Friday, September 17, 2010

A RETIREMENT AND A PASSING

Edwin Newman, dead at 91 this past August.

Sonny Eliot, retired as of this September.

Two more examples of the Old Guard passing.

Mr. Newman was a journalist of note for many decades and was an important part of the news, appreciated by millions of American TV viewers.

Mr. Eliot, Sonny, a Detroit – area TV weatherman who was infinitely more than just a weatherman, has decided to retire.

Edwin Newman was the more remote of the two, in the manner of a Brinkley, Huntley, or Cronkite.

Sonny was more on the order of a member of the family, welcomed daily or nightly into one’s home with wit, humor, and folksy wisdom.

Two more folks have moved on.

We wish them well.

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