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March 01, 2009
Paul Harvey, Good Day and Goodbye
Paul Harvey, News Commentator and Talk-Show Pioneer, Dies at 90
Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, FOX News has confirmed. He was 90.
Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, where he had a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for ABC Radio Networks, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available.
Paul Harvey, Good Day and Goodbye
Paul Harvey was a giant in the industry of radio broadcasting but he was a singularly different sort of news reporter. In a day when the goal of every other broadcaster seems to be to dive straight to the lowest common denominator, to celebrate to low born and venal, Harvey’s was always to uplift the listener and to celebrate the greatness of America.
With his easily parodied style, his was a distinctive voice. He was from a time when the sound was important, the delivery the thing. And deliver he did. His well used pause and distinctive cadence was so entirely compelling that one simply could not turn away.
But it wasn’t only the style and sound that interested Harvey. It was the content.
Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” segments always, always told the story of some man or woman that struggled hard through life until they found that one thing that brought them fame, fortune or adulation. Harvey meant these stories to give us all hope. His guiding principle was that “tomorrow is always better than today.”
Wild Thing's comment........
A giant is gone! I remember listening to him do “The Rest of the Story” when I was growing up.
Posted by Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 04:50 AM
Comments
I adored Paul Harvey! My dad listened to him religiously!!! And I enjoyed listening to him and reading his column. It was always a guessing game in our house as to who he was talking about. I am so happy to have that memory of the game our family played to The Rest of the Story. Usually dad won, but sometimes, he'd let us win. I'm going to miss the stories. I sure hope they play them in repeats for the children who have not heard Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. It's a great teaching tool. That no matter how bad you think your life is, it could be worse and sometimes, if you try hard enough, life is going to be great!
Posted by: Lynn at March 1, 2009 07:46 AM
I liked Paul Harvey. He always made sense and was supported America. He will be missed.
Posted by: BobF at March 1, 2009 08:51 AM
I grew up listening to Paul Harvey and even got to see him at a Horse Exhibition as a child. He rode, he did!!
Summertime at noon = chocolate milk, tuna sandwiches and Paul Harvey.
We have lost a true American patriot.
Posted by: yankeemom at March 1, 2009 10:03 AM
Lynn, giggle that is what we did too, tried to guess who the story was about.
Beautifull comment Lynn.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 12:51 PM
BobF., I agree, he always supported our country. His life touched so many people.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 12:56 PM
Yankeemom, that is great, thank you for sharing about that.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 12:57 PM
RIP, the passing of another era.
Posted by: Jack at March 1, 2009 02:51 PM
Oh I am going to miss Paul Harvey! He made bad days better. He continually reminded me of the America I grew up in.
Now God is listening to those stories and trying to guess the endings.
Posted by: TomR at March 1, 2009 02:56 PM
He was great and I will miss him.
Posted by: Mark at March 1, 2009 06:04 PM
Jack, yes it really is.
"the passing of another era."
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 11:34 PM
To, love how you put that.
"Now God is listening to those stories and trying to guess the endings."
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 11:35 PM
Mark, me too.
We all have lived in a special time for our country. So many things like Paul Harvey and other things, all of them will be missed.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 1, 2009 11:37 PM
I remember my dad freaking out at my two younger sisters and I to be quiet when it came on. We listened to his news broadcasts and The Rest of the Story. We, too, tried to guess who it was about, and dad almost always won. I came to like his program too... my son, Jakob (7), liked it the couple of times we caught it on the radio, too, though it was hard to find. He liked the rest of the story ones... and actually correctly guessed a couple...
He was a "comfort" from my childhood.
Mellissa (27)
Posted by: countrymama at March 2, 2009 01:55 PM
