- Born
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- Birth nameCharles Bishop Kuralt
- Charles Kuralt was born on September 10, 1934 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979), A CBS News Special: Trump Assassination Attempt with John Dickerson (2024) and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1941). He was married to Suzannah Folsom "Petie" Baird and Jean Sory Guthery. He died on July 4, 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesSuzannah Folsom "Petie" Baird(June 1, 1962 - July 4, 1997) (his death)Jean Sory Guthery(August 29, 1954 - May 3, 1962) (divorced, 2 children)
- ParentsWallace Hamilton Kuralt Sr.Ina Edith Bishop
- RelativesWallace Hamilton Kuralt Jr.(Sibling)Catherine Tillson Kuralt(Sibling)
- 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.
- 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.
- Kuralt is buried on the campus of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- He won 11 Emmies
- Retires, to travel & write.
- 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]
- We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
- The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
- Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
- You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
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