Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 - The Firearms Forum

pawn · 02-28-2009, 08:26 PM

CHICAGO - 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, according to ABC Radio Networks. 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.

Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29447376?GT1=43001

glocknut · 02-28-2009, 08:34 PM

mtnboomer · 02-28-2009, 08:36 PM

Sad to hear, he was a native Okie, most folks didn't know that. I remember listening to him for most of my life.

pawn · 02-28-2009, 09:15 PM

no matter what political leanings, he's an Icon that I will miss.... a comforting voice for as long as I've been alive

artabr · 02-28-2009, 10:49 PM

Rest In Peace, Mr. Harvey

We are diminished.

Art

sabashimon · 02-28-2009, 11:01 PM

RIP
And now Mr. Harvey, you know....the rest of the story.

SaddleSarge · 02-28-2009, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawn

no matter what political leanings, he's an Icon that I will miss.... a comforting voice for as long as I've been alive

Amen. A veritable piece of americana is gone to join his, "Angel." I can remember listening to Paul Harvey while sleeping in the tent in the back yard and on my new Zenith "transistor" radio that I got for my birthday in 1964.

"Paul Harvey ... Good day!"

armedandsafe · 02-28-2009, 11:20 PM

I first heard him in 1955. I would go down to the newspaper to eat lunch with Dad. He was a gun supporter, despite his other leanings. I shall miss him.

Pops

1shot1k · 02-28-2009, 11:24 PM

Sad indeed...I guess I just always looked forward to listening at lunch time when I was in auto.....very enjoyable reporting.......I simply do not remember him ever seeming to lean very far left or right of the edge of the American Flag...but by god I knew how he felt about the flag and all within it....

Of course an icon of radio persona....I guess the only thing I ever kidded about him was something he couldnt help..."The Bose Radio" for a sponsor....and laughed at that only cause the people involved though technically evolved...kinder a problem with me...but thats another
post....

best to him....

durk · 03-01-2009, 12:41 AM

Sad news. I always liked listening to him. I did notice here of late he wasn't sounding like the Paul Harvey of a few years ago. Sounded kinda weak in the voice. I guess his son will keep up the "rest of the stories"

ampaterry · 03-01-2009, 06:44 AM

I always enjoyed him -
I will miss him -
Sabashimon made the 'rest of the story' comment, and it is so very true. Today, regardless of political leanings left or right, Paul Harvey knows the full truth.
And I agree with artabr; we are indeed diminished.
Take care of Paul Harvey, Lord -

Crpdeth · 03-01-2009, 08:10 AM

Wow...

No, I haven't agreed with everything the man said down through the years, but I will miss him terribly.

Good Day...

Pistolenschutze · 03-01-2009, 08:28 AM

I always looked forward to his "The Rest of the Story" broadcasts. He will be sorely missed.

Marlin T · 03-01-2009, 09:55 AM

Good Day Paul, good day to you.

right winger · 03-01-2009, 10:04 AM

When I would hear Paul Harvey. I would think of my grandfather.
We used to set in his porch swing and listen.
I can still smell grandpas pipe tobacco.
Paul will be sadly missed by me.

Marlin · 03-01-2009, 03:50 PM

I shall miss the LAST of the GREAT COMMENTATORS in his generation, too.

I have always put him in the same class as H V Kaltenborn, Gabrial Heatter, the Elder Lowell Thomas, Fulton Lewis and, yes, even Edwin R Murrow etc.....

Tom Militano · 03-01-2009, 04:55 PM

I didn't always agree with some of the things he said, but he said them with class. Radio won't be the same without him.

obxned · 03-01-2009, 09:11 PM

Now we will never know 'the rest of the story'.

Bruce FLinch · 03-01-2009, 11:23 PM

RIP Paul Harvey.

We just lost a great one...

icm856 · 03-01-2009, 11:52 PM

RIP Paul

02-28-2009, 08:26 PM	#1
pawn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crossville, TN Posts: 1,469	Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 CHICAGO - 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, according to ABC Radio Networks. 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. Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29447376?GT1=43001 __________________ Take care when you get information. The truth is generally seen, rarely heard. -Balthasar Gracian -->

02-28-2009, 08:34 PM	#2
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 x __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone.... Last edited by glocknut; 03-01-2009 at 01:18 PM..

