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Remembering NPR's Carl Kasell

Published April 18, 2018 at 11:29 AM CDT

Carl Kasell, hosting a 2009 newscast at NPR.

Longtime NPR newscaster and Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me sidekick Carl Kasell died this week of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 84 years old. On today's show, we revisit our 2012 interview with him, recorded while he was in town recording an episode of the comedy quiz show.