Edwin Newman, TV Journalist, Dies at 91

Posted by uspost Entertainment Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Edwin Newman, the genteelly rumpled, genially grumpy NBCnewsman who was equally famous as a stalwart defender of the honor of English, died on Monday in Oxford, England. He was 91. The cause was pneumonia, his lawyer, Rupert Mead, said. Mr. Newman and his wife had moved to England in 2007 to live closer to their daughter, [...]