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- September 7, 1981MILESTONES
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- DIED, Lowell Thomas, 89, prolific journalist and pioneering
- broadcast commentator; of a heart attack; in Pawling, N.Y. Born
- in Woodington, Ohio, Thomas wrote for newspapers in Cripple
- Creek and Denver, Colo. In 1924 he published his first and most
- popular book, With Lawrence of Arabia. A flood of more than 50
- titles followed. Beginning in 1930, Thomas combined the roles
- of globetrotter and radio network broadcaster with elan and
- energy. He hunted tigers in India, covered virtually every
- battlefront in World War II, and in 1949 met with the Dalai Lama
- in Tibet. Thomas began a new radio show in 1980 called The Best
- Years, with features on such notable senior citizens as Bob
- Hope and Picasso. Said Thomas: "The best years have been all
- my years."
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