how old was paul harvey when he died today???
For Paul Harvey, love was on the air By Joe Fitzgerald | Monday, March 2, 2009 | Photo by AP Paul Harvey, who was 90 when he died on Saturday, left more than “footprints on the sands of time”; indeed, this radio legend left a sound bite that will echo through the ages. Harvey loved telling stories about people, especially famous people whose modest beginnings and early disappointments offered no hint of the success awaiting them down the road. It was a staple of his “Paul Harvey, News and Comment” broadcasts, which, for more than half a century, were perennially ranked among America’s most popular shows. Like James Earl Jones, he had an immediately recognizable voice that was entirely his own, unlike any other, perfectly suited for his calling. He had an approach that was disarmingly homespun, “sitting at a typewriter, painting pictures,” then reading those pictures over the air with a folksiness that endeared him to millions. The format never varied. He would hook his listeners with a
