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Charles Kuralt (September 10, 1934 – July 4, 1997) was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.Kuralt's "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes"; in 1975, the award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and ...the rich heritage of this great nation." He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning.While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill he participated in a radio program called "American Adventure: A Study Of Man In The New World" in the episode titled "Hearth Fire". It is a telling of the advent of TVA's building lakes written by John Ealey and directed by John Clayton. The episode starred Josephine Sharkey, a local hosewife and Charles Kuralt, a university student played the TVA agent. Its origianal air date was 8-04-1955. The series was produced by the University of North Carolina Communication Center, The National Association of Educational Broadcasters and The Fund For Adult Education, an independent Agency established by the Ford Foundation. Net Worth | $700,000 |
Date Of Birth | September 10, 1934 |
Died | 1997-07-04 |
Place Of Birth | Wilmington, North Carolina, USA |
Profession | Writer, Actor |
Work Position | CNN, "Charles Kuralt, CBS's Poet of Small-Town America, Dies at 62" |
Nicknames | Kuralt, Charles, Charles Kuralt |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. |
2 | Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. |
3 | The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. |
4 | We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune. |
5 | This is a place where you can hear fall coming for miles. [said about Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin, Sunday Morning, CBS TV, 12 October 1986] |
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1 | Retires, to travel & write. [April 1994] |
2 | Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 138, pages 278-282. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. |
3 | Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 335-336. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
4 | 3/22/00: A judge in Virginia City, MT, ruled Patricia Shannon should inherit the 90 acres of land near the town of Twin Bridges. The decision was based on a 1997 letter written by Kuralt to Shannon two weeks before his death and established her rights to the land. His family is still considering an appeal. |
5 | Since Kuralt's death in 1997, his estate has been in litigation after a second woman, Patricia Shannon came forth with the claim that she had been his lover for the past 30 years. She has sued Kuralt's wife & estate to get 90 acres where Kuralt had a fishing cabin and did go frequently "for seclusion". Patricia claims that she has lived there with Kuralt for all of that time. |
6 | He won 11 Emmies |
7 | Kuralt is buried on the campus of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |

Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Opening of Japan's Expo '70 | 1970 | TV Movie documentary | |
CBS Reports | 1965 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Murphy Brown | 1993 | TV Series | Charles Kuralt |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Masters | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
CBS News Sunday Morning | 1979-1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host / Himself |
The Moon Above, the Earth Below | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
The American Parade | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Anchor |
Juilliard & Beyond: A Life in Music | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Journalist / Himself - TV Newsman |
Morning | 1979 | TV Series | Himself - Anchor (1980-1982) |
When Television Was Young | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (correspondent) |
Who's Who | 1977 | TV Series | Himself - Reporter |
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite | 1968-1975 | TV Series | Himself - Correspondent / Himself (segment "On The Road") |
Dinah! | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
CBS Reports | 1961-1973 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host / Himself - Correspondent / Narrator / ... |
Misunderstanding China | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
The Opening of Japan's Expo '70 | 1970 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
Of Black America | 1968 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Reporter |
16 in Webster Groves | 1966 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
Finlandia | 1965 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
After Ten Years: The Court and the Schools | 1964 | TV Movie | Himself - Correspondent |
Years of Crisis | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
The Twentieth Century | 1962 | TV Series documentary | Reporter |
Eyewitness to History | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
The Revolutionary War | 1995-2005 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
An American Moment | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
Corwin | 1996 | TV Movie | Himself |
Winston Waters: A Philosophy of Flyfishing | 1995 | Short | Himself - Narrator |
Charlie Rose | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
Andy Griffith Show Reunion | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
American Experience | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
Alistair Cooke Salute | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
Remembering Pearl Harbor | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (host) |
America's Toughest Assignment: Solving the Education Crisis | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Anchor |
This Reporter | 1990 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Host |
Late Night with David Letterman | 1985-1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
America Tonight | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Anchor |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1994 | Career Achievement Award | Television Critics Association Awards | | |
1987 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Cultural or Historical Programming - Programs | CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) |
1978 | ATAS Broadcast Journalism Award | Primetime Emmy Awards | | CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962) |
1976 | Personal Award | Peabody Awards | | |
1969 | Personal Award | Peabody Awards | | |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1997 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album | For the Album "Charles Kuralt's America" |
1969 | Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled News | CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962) |
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