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FACTBOX: Five facts about U.S. broadcaster Paul Harvey
(Reuters) - Five facts about famed U.S. radio commentator Paul Harvey, who died on Saturday at the age of 90:
* He was born Paul Harvey Aurandt in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 14, 1918. He was only 3 when his father, a Tulsa policeman, was killed in the line of duty.
* Harvey's interest in radio began as a boy when he would build toy radio sets. He was 14 years old when he began working as an announcer at KVOO-AM in Tulsa.
* Harvey began broadcasting nationwide in 1951. At his peak, he had about 22 million listeners on some 1,300 stations.
* Harvey proposed marriage to Lynne Cooper a few minutes into their first date but she did not accept until about a year later. Nicknamed "Angel" by Harvey, she became his longtime producer. She died last year.
* Discussing the commercials he read for products during his show, Harvey once told an interviewer, "Without advertising in this country, my goodness, we'd still be in this country what Russia mostly still is: a nation of bearded bicyclists with B.O."
* Due to his early broadcast schedule, Harvey's work regimen called for him to arise at 3:30 a.m. and go to bed at 6:30 p.m.
(Writing by Bill Trott; Editing by Peter Cooney)
