It seems like I’ve been listening to Paul Harvey since before I was born as odd as that might sound. The feeling is genuine though and although his death at 90 has already been announced throughout the media I couldn’t help but posting about it here as well. But I won’t bother with his personal details at all, you can read that for yourself elsewhere.
I’ve traveled around quite a lot in my lifetime and no matter where I went (within the US that is), no matter where I lived there was always Paul somewhere on the dial, either AM or FM right around noontime with his news and comments. And fate must have appreciated Paul as well for my car radio ‘seek’ button frequently found Paul’s The Rest of the Story as I was traveling through one of those out of the way places where the houses were scarce and no other station was available.
So what now?
One day, not that long ago, I was eating lunch and listening to yet another Paul Harvey news and comments episode when, at that classic closing line, I heard this:
This is Paul Harvey Junior…Good Day?
I remember stopping in mid-chew—I hadn’t even known the difference.
So Maybe that’s what’s now? Like father like son, carrying on the tradition perhaps? I, for one, hope so. This nation of ours is in too much turmoil at the moment to lose that one friendly voice that’s been easing our daily souls for so long now and if it is indeed the son that carries on that one genuine American radio tradition then all the better. If not, so be it.
You will be sorely missed, Paul Harvey.
When I moved from California to Tennessee, I was so homesick I cried. Now and then I was able to listen to Paul Harvey on the radio. He always gave me a sense of “home,” and that things were alright. I know that he has gone to his heavenly home, where we will join him someday. God bless you, Paul Harvey & family.
I was always fascinated how a guy with a voice and delivery like that could forge a career in radio. But he did it!
Hi Rhea: Yes he did and now I’m going to have a hard time living without him on the radio. Besides, I always enjoyed his non-standard way of delivery. It was a fresh break from the usual drone of modern media.