"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Rest in Peace, good friend. Yours was an exemplary life. Go with God.
RIP, Mr. LA Newsman.
I remember him well from my boyhood in Chino. RIP.
God bless you George. You were the lone-eagle conservative in an ocean of liberals.
For many years I listened to George. He was a great man.
Rest in peace, George.
I had no idea he was that old when I talked to him. Take a look at the picture of him on his Wikipedia article. This was taken in 1965 when he was already 51 years old but he looks young in that picture.
At least it appears that he was blessed with a long and rewarding life.
DougfromUpland, you undoubtedly already heard about this. But here are some other factoids, which I believe are correct, about Putnam.
Descended from Israel Putnam, General in the Revolutionary War (though not a good one).
Was a Democrat, an FDR man (interviewed Eleanor Roosevelt), though I don’t see these claims verified anywhere other my memory.
Was the template for Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore’s show. This was a dig at him by the lefties, even back then.
I suspect he wanted to be around at least to see this November’s outcome.
Guess he is on a new and better assignment somewhere . . .
If anyone, anywhere deserved to be described as a "gentleman journalist" he was the one.
RIP
Never heard of him...sorry for such a horrible decision on a career, but RIP.
RIP, Mr. Putnam. Used to listen to him on my car radio at lunch time. Was quick to see the evil of the Clintons.
I remember him from back when we lived in CA during the 60’s and 70’s. RIP George.
Being born in SoCal I have followed George’s career all along. In recent years on the radio. Yes he had a lot of stories to tell from the 30’s right on up to today. He had “One Reporters Opinion”. Hope I got that right. RIP George you will be missed.
I am saddened to hear of Mr. Putnam’s passing. We were fortunate to have had him with us for 94 years. May God rest his dear soul.
George was the John Wayne of the broadcasting world.
He was a voice for freedom and reason.
God speed, George.
Ah what an awesome L.A. talent. He had a kickass show within at least the last 10 years when he must have been 85+. Doug From Upland was a regular caller; I believe he did song parodies. George’s rallying cry even back then was “ILLEGALS!!!!”. My other fond memory was when Clinton came up with the “Don’t ask don’t tell” travesty George would expound on the ramifications of this policy in terms of sailors on ships and submarines where they were quartered “butt to butt” heh heh.
Semper Fi bro.
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GEORGE PUTNAM was a great public flag bearer for the people of Southern California who see the World as it really is.
GEORGE PUTNAM gave his ‘Talkback’ radio talk show callers a fair hearing, and championed many of their conservative causes.
Some he went against, such as the fight to keep Little ELIAN Free in a Free America. In his view, an extension of our country’s problem with Illegal Immigration. His big issue for many decades, before it was fashionable.
It was always interesting calling into GEORGE, to talk about things current or about how things in one’s life were positively affected by his warm friendly nightly “ALOHA” spirit just beaming away on our local TV sets to we new arrivals to Southern California. In the era of a brand new DISNEYLAND Magic Kingdom.
I’m just glad to have had more than one opportunity to personally thank him live on the air on behalf of his many longtime listeners out there.
He also personally trained his admirer MATT DRUDGE in things Talk Radio before MATT went on to do his own show nationally.
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Thanks for everything, GEORGE PUTNAM.
Just ...EVERYTHING.
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PUTNAM Caller “ALOHA RONNIE”
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i read the print edition this morning,
and i did not find the biography to be a good one.
of course, it’s the los angeles times.