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Edwin Newman, a long-time old-school newsman who became equally well-known as an exasperated defender of plain and clear English, has died at the age of 91.
Newman spent more than 30 years as a correspondent, anchor, commentator, documentary host and theater critic for NBC Television. He died Aug. 13 in London, but his death was only announced in the U.S. on Wednesday.
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Like his CBS counterpart Charles Kuralt, Newman did not come from the modern generation where TV correspondents tend to look as if they came from central casting. More…