That's the way the Cooke crumbles

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Death Notice from America

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Restinpeace Theater
(Props to Greg)
Alistair Cooke, who spent more than 60 years as a double agent for the United States and England, died at midnight last night in his home in New York. He came to the United States in 1932 to enter the theatrical program at Yale University, but seeing the richness of American culture spurred him to become a journalist so he could report back to England all that they were missing. To the Brits he was an American, having become a U.S. citizen in 1941 and spending nearly 60 years bragging about England's upstart offspring. In 1946 he began a series of radio broadcasts for BBC Radio entitled Letters From America. Originally intended to be a 13-week series of essays, it became the longest-running radio program in history at 58 years, totaling 2,869 programs and gave the UK a glimpse of America's triumphs and tragedies, before Cooke signed off last month due to health problems. To Americans, he was the consummate Brit, bringing a refined elegance to American television, most notably as the host of Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992, which followed another culture program Omnibus, which aired in the 1950s.