RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
(Chuck Baldwin) - One of America's most notable television and radio news anchormen and commentators, George Putnam, has died. He was 94 years young, and everyone who knew him understands that, in George's case, 94 years of age really was young...
UnaRocks (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
If you have listened to 'Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion', then you will know who I mean .
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
I first learned that George Putnam had passed away from Joe Guzzardi’s blog entry R.I.P. George Putnam, (1914-2008) R.I.P. and I too wish to bid George farewell. Known as the Dean of Talk Radio, George Putnam was a Midwesterner who moved to California, a World War II veteran, news anchorman and long-time [...]
Cap'n Bob & the Damsel (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
It’s with sadness that we re-post this piece we did in December 2005 - the great George Putnam passed away over the weekend. Even late in his life, he was busy writing his unique “One Reporter’s Opinion” columns at NewsMax. We will miss George Putnam. No one who lived in the Los Angeles area between the [...]
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Mayor Sam Yorty (the real one) and George Putnam in 1994We didn't mention the passing Friday of legendary broadcaster George Putnam at the age of 94 of heart failure. Putnam's career lasted nearly 75 years and spanned from the eras from Walter Winchell to Bill O'Reilly. George had a long... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links,...
The Dustin Inman Society Blog (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Michelle Malkin George Putnam, R.I.P. Just heard sad news. Los Angeles TV newsman and talk radio legend George Putnam has died. He was 94. George showed me great kindness, championing my book Invasion and inviting me on his show frequently to talk about immigration enforcement and national security when [...]
lalate news (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
George Putnam, famed Los Angeles news anchored, anchor of Talk Back, is dead. Funeral arrangements for George Putnam who died today have not been announced. Putnam’s death was near Los Angeles at a Chino hospital. Putnam began in radio and then headed to TV. For over 25 years, George Putnam anchored the best of Los Angeles [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
George Putnam, 94, the flamboyant broadcasting pioneer whose bombastic style and archconservative political views made him one of the nation's highest-paid TV news anchors and one of its most widely lampooned, died Friday of heart failure at a hospital near his ranch in Chino, Calif. Mr. Putnam was one of the inspirations for the Ted Baxter character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show...
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
I used to listen to him all the time when I lived in LA. I thought his program was the best thing on the air.
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
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The Dustin Inman Society Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
George Putnam Dies At 94 LOS ANGELES — September 12, 2008: Newscaster and talk host George Putnam has died at age 94. He had been ill and in and out of hospital for some time, but had been providing reports for his CRN Digital Talk Radio show, Talk Back. Putnam’s career began at WDGY/Minneapolis in 1934, [...]
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
CHINO VALLEY, Ariz., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Conservative TV and radio newscaster, commentator and talk show host George Putnam has died in Chino Valley, Ariz., CRN Digital Talk Radio announced. He was 94. Putnam died Thursday at Chino Valley Medical Center. He had been in and out of the hospital for the last few months, but still provided reports for his long-running, syndicated radio...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
George Putnam, the pioneer television news anchorman and conservative commentator whose distinctive stentorian voice was familiar to millions of Southern Californians during his heyday in the 1950s and '60s, died today. He was 94. Putnam, who had been suffering from a kidney ailment since December, died at Chino Valley Medical Center, said Chuck Wilder, Putnam's co-host,...
The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
by Jim Kouri - It's with a heavy heart that I report the death of my dear friend, talk show host George Putnam. For the last four years, I've been a regular guest on George's radio show. Putnam was a conservative commentator long before Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin.
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The anchorman and conservative commentator remembered for his opinion segments had been suffering from a kidney ailment. George Putnam, the pioneer television news anchorman and conservative commentator whose distinctive stentorian voice was familiar to millions of Southern Californians during his heyday in the 1950s and '60s, died today. He was 94.
