Charles Kuralt AKA Charles Bishop Kuralt Born: 10-Sep-1934 Birthplace: Wilmington, NC Died: 4-Jul-1997 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Lupus Remains: Buried, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: TV Personality, Journalist Nationality: United States Executive summary: On the Road While attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Charles Kuralt was the editor of his college paper, the Daily Tar Heel. Following graduation, Kuralt joined the Charlotte News and two years later left for New York to write news copy for CBS television. Eventually he landed himself a correspondent position and became nationally-recognized as the portly, bald host of On the Road with Charles Kuralt and Sunday Morning. Somewhere along the line he also co-hosted the CBS Morning News with Diane Sawyer.
During a trip to Brazil he befriended journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who was then writing for The National Observer. According to Kuralt's memoirs: "I knew him from Rio, where I had once lent him bail money to get out of jail after he had slugged a guy who had kicked a dog in a bar."
It wasn't until after Kuralt's death that the extramarital affair came to light, and even then only because the woman contested his will. Apparently Kuralt had purchased a renovated schoolhouse on 90 acres in southwestern Montana, where he kept Patricia Shannon, his mistress of 29 years. He also bought her a cottage in Ireland and paid for her kids' college tuition. Over the first decade of their relationship, Kuralt gave her something like $600,000. "Charles always said, his refrain through all of his life, 'Don't worry, we're rich,' he would say. [...] Charles took care of all my needs."
After a prolonged legal fight, not only did Ms. Shannon win the property in question, but Kuralt's daughters were forced to pay the mistress's estate taxes, amounting to $350,000. Father: Wallace Hamilton Kuralt, Sr. (social worker, dec. 6-Oct-1994) Mother: Ina Bishop Kuralt (teacher, dec. 10-Aug-1991) Brother: Wallace Hamilton Kuralt, Jr. Sister: Catherine Kuralt Harris Wife: Sory Guthery (m. 25-Aug-1954, div. 1960, 2 daughters) Wife: Suzanna "Petie" Flosom Baird (m. 1-Jun-1962) Daughter: Susan Guthery Bowers Daughter: Lisa Bowers White Mistress: Patricia Elizabeth Shannon (1968-)
High School: Central High School, Charlotte, NC (1951) University: BA History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1955)
The Charlotte News Columnist and Reporter (1955-57) Academy of Achievement 1993 Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Emmy 13 times Peabody 1980 Peabody 1976 Peabody 1969 Polk Award 1980 Kentucky Colonel Order of the Long Leaf Pine Heart Bypass Operation Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION CBS Sunday Morning Host (1979-94) CBS Evening News (1967-80)
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