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Carl Ray Kasell ( / ˈkæsəl /; April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an American radio personality. He was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! until his retirement in 2014.
Apr 17, 2018 · Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Potomac, Md. He was 84. He started preparing for the role of newscaster as a child. "I sometimes would hide behind the radio and...
- Neda Ulaby
Apr 17, 2018 · Carl Kasell, an NPR newscaster who, late in his career, cast off his anchorman gravitas once a week and for years became an absurdist comedian on the popular satirical quiz show “Wait Wait …...
Apr 17, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — Newscaster Carl Kasell, a signature voice of NPR who brought his gravitas to “Morning Edition” and later his wit to “Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” has died. He was 84. NPR said Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Potomac, Maryland. He retired in 2014.
Apr 17, 2018 · NPR’s news quiz show. Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Potomac, Md. He was 84. He started preparing for the role of newscaster as a child. “I sometimes would hide behind the radio and pretend I was on the air,” he said in 2009, remembering his boyhood in Goldsboro, N.C.
- Neda Ulaby
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Jun 7, 2019 · Carl Kasell. Doby Photography/NPR. For more than three decades, Carl Kasell brought authority to public radio and America never stopped listening. His start in radio was at the age of 16,...
Apr 18, 2018 · Carl Kasell died on Tuesday at the age of 84 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He worked at NPR for over three decades, including as scorekeeper for quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
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