Cooke, the long time host of the U.S. public television show Masterpiece Theatre, and known for his Letter from America broadcasts for the BBC, died in New York in March 2004 from lung cancer.

Alistair Cooke, the ultra-civilized, silver-haired British broadcaster best known to American audiences as the host of "Masterpiece Theatre," died Tuesday at his home in New York. He had heart ...

Renowned British broadcaster Alistair Cooke, the longtime host of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre, has died at his home in New York at the age of 95. No cause of death was given, but earlier this month ...

Alistair Cooke, the ultra-civilized, silver-haired British broadcaster best known to American audiences as the host of "Masterpiece Theatre," died Tuesday at his home in New York. He had heart ...

In America he was probably best known for being the genial and articulate host of "Masterpiece Theatre" for two decades; for hosting "Omnibus" in the 1950s, one of television's first arts programs ...

LONDON (AP) _ Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of ``Masterpiece Theatre'' and whose ``Letter from America'' was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years ...

LONDON -- Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster who epitomized highbrow television as host of "Masterpiece Theatre" and whose "Letter From America" was a radio fixture in Britain for 58 years, has died ...

To most Americans, ALISTAIR COOKE was the baronial M.C. of Masterpiece Theatre--a genial gent so famous that he was gently parodied as Alistair Cookie on Sesame Street and Alistair Beagle in ...

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including audio from the final episode of Masterpiece Theatre hosted by Alistair Cooke; Sen. John Kerry (D-MA); President George ...

Hosts for these two “Masterpiece” cycles will be announced later.“Masterpiece Theatre,” which premiered in Jan. 1971, was closely identified with its drawing-room host, Alistair Cooke ...

The oldest drama series in prime time, it's been one of PBS's most popular series, with a uniquely refined, drawing-roomish quality enhanced by its original host, Alistair Cooke, and, in the past ...