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George Putnam, a long time patriot and fighter against illegal immigration died today.

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George Putnam, L.A. TV news pioneer, dies at 94
Obituary: The anchorman helped create the local TV news format.
By GARY LYCAN
Special to The Register
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Legendary Los Angeles broadcaster and talk show host George Putnam died Friday morning of cardiac arrest in a Chino hospital. He was 94.

Putnam’s career began in Minneapolis. He would later do 14 programs a week for NBC in New York. He also shared commentary duties with Lowell Thomas on Fox Movietone News.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and helped create the local television news format as we know it today when he began anchoring a 15-minute newscast at KTTV/11 in the 1950s. He interviewed the rich and the famous, the everyday people from all walks of life, delivered commentaries called “One Reporter’s Opinionâ€