I have to admit I never heard of Mr Rosenberg. After reading this I wish I had been more familiar with him and his work.
Posted on 01/11/2018 9:32:48 AM PST by Rummyfan
Milt Rosenberg died in Chicago late on Tuesday night at the age of 92. When truly great people depart this earth, I am inclined to be selfish and mourn not just the glories of the past but the glories that will never be: I will never hear a brand new Frank Sinatra album, never see a new Jerome Robbins dance... With Milt's passing, the selfishness is compounded: whenever my next tome is published, I will never again know the satisfaction of having Milton J Rosenberg conduct a substantive, informed two-hour discussion on the book and its themes unlike anything else anywhere on the airwaves.
For almost four decades Milt's show at WGN was a favorite stop on the tour for the grandest of authors - Norman Mailer, Mary Higgins Clark, Carl Sagan, Salman Rushdie, Betty Friedan - as it became for more intermittent wordsmiths - Mrs Thatcher, Kirk Douglas, Henry Kissinger... Many of those guests became his friends, so that, for example, on the day after the London Tube bombings, he called up the mystery novelist (and author of The Children of Men) P D James and sought out her views, which were characteristically insightful. As Milt told his guest, "I live in continued borrowed radiance from the pleasure of your company" (a very Miltonian formulation), but you can hear that Lady James feels the same about him, as did many of those he interviewed.
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I have to admit I never heard of Mr Rosenberg. After reading this I wish I had been more familiar with him and his work.
I’m sorry to hear. I used to love listening to his radio show back in the day.
The second best radio show ever!
Only the Ed Vrdolyak and Ty Wansley show had a slight edge.
I used to love listening to Milt! I lived in the broadcast area of WGN and his show was a must. He had a great mind, he was very inquisitive and had wide ranging interests. He liked to ask questions and drew as much information from his guests as possible.
He had a wonderful command of language, a great sense of humor and a real instinct for what his listeners would find both entertaining and of interest. He spoke regularly to Robert Parker about the history and present status of the crime novel; he spoke to representatives of the University of Chicago’s Great books about classical knowledge and it’s relevance today; he had J. Allen Hynek on regularly to discuss UFO investigations; and he hosted agents of the committee for investigation of paranormal activity.
As I said, wide ranging interests and intelligent inquiry were his hallmarks.
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