Did you know that Paul Harvey has just died?

What a loss!! I feel for his family. Thank You for letting us know!! Also want to thank you for the link. Now I have to wipe away the tears.

ET

I received the news a little earlier today.

Like some of the others here, I grew up listening to Paul Harvey. Mom and Dad listened every day at 12:30. Mostly they had the country station on, but switched over to the Top 40 station just to catch Paul Harvey.

It feels like another piece of Americana has been swept away.

RIP, Paul. You will be missed.

radiobioyalan, a not famous broadcaster in Tallahassee, Fla.

We just posted it to our subscribers: 13,000 radio and record execs. I've been listening to him since I was a wee lad.

This will adorn my answers for the next few days:

RIP: Paul Harvey

"What's the rest of the story, Paul? Interrupt some big flame-thrower AM with a skip-message from beyond and let us know how you and Angel are doing."

-a sad guy named Duh

Sorry to hear... He was a good radio commentator, and a great human being!

Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday, ABC Radio Network said. He was 90.

Harvey died surrounded by family at his winter home in Phoenix, according to ABC Radio Network spokesman Louis Adams. No cause of death was immediately available.

Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer -- Lynne.

"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," said Paul Harvey Jr. in a statement. "So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend."

Known for his resonant voice and trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story," Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio Networks.

He became a heartland icon, delivering news and commentary with a distinctive Midwestern flavor. "Stand by for news!" he told his listeners. He was credited with inventing or popularizing terms such as "skyjacker" and "Reaganomics."

"Paul Harvey was one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation's history," ABC Radio Networks President Jim Robinson said in a statement. "We will miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we were so fortunate to have known him."

Harvey composed his twice-daily news commentaries for ABC from a downtown Chicago office near Lake Michigan. He spent winters in Phoenix.

Rising at 3:30 each morning, he ate a bowl of oatmeal, then combed the news wires and spoke with editors across the country in search of succinct tales of American life for his program.

At the peak of his career, Harvey reached more than 24 million listeners on more than 1,200 radio stations and charged $30,000 to give a speech. His syndicated column was carried by 300 newspapers.

His fans identified with his plainspoken political commentary, but critics called him an out-of-touch conservative. He was an early supporter of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy and a longtime backer of the Vietnam War.

Perhaps Harvey's most famous broadcast came in 1970, when he abandoned that stance, announcing his opposition to President Nixon's expansion of the war and urging him to get out completely.

"Mr. President, I love you ... but you're wrong," Harvey said, shocking his faithful listeners and drawing a barrage of letters and phone calls, including one from the White House.

In 1976, Harvey began broadcasting his anecdotal descriptions of the lives of famous people. "The Rest of the Story" started chronologically, with the person's identity revealed at the end. The stories were an attempt to capture "the heartbeats behind the headlines." Much of the research and writing was done by his son, Paul Jr.

Harvey also blended news with advertising, a line he said he crossed only for products he trusted.

In 2000, at age 82, Harvey signed a new 10-year contract with ABC Radio networks.

Harvey was born Paul Harvey Aurandt in Tulsa, Okla. His father, a police officer, was killed when he was a toddler. A high school teacher took note of his distinctive voice and launched him on a broadcast career.

While working at St. Louis radio station KXOK, he met Washington University graduate student Lynne Cooper. He proposed on their first date (she said "no") and always called her "Angel." They were married in 1940 and had a son, Paul Jr.

They worked closely together on his shows, and he often credited his success to her influence. She was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997, seven years after her husband was. She died in May 2008.

So very sad! I wil miss him.

Oh no I hadn't heard, what a shame!

JTM&AB

" And now.....page 4 ".

i hadn't heard

dispatchgirl

"good day"