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Obituary: Al Julius / Thundering TV commentator and fund-raiser
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Saturday, June 29, 2002 | Barbara Vancheri

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.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: pittsburgh
Mr. Julius' notable career in Pittsburgh coincided and overlapped with those of other well known personalities such as Jim Quinn and Rush Limbaugh (known at KQV at the time as "Jeff Christie").

RIP Al. You were a good man and had "style".

1 posted on 06/29/2002 11:23:34 AM PDT by Willie Green
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