Often referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winner also wrote and anchored "The Osgood File," his daily radio show that ran for more than four decades.

Born in Amarillo, TX, October 1, 1926, to Charles E. Osgood and Mary Patterson Osgood, he graduated from Amarillo High School in 1944 and faithfully served in the US Navy during WWII. Shortly ...