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Charles Osgood, Veteran CBS Newsman and Longtime Host Of 'Sunday Morning,' Dead at 91

The journalist hosted 'CBS Sunday Morning' for 22 years and was host of the long-running radio program 'The Osgood File.'

He interviewed such luminaries as chef Julia Child, graffiti artist-turned-gallery star Keith Haring, painter Andrew Wyeth, sculptor Louise Nevelson, and singer-songwriter Sting. He grew up in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Jersey, and spent his youth taking piano lessons, delivering newspapers, and beginning a lifelong relationship with radio by listening to greats like Edward R. Murrow and Lowell Thomas report on World War II, and the entertainment shows popular at the time, such as Jack Armstrong, the All American Boy. He became its announcer and met band arranger John Cacavas, with whom he collaborated for years afterward, eventually writing the lyrics for "Gallant Men," which was a Top 40 hit in December 1966.

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