# Daniel Schorr, RIP. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736 "2010-07-23T17:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/1 "2010-07-23T17:25:34Z")
[NPR Senior News Analyst dead at 93](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072303146.html) I was a fan. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/2 "2010-07-23T17:28:02Z")
☹ Very sad, though I had no idea he was so old. He certainly had a great run. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/3 "2010-07-23T17:36:52Z")
Damn, 93 … he was born during WWI. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/4 "2010-07-23T17:38:06Z")
Also a fan. I hope I’m that sharp when I’m 93. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/5 "2010-07-23T17:44:53Z")
Oh, too bad. I always enjoyed his chats with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition. I suspect Scott will offer a heartfelt tribute tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/6 "2010-07-23T17:53:58Z")
I appreciated his commentaries. Thank you for point out his passing; he will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/7 "2010-07-23T17:56:59Z")
NPR will be different now. ---
**Author:** ![jrepka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@jrepka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrepka)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/8 "2010-07-23T18:03:51Z")
I can’t think of a better epitaph for a journalist than Schorr’s honored position on Nixon’s enemies list… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/9 "2010-07-23T18:10:34Z")
Dang, he was a titan to me. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/10 "2010-07-23T18:19:20Z")
Even though his 94th birthday was in another month, this news still came as a surprise. I heard him on NPR a little over a week ago. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/11 "2010-07-23T18:32:42Z")
☹ His insightful commentaries on weekends have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. Very sad. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/12 "2010-07-23T18:47:59Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Even though his 94th birthday was in another month, this news still came as a surprise. I heard him on NPR a little over a week ago. > ☹ And still sharp as a tack! The WP article said his last broadcast was 7-10-10. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/13 "2010-07-23T19:43:10Z")
Oh man that sucks. There will be a little hole in my Saturday mornings now where Dan Schorr used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/14 "2010-07-23T20:07:16Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Oh, too bad. I always enjoyed his chats with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition. Ditto. I will miss him on my radio. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/15 "2010-07-23T20:23:37Z")
> [@jrepka](#): > > I can’t think of a better epitaph for a journalist than Schorr’s honored position on Nixon’s enemies list… Living well (into your 90s) is the best revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/16 "2010-07-23T20:25:40Z")
I heard about this only a little while ago. The NPR newscaster talked for at least 15 seconds before saying who had died, but as soon as she began, I knew she meant Mr. Schorr. I was sad long before my deduction was confirmed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/17 "2010-07-23T20:27:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > NPR will be different now. Different, and less. I can’t imagine any way to replace his decades of experience and wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/18 "2010-07-23T20:42:10Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > Also a fan. I hope I’m that sharp when I’m 93. I hope I am that sharp when I am 60 — hey wait, I am 62. He was something else. As a journalist in day of “on air personalities,” there are few I respect…I respected Schoor…really respected him. The first time I encountered him was in 1970. He was lecturing at my university. I was laboring away at my college’s daily newspaper. He came in, looked around trying not to get in the way of the insanity that was then at the center of a daily newspaper and then said, “I love being in a newsroom,” nodded and walked out. I went to his lecture that evening, and I still remember much of what he said. I have bumped into him a handful of times throughout the years since then and I was always impressed. I have at least one of his books. His writing always spoke to me. I look forward to Simon’s commentary on Saturday morning on NPR. I always got the feeling they were especially close. TV ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/19 "2010-07-23T20:55:40Z")
I always took Dan Schorr’s opinion seriously. Although I usually agreed with his analyses, when I didn’t I still listened carefully to him. Very few people of that stature to me. That man saw a lot of history, much of it up close as it happened. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736/20 "2010-07-23T21:54:28Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I always took Dan Schorr’s opinion seriously. Although I usually agreed with his analyses, when I didn’t I still listened carefully to him. Very few people of that stature to me. That man saw a lot of history, much of it up close as it happened. Quote from the Senate historian (took it from a news release on NPR’s site) > [@](#): > > “What passes for commentary today is almost all opinion,” Ritchie said, “but Schorr was part of that breed of commentators who dug up information before they pontificated about it.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-schorr-rip/547736.md?page=2)