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R.I.P.: Ron Stone (1936-2008)
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Joe Leydon) at MovingPictureBlog
... The word “legend” gets tossed around entirely too freely during discussions of television luminaries. But, really, when you’re talking about Ron Stone, the Houston broadcasting legend who passed away today, no other word will suffice. Ron was a great man and a grand gent, a consummate pro who evidenced equal measures of aw-shucks folksiness, probing intelligence and rapier-sharp wit throughout his two decades as news anchor for Houston's KPRC-TV/Channel 2. ...

Remembering Houston news legend Ron Stone
Published 5/14/2008 by Whitney Pastorek at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... For 30 years, Ron Stone anchored the nightly news in Houston, Texas, where I grew up; he died of cancer yesterday, at the age of 72. Even though I hadn't heard his voice in a good 15 years, my hunt for YouTube videos brought childhood rushing back: our old house with its brown shag carpet, my dad's ratty chair and the pipes he used to smoke, my mom making dinner in the kitchen, and how Stone's traditional signoff of "Good night, neighbors" meant it was almost time to eat. Of course, this was in the days before cable news brainwashed us with the corneal-spasm graphics and ...