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Alistair Cooke (Alfred Alistair Cooke) was born on 20 November, 1908 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK, is an actor,writer,miscellaneous. Discover Alistair Cooke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Alfred Alistair Cooke
Occupation actor,writer,miscellaneous
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 20 November 1908
Birthday 20 November
Birthplace Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Date of death 30 March, 2004
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United Kingdom

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Alistair Cooke Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Alistair Cooke's Wife?

His wife is Jane White Hawkes (30 April 1946 - 30 March 2004) ( his death) ( 1 child), Ruth Emerson (24 August 1934 - 13 November 1944) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Wife Jane White Hawkes (30 April 1946 - 30 March 2004) ( his death) ( 1 child), Ruth Emerson (24 August 1934 - 13 November 1944) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Alistair Cooke Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alistair Cooke worth at the age of 95 years old? Alistair Cooke’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Alistair Cooke's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1934

British-born American journalist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Salford, Manchester: his father was an iron-fitter and Methodist lay-preacher. He grew up in Blackpool where his parents ran a guest house. Here he first came into contact with Americans, in the form of GIs on their way to fight in World War One. He won a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied English. A fellowship from the Commonwealth Fund subsequently enabled him to study theatre at Yale and Harvard for two years. In 1934 he got his first broadcasting job, as a film critic for the BBC, but soon returned to the States and in 1941 became a US citizen. For a time he worked as a freelance journalist for The Times, reporting from New York.

1945

Then in 1945 he joined The Guardian as its US correspondent, a position he held until 1972. His first job was to cover the creation of the United Nations.

1946

In March 1946 he began a radio programme for the BBC called "American Letter". This was a series of 15-minute broadcasts in which he tried to give an impression of life in America. Cooke was warned by the producer that this would last no longer than 26 weeks: in the event, as "Letter from America", it lasted for 58 years, becoming the world's longest-running speech radio programme. Cooke made in total 2869 broadcasts, mostly from his 15th-floor flat on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park. Memorable broadcasts included his eyewitness account of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

1950

He also broadcast on American TV, presenting "Omnibus" in the 1950s and from 1971 to 1993 presenting British programmes to American viewers for PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" series.

1967

His first wife, Ruth Emerson, was a model and a great-grandniece of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Their son, John Byrne Cooke, was Janis Joplin's road manager from 1967 until her death.

1973

A much-respected figure on both sides of the Atlantic, he was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973, and addressed Congress as part of the bicentennial celebrations. At the age of 95, having been forced to miss a broadcast due to his increasing ill-health, Cooke decided to end "Letter from America" (having in the past made 16 broadcasts from a hospital bed).

2003

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 95-97. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

2004

He retired at the age of 95 years in 2004 due to failing health.