Posted on 06/29/2002 11:23:34 AM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
He ranted. He railed. He really let 'em have it.
Al Julius scorched officeholders, practitioners of political correctness and anyone or anything else that ticked him off during his tenure as a commentator on KDKA-TV.
But his most enduring legacy may be the annual Thanksgiving turkey drive that began with a $10 donation from a Washington County woman who asked him, "Would you see that a needy family gets this?" and grew into an enterprise that has raised more than $8 million.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
RIP Al. You were a good man and had "style".
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