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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 The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 18 2018, @07:46PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday April 18 2018, @07:46PM (#668700) Homepage Journal

    I just wish people with affinities to the Republicans acknowledged how far to the right their party has drifted, dragging "the center" with them.

    You know, no other continent has to put up with having their every stance weighed against another, so either get off our asses and jump on the ones who are really fucked up or have a nice, steaming cup of shut the fuck up.

    Also, if you think we're moving right as a nation, you have zero grasp of history.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @08:09PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @08:09PM (#668714)

    Fine, then let's compare to the US of only 50 years ago. #zerograspofreality

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 18 2018, @08:17PM (1 child)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday April 18 2018, @08:17PM (#668716) Homepage Journal

      You do know hashtags used unironically around here are going to get whatever you said ignored, yes?

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      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @01:25AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @01:25AM (#668786)

        lol you already noticed #sad