Letter from America is no more

Alistair Cooke died yesterday. The post from America is now down.

"Writer and BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke, famed for his programme Letter From America, has died aged 95. BBC News Online looks back at his long and respected career.

For more than half a century, Alistair Cooke's weekly broadcasts of Letter from America for BBC radio monitored the pulse of life in the United States and relayed its strengths and weaknesses to 50 countries.

His retirement from the show earlier this month after 58 years, due to ill health, brought a flood of tributes for his huge contributing to broadcasting."

Those you miss show you what you like. He was amazing because he spoke so slowly, authoritatively and seemingly about nothing at all. He was a moderate conservative who wouldn't smother you in politics, but give interpretations of current events through the eyes of someone who had grown up patting the heads of current leaders when they were ten years old. Although is broadcasts slowed considerably in the latter months, his style and wisdom shone through.
He was also a Guardian columist for many years, a tv presenter and novelist. No one-trick pony.
Guardian Obituary
BBC: Letter from America