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| Alistair Cooke - Letter from America: My friends Bing and Chaplin | Alistair Cooke - Letter from America: My friends Bing and Chaplin |
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| Among the 920 surviving recordings of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America are poignant and often personal tributes to the passing of showbusiness stars. Here, in the second of five slideshows featuring highlights from the collection, Cooke remembers his friend Bing Crosby, offers a eulogy to the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, and looks back at the life of the best man at his wedding - Charlie Chaplin. | Among the 920 surviving recordings of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America are poignant and often personal tributes to the passing of showbusiness stars. Here, in the second of five slideshows featuring highlights from the collection, Cooke remembers his friend Bing Crosby, offers a eulogy to the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, and looks back at the life of the best man at his wedding - Charlie Chaplin. |
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| For the full collection of Alistair Cooke Letter from America archives click here. | For the full collection of Alistair Cooke Letter from America archives click here. |
| All images subject to copyright. Click bottom right for image information. | All images subject to copyright. Click bottom right for image information. |
| Images courtesy: Cooke Americas LLP, Getty Images and AP. Music by KPM Music. | Images courtesy: Cooke Americas LLP, Getty Images and AP. Music by KPM Music. |
| Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 1 November 2012. | Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 1 November 2012. |
| More Alistair Cooke audio slideshows: | More Alistair Cooke audio slideshows: |
| JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Watergate | JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Watergate |
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