Charles Osgood
, best known for hosting
CBS Sunday Morning
, died. He was 91.
The
veteran journalist
died at his New Jersey home after a battle with dementia, his family said CBS News.
In a statement to the newspaper, Osgood's family said, "Charlie adored being a part of the 'Sunday Morning' community. We'll miss him tremendously, but it's comforting to know that his life was made better in large part because of you."
"From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for welcoming him into your homes on Sundays to share stories, and to highlight the better parts of humanity,” they concluded.
"He'll see you on the radio."
A representative for CBS Sunday Morning tells PEOPLE that the well-known
television personality
will be honored with a special program this weekend.
Osgood was most known for his spectacular 45-year career with CBS News. He began anchoring Sunday Morning in 1994, and his tenure earned the network its biggest ratings in three decades, as well as three Daytime Emmy Awards for finest morning program.
Osgood, an award-winning journalist, worked on "virtually every broadcast within CBS News, including the CBS Morning News, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and the CBS Sunday Night News," according to CBS News.
He also created and hosted The Osgood File, a radio show that aired up to four times each day, five days a week, and featured written commentary on the day's news. There, he coined his famous statement, "I'll see you on the radio," which he also used to sign off from anchoring Sunday Morning.
Aside from his work in the media, Osgood made his cinematic debut as the narrator in the 2008 adaption of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who. He was also an accomplished author, having published several books, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House, Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis That Is Minor in the Morning, and There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do If You Were Not My POSSLQ (Persons of the Opposite S*x Sharing Living Quarters).
Osgood is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jean Crafton, and their five children, Kathleen Wood Griffis, Kenneth Winston Wood, Anne-E. Wood, Emily J. Wood, and Jamie Wood. He also leaves behind his siblings,
Mary Ann
and Ken.
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