Charles Osgood, CBS Host On TV And Radio And Network’s Poet-In-Residence, Dies At 91
January 23, 2024 10:51AM AKST
FILE - Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS's "Sunday Morning," poses for a portrait on the set in New York on March 28, 1999. Osgood, who anchored the popular news magazine's for more than two decades, was host of the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence, has died.
He was 91.
CBS reported that Osgood died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey and said his family said the cause was dementia.
Osgood proved to be a broadcaster who could write essays and light verse as well as report hard news, a man who continued to work in both radio and television with equal facility.
In 1971, he joined the CBS network.
