Charles Kuralt Net Worth

Charles Kuralt Net Worth is
$1.7 Million

Charles Kuralt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Charles Kuralt (September 10, 1934 – July 4, 1997) was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.Kuralt's "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes"; in 1975, the award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and ...the rich heritage of this great nation." He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning.While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill he participated in a radio program called "American Adventure: A Study Of Man In The New World" in the episode titled "Hearth Fire". It is a telling of the advent of TVA's building lakes written by John Ealey and directed by John Clayton. The episode starred Josephine Sharkey, a local hosewife and Charles Kuralt, a university student played the TVA agent. Its origianal air date was 8-04-1955. The series was produced by the University of North Carolina Communication Center, The National Association of Educational Broadcasters and The Fund For Adult Education, an independent Agency established by the Ford Foundation.

Date Of BirthSeptember 10, 1934
Died1997-07-04
Place Of BirthWilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
ProfessionWriter
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
2Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
3The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
4We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
5This is a place where you can hear fall coming for miles. [said about Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin, Sunday Morning, CBS TV, 12 October 1986]
#Fact
1Retires, to travel & write. [April 1994]
2Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 138, pages 278-282. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
3Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 335-336. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
43/22/00: 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.
5Since 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.
6He won 11 Emmies
7Kuralt is buried on the campus of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Opening of Japan's Expo '701970TV Movie documentary
CBS Reports1965TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Murphy Brown1993TV SeriesCharles Kuralt

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Masters1990TV Series documentaryHimself
CBS News Sunday Morning1979-1989TV Series documentaryHimself - Host / Himself
The Moon Above, the Earth Below1989TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
The American Parade1984TV SeriesHimself - Anchor
Juilliard & Beyond: A Life in Music1982TV Movie documentary
The Merv Griffin Show1979TV SeriesHimself
The Mike Douglas Show1977-1979TV SeriesHimself - Journalist / Himself - TV Newsman
Morning1979TV SeriesHimself - Anchor (1980-1982)
When Television Was Young1977TV Movie documentaryHimself (correspondent)
Who's Who1977TV SeriesHimself - Reporter
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite1968-1975TV SeriesHimself - Correspondent / Himself (segment "On The Road")
Dinah!1974TV SeriesHimself
CBS Reports1961-1973TV Series documentaryHimself - Host / Himself - Correspondent / Narrator / ...
Misunderstanding China1972TV Movie documentaryNarrator
The Opening of Japan's Expo '701970TV Movie documentaryHimself - Host
Of Black America1968TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Reporter
16 in Webster Groves1966TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Finlandia1965TV MovieHimself - Host
After Ten Years: The Court and the Schools1964TV MovieHimself - Correspondent
Years of Crisis1961-1962TV SeriesHimself
The Twentieth Century1962TV Series documentaryReporter
Eyewitness to History1961TV Series documentaryHimself - Host
The Revolutionary War1995-2005TV Mini-Series documentaryNarrator
An American Moment1997TV SeriesHimself
Corwin1996TV MovieHimself
Winston Waters: A Philosophy of Flyfishing1995ShortHimself - Narrator
Charlie Rose1995TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman1993TV SeriesHimself
Andy Griffith Show Reunion1993TV SpecialHimself
American Experience1993TV Series documentaryHimself - Narrator
Alistair Cooke Salute1992TV MovieHimself
Remembering Pearl Harbor1991TV Movie documentaryHimself (host)
America's Toughest Assignment: Solving the Education Crisis1990TV Movie documentaryHimself / Anchor
This Reporter1990TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Host
Late Night with David Letterman1985-1990TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1990TV SeriesHimself - Guest
America Tonight1990TV SeriesHimself - Anchor

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Eighties2016TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - CBS News
The Seventies2015TV Series documentaryHimself - CBS News
The Sixties2014TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - CBS News
Horowitz in Moscow1986TV Movie documentaryCBS New's host (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1994Career Achievement AwardTelevision Critics Association Awards
1987EmmyNews & Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Informational Cultural or Historical Programming - ProgramsCBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
1978ATAS Broadcast Journalism AwardPrimetime Emmy AwardsCBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962)
1976Personal AwardPeabody Awards
1969Personal AwardPeabody Awards

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1997GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Spoken Word AlbumFor the Album "Charles Kuralt's America"
1969EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled NewsCBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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