By R.G. Mason

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Charles Osgood Wood III (January 8, 1933 – January 23, 2024), known professionally as Charles Osgood, was an American radio and television commentator, writer, and musician. Osgood was best known both for being the host of CBS News Sunday Morning, a role he held for over 22 years from April 10, 1994, until September 25, 2016, as well as The Osgood File, a series of daily radio commentaries he hosted from 1971 until December 29, 2017.

Osgood was also known for being the voice of the narrator of Horton Hears a Who!, an animated film released in 2008, based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. He published a memoir of his boyhood in 2004.

Osgood died from complications of dementia at his home in Saddle River, New Jersey, on January 23, 2024, at the age of 91.