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That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it.

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Charles Kuralt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 10
Died: 1997
Died: July 4
Correspondent
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New York City
New York
Charles Bishop Kuralt
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