Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 24, 1992 TAG: 9201240377
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN
Howard Cosell is retiring from ABC Radio Network at the end of January, four decades after his caustic, high-brow style first cut through the air waves."Don't you think it's about time I retired? I sure do," Cosell said Thursday. "[Walter] Cronkite's retired, so I guess I can retire, too."
After leaving television in 1985 when ABC canceled his weekly "SportsBeat" show, Cosell did a daily sportscast and was host of a weekly interview program on ABC radio.
Cosell, 73, gave up a career in law to go into broadcasting in 1953. He was a commentator on "Monday Night Football" for 14 years before quitting in 1984.
\ Singer-songwriter Roger Miller says he got good news from his doctors: radiation treatments have reduced a cancerous tumor beneath his vocal cords.
"Today, right now, I'm 2 feet off the ground," Miller said Wednesday. "
Miller, 56, who has two young children, is known for such 1960s country hits as "King of the Road," "Dang Me," and "Chug-a-Lug." In the mid-1980s he wrote the score for the Broadway show "Big River," which won seven Tony Awards.
He said the tumor, which was discovered two months ago, won't require chemotherapy.
\ Dana Plato, the "Diff'rent Strokes" child star who robbed a Las Vegas video store last year, has been charged with violating terms of her probation and could go to prison for six years.
The 27-year-old Plato was arrested Tuesday. Authorities would not say how she violated terms of her probation.
After pleading guilty last year, she was placed on five years' probation and ordered to perform up to 400 hours of community service and abstain from drugs and alcohol.