Charles Kuralt Biography

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NAME: Charles Kuralt
OCCUPATION: Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: September 10, 1934
DEATH DATE: July 04, 1997
EDUCATION: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Central High School, Alexander Graham Junior High School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wilmington, North Carolina
PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York

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Charles Kuralt was a multiple Emmy and Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist who produced the well-loved "On The Road" segments for the CBS Evening News.

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Into the 1980s, Kuralt anchored the CBS Sunday Morning show. Over the course of his career, he won three Peabody awards and ten Emmy Awards for his broadcast journalism. Charles Kuralt died in 1997 in New York City at the age of 62.

Personal Life

Kuralt's death brought about the unearthing of an unusually complicated private life. For nearly 30 years, he had maintained one home with his wife in Manhattan, and another with his lover—and her children from a previous marriage