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KCET will pay tribute to the late radio legend Norman Corwin by airing a pair of specials on Oct. 29.

Corwin, a documentary directed by Les Guthman on the career of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer, airs at 8 p.m.

Then at 9:20 p.m., the independent public television station will air Norman Corwin’s The Plot to Overthrow Christmas, a televised reading of his 1938 play. It will also feature an interview with Corwin from 2010 on his illustrious career.

Corwin died Tuesday at the age of 101.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer and radio star Norman Corwin died in Los Angeles yesterday at the age of 101. Corwin’s career ran across the media spectrum, but he was best known for his work on the radio–in a career that spanned more than 70 years.

From the AP obit:

Corwin, a creative giant of the Golden Age of Radio whose programs chronicling World War II are milestones in broadcasting, died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home of natural causes, according to the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism where Corwin remained a writer in residence until his death. He was 101.

Actor William Shatner, who narrated several of Corwin’s later radio programs, called him a legend and his hero. He is “the poetic soul of discretion and a monument to artistry in America,” Shatner once said.
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