Charles Kuralt’s Death – Cause and Date

The tv show host Charles Kuralt died at the age of 62. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Folksy TV journalist who hosted On The Road, a program that explored the heartland of America.

He had an affair with Patricia Shannon.

The cause of death was heart failure, said Shirley Lentz, a spokeswoman for the family. She said that Mr. Kuralt had recently been found to have lupus but that it had not contributed to his death

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When I was a little boy I used to borrow my father’s hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies.

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I wasn’t a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

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When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I’d be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me.

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You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

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Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.