Broadcaster

Alistair Cooke

Broadcast Letter from America every week for fifty-eight years, 2,869 editions, the longest running speech radio programme by one presenter.

Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He is the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.

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Born
1908-11-20, Salford, EnglandA Friday
Died
2004-03-30, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 95
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Libra
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1908-11-20, Salford, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio27°47′Direct
MoonLibra17°27′Direct
MercuryScorpio10°07′Direct
VenusLibra20°20′Direct
MarsLibra26°40′Direct
JupiterVirgo12°04′Direct
SaturnAries3°36′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn14°21′Direct
NeptuneCancer16°51′Retrograde
PlutoGemini25°19′Retrograde

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Death Chart

2004-03-30, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries10°19′Direct
MoonCancer29°25′Direct
MercuryAries28°56′Direct
VenusTaurus26°14′Direct
MarsGemini6°00′Direct
JupiterVirgo10°46′Retrograde
SaturnCancer6°46′Direct
UranusPisces4°50′Direct
NeptuneAquarius14°47′Direct
PlutoSagittarius22°14′Retrograde

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