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Also known as Charles Bishop Kuralt

American journalist, correspondent, news anchor (1934-1997)

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Charles Kuralt was an American journalist, correspondent, and news presenter. Born in Wilmington on September 10, 1934, he was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the father of two children. Kuralt authored 31 works, including *A Life on the Road*, *Dateline America*, and *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze*.

He received the Peabody Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the George Polk Award. His work is recognized in the Peabody Award collection. Kuralt died of natural causes on July 4, 1997, at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. His death was caused by systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Born
10 Sep 1934
Died
4 Jul 1997
Works
31

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  • Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Copper
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy--
  • A life on the road
  • Dateline America

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Charles Kuralt (September 10, 1934 – July 4, 1997) was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years. Kuralt's "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes"; in 1975, t

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Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Wilmington
Occupation
news presenter
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1934-09-10
date of death
1997-07-04
manner of death
natural causes
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