RIP Paul Harvey

**Scottwax** · 02-28-2009, 11:25 PM

Legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey dies - CNN.com

(CNN) -- Paul Harvey, the legendary radio host whose career sharing "the rest of the story" with listeners spanned more than 70 years, has died, according to ABC Radio Networks.

Paul Harvey received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2005.

He was 90.

Harvey died at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he kept a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for the networks. He was surrounded by family members when he died, Adams said.

Known for his deliberate delivery and pregnant pauses, Harvey`s broadcasts were heard on more than 1,200 radio stations and 400 Armed Forces networks and his commentaries appeared in 300 newspapers, according to his Web site.

He had been hosting his radio shows part-time for much of the past year, after recovering from physical ailments including pneumonia and the death of his wife, Lynne "Angel" Harvey in May 2008.

"My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news," said Harvey`s son, Paul Harvey Jr., in a written statement. "So, in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend."

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harvey began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM there while he was still in high school, his Web site says. He helped clean the station and was eventually was allowed to fill in on air, reading news and commercials. Watch how Paul Harvey Aurandt got into broadcasting Ã‚»

**salty** · 03-01-2009, 03:50 AM

He will be missed, always entertaining.

**Junebug** · 03-01-2009, 01:54 PM

He had that golden voice and you always felt he was the real deal. Another icon gone..RIP

**Eisen Hulk** · 03-02-2009, 09:02 AM

Very sad indeed. I`ve been a fan since I was around seven years old.

"Good day!"

**Scottwax** · 03-02-2009, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by EisenHulk

Very sad indeed. I`ve been a fan since I was around seven years old.

"Good day!"

I`ve been listening since I was 11. I spent the summer at my Grandparent`s house and my Grandpa would come home for lunch and we`d listen to Paul Harvey. No talking allowed when he was on either. That was in 1972, so I`ve been listening to him for 37 years. My kids loved hearing the "rest of the story" segments.