Les Crane
Sign in to saveradio announcer and television talk show host (1933-2008)
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- Culture & Belief
- The Double Planet
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-12-03
- Active to
- 2008-07-13
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Les Crane (December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored an unexpected spoken word hit with his 1971 recording of the poem Desiderata, winning a "Best Spoken Word" Grammy for his efforts. "Desiderata" reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. It had great influence on mainstream society and became a counterculture anthem of sorts, and in particular introducing many to the culture of prose poetry and sp
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Greenbrae
- Spouse
- Tina Louise
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Educated at
- Tulane University of Louisiana
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Image
- Les Crane 1964.JPG
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- English language
- P12749
- Thomas DiLorenzo
- date of birth
- 1933-12-03
- date of death
- 2008-07-13
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- Les Crane
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