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posted by martyb on Wednesday April 18 2018, @10:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the a-golden-voice-goes-silent dept.

Carl Kasell, the longtime NPR newscaster who breathed new life into his career as the judge on the public radio station's "Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!," has died, NPR reports. He was 84.

The radio personality reportedly died Tuesday in Potomac, Md. of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Kasell, who was known as the steady voice of the news on NPR for more than three decades, grew up in Goldsboro, N.C. with the dream of one day getting his pipes on the air.

"Before I even started to school," he told NPR in 2009, "I sometimes would hide behind the radio, which would be sitting on a table, and pretend that I was on the air, and try to fool people that came by to listen."


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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 18 2018, @01:37PM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday April 18 2018, @01:37PM (#668557) Homepage Journal

    RIP Carl Kasell!! Great showman, taken from us much too soon. But, the show goes on. My favorite segment is called The Trump Dump. Brand new segment that's all about me!

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @02:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @02:03PM (#668571)

    He made some great voicemail recordings [npr.org] too.