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Alistair Cooke

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British journalist and broadcaster (1908-2004)

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Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States.

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1973Benjamin Franklin Medal
Peabody Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He is the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.

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United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 2004 · aged 95
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14 languages

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