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    Peter Sagal: Carl Kasell 'Was Kind Down To His Bones'

    In the 16 years they worked together, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal can't remember the longtime NPR newscaster having a sharp word for anyone. Ever. Kasell died Tuesday at age 84.
    by Peter Sagal Apr 17, 2018 2 minutes
    On Tuesday we lost a colleague. Carl Kasell (left) was an NPR newscaster for decades and then became judge and official scorekeeper for <em>Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!</em> He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease<strong> </strong>at age 84. <em>Wait Wait </em>host Peter Sagal (right) says he loved how much Carl enjoyed himself.

    The day I met Carl Kasell, in 1998, he just reached out and shook my hand and said my name. And then he said it again. I think he knew how exciting it is for all of us public radio nerds to hear name, spoken by voice, and he wanted to give

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