George Walsh, newsman and "Gunsmoke" announcer, dies at 88 (KNX-AM, Los Angeles; Roswell,NM 1947)

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[Eric in the Ozarks]

I remembered the name.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Gee, sorry to hear of his passing. I grew up in Southern California and remember another George; George Putnam.He may still be alive I heard he had some sort of syndicated show.
I also remember that perhaps the lead, James Arness and Peter Graves of Mission Impossible were brothers in real life. Anybody know about that.
Heck, I am waxing nostalgic. Must be the two days of Alito hearings. ha!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Yes. It was Burt, pre-toupee.

[ApplegateRanch]

Parley Baer was the voice of Chester Proudfoot in Gunsmoke.

I always watched the show, but had no idea Chester was a Hobbit!

Of course, way back then, I had no idea what a Hobbit was.

[AppyPappy]

Did you know this man?

[Deb]

Nope. I saw this in the Times this morning. Never heard of him.

[AppyPappy]

Here's a bit more

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-walsh11jan11,0,6831960.story?coll=la-news-obituaries

[Calvin Locke]

...breaking a story about a UFO landing...

Art Bell used to have that clip on his old website. It was only a 15 or 20 second blurb.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

James and Peter are (or were) brothers.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Thanks for the ping, (his radio days with Gunsmoke was before my time).

In June 1947, he scored what appeared to be a huge scoop while working at a radio station in Roswell, N.M., breaking a story about a UFO landing based on an Air Force press officer's claim that a flying saucer had been captured near the city. The military eventually determined that the UFO was in fact a radar target, but the story by then had spread worldwide.