CBS Correspondent Christopher Glenn Dies ("In The News")

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CBS Correspondent Christopher Glenn Dies

By Associated Press

October 17, 2006, 8:51 PM EDT

NORWALK, Conn. -- Christopher Glenn, a longtime CBS news correspondent who anchored coverage of the space shuttle Challenger explosion and was the voice of the children's program "In the News" in 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 68.

Glenn died Tuesday of liver cancer in Norwalk Hospital less than three weeks before his induction into the Radio Hall of Fame, the network said.

The award-winning newsman retired in February after 35 years with CBS. His distinctive voice was familiar to those who remember the Emmy-award winning "In the News." The 2 1/2-minute feature on one topic was broadcast every half hour during Saturday children's programming on CBS. It debuted in September 1971 and ran for 5,000 episodes over 13 seasons.

He anchored and reported on many national stories including space shuttle missions and served as a floor reporter at national political conventions.

It was Glenn who anchored the Jan. 28, 1986, launch of the doomed shuttle Challenger and delivered an anguished commentary as the spacecraft exploded shortly after lift off.

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[Penndems]

1. RIP, Mr. Glenn

I distinctly remember his deep, rich, mellifluous voice doing the "In The News" segments, and the CBS News updates on the half-hour through the course of the day.

He was 68? Wow, he sure seemed a long younger than that.

[libnnc]

3. He did have a great voice, didn't he?

I remember it very well. It was part of my Saturday morning routine.

[Penndems]

8. His delivery of news events was so like a BBC broadcaster's voice

Very rich and commanding, with the authority that makes one stop what s/he was doing and pay attention.

Mr. Glenn was one of the last of the old-school journalist.

[PSPS]

9. Here's one of his "In The News" pieces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNeFIeGG1A

[musiclawyer]

2. I remember him well, every saturday

when I was a kid. I enjoyed his radio work as I grew up listening to KNX and then KCBS on the west coast. His voice was reassuring. RIP Christopher.

[Aristus]

4. Christopher Glenn and "In The News" made me the newshound I

am today.

He will be missed. He was a product of an era when the news anchor was a sterling-credentialed authority, benign, wise, and interested in the common good. An old-school journalist a la Edward R. Murrow, John Chancellor, Walter Cronkheit and David Brinkley.

I can't believe he's gone. :(

[flamingyouth]

5. RIP, Mr. Glenn

I remember his show well.

[GetTheRightVote]

6. I remember as well, he did have a very nice voice, I am feeling old now

:kick:

[aaronbees]

7. Me too on that feeling old

There's been such a radical changing of the guard in who presents the news. I miss those steady, reliable newscasters who struck me as assured and calm in the face of challenges and bad news.

[Systematic Chaos]

10. I learned a lot from that show every week.

I remember his voice so well. I also remember seeing the one posted here on Youtube about the cherry trees, as well as another one when gas first crested $1.00 back in 1979 or 1980 explaining that the Europeans were paying over $3.00 equivalent at the time. I made it a point to watch the local and national news every day as a kid and teenager, and I still remember the "counterpoint" segments which were delivered every day on the local news in places like Roanoke, VA and Ft. Meyers, FL before Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine. God how I wish I could be 12 again. :(