02-28-2009, 08:36 PM	#3
mtnboomer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oklahoma by birth. America by the grace of God. Posts: 649	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Sad to hear, he was a native Okie, most folks didn't know that. I remember listening to him for most of my life. __________________ The cost of freedom, is eternal vigilance. The cost of bondage, is your life. - mtnboomer Support the Second Amendment - Join the NRA! > http://www.nra.org < Oklahoma State - #1 - GO POKES!

02-28-2009, 09:15 PM	#4
pawn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crossville, TN Posts: 1,469	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 no matter what political leanings, he's an Icon that I will miss.... a comforting voice for as long as I've been alive __________________ Take care when you get information. The truth is generally seen, rarely heard. -Balthasar Gracian

02-28-2009, 10:49 PM	#5
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Rest In Peace, Mr. Harvey We are diminished. Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

02-28-2009, 11:01 PM	#6
sabashimon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: PNW/Israel Posts: 672	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 RIP And now Mr. Harvey, you know....the rest of the story. __________________ "We sleep safely in ours beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." George Orwell "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine Last edited by sabashimon; 02-28-2009 at 11:13 PM..

02-28-2009, 11:20 PM	#8
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 I first heard him in 1955. I would go down to the newspaper to eat lunch with Dad. He was a gun supporter, despite his other leanings. I shall miss him. Pops

02-28-2009, 11:24 PM	#9
1shot1k Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 904	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Sad indeed...I guess I just always looked forward to listening at lunch time when I was in auto.....very enjoyable reporting.......I simply do not remember him ever seeming to lean very far left or right of the edge of the American Flag...but by god I knew how he felt about the flag and all within it.... Of course an icon of radio persona....I guess the only thing I ever kidded about him was something he couldnt help..."The Bose Radio" for a sponsor....and laughed at that only cause the people involved though technically evolved...kinder a problem with me...but thats another post.... best to him....

03-01-2009, 12:41 AM	#10
durk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,026	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Sad news. I always liked listening to him. I did notice here of late he wasn't sounding like the Paul Harvey of a few years ago. Sounded kinda weak in the voice. I guess his son will keep up the "rest of the stories" __________________ Durk

03-01-2009, 06:44 AM	#11
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,282	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 I always enjoyed him - I will miss him - Sabashimon made the 'rest of the story' comment, and it is so very true. Today, regardless of political leanings left or right, Paul Harvey knows the full truth. And I agree with artabr; we are indeed diminished. Take care of Paul Harvey, Lord - __________________ A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. Larry Elder

03-01-2009, 08:10 AM	#12
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Wow... No, I haven't agreed with everything the man said down through the years, but I will miss him terribly. Good Day... __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

03-01-2009, 08:28 AM	#13
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 I always looked forward to his "The Rest of the Story" broadcasts. He will be sorely missed. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

03-01-2009, 09:55 AM	#14
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Good Day Paul, good day to you. __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

03-01-2009, 10:04 AM	#15
right winger V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 56	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 When I would hear Paul Harvey. I would think of my grandfather. We used to set in his porch swing and listen. I can still smell grandpas pipe tobacco. Paul will be sadly missed by me. __________________ No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. Ronald Reagan

03-01-2009, 03:50 PM	#16
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 I shall miss the LAST of the GREAT COMMENTATORS in his generation, too. I have always put him in the same class as H V Kaltenborn, Gabrial Heatter, the Elder Lowell Thomas, Fulton Lewis and, yes, even Edwin R Murrow etc..... __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

03-01-2009, 04:55 PM	#17
Tom Militano Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 1,255	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 I didn't always agree with some of the things he said, but he said them with class. Radio won't be the same without him.

03-01-2009, 09:11 PM	#18
obxned Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,342	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 Now we will never know 'the rest of the story'. __________________ Proud member of a North Carolina Committee of Safety "If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Stand on Earth!" Ronald Reagan

03-01-2009, 11:23 PM	#19
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 RIP Paul Harvey. We just lost a great one... __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

03-01-2009, 11:52 PM	#20
icm856 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: IL Posts: 86	Re: Radio commentator Paul Harvey dead at 90 RIP Paul