died yesterday from liver cancer. He was 68. He was long known for his work at CBS News, both on television and on the radio.
Christopher Glenn was probably the first newscaster that I can remember. It takes me back to the early 1970's, when he was the host of a short program called In The News, which aired between cartoons on Saturday morning. The segments were great, because they dealt with current news stories on a kid's level, but they didn't talk down to kids. That, more than anything else, is probably the cause of my being a lifelong news junkie.
Glenn just retired in February of this year. That really strikes me as sad, to pass away a mere eight months after you retire. He leaves behind a wife, two daughters, and a sister.
He was a real "tell it like it is" newsman, with a personable, yet no-nonsense style. He was one of the most heard newscasters during the Challenger disaster in 1986. He summed up what a nation was feeling: "A great tragedy here. This flight, which was to have been such a bright chapter in the history of the manned space flight program, turning in the flash of an instant into a terrible, terrible tragedy." In a couple of weeks, Glenn will be posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.
Christopher Glenn had a career that one can be proud of. Rest in peace.
(Some information gathered from Wikipedia and CBS News.)
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