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Broadcaster Alistair Cooke dies at 95
Tuesday, 30 March 2004 18:25
The British-born American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke, has died at his home in New York at the age of 95.
He was famous for his weekly BBC radio broadcast, Letter From America, which lasted for 58 years and was the world's longest-running speech radio programme.
The last of the 15-minute programmes was broadcast less than a month ago.
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Tributes have been paid to Mr Cooke. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, described him as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time.
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