Researching Mort Crim
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13 people with the Crim surname? In that year Crim was ranked number 3566 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mort means "Form of MORTON. From the Town Near the Moor" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Mort Crim on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mort Crim and the Crim Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 2 people with the Crim surname in the UK? Crim is now ranked number 4039 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Crim surname in the USA? Crim is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Mort Crim
Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935 in West Frankfort, Illinois) is an author and former broadcast journalist. Crim joined Channel 4 (soon to be named WDIV-TV) in Detroit in 1978. Crim stayed with the station 19 years before retiring from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997. Previously, he served as an anchor at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and WBBM-TV in Chicago. Crim was considered to be a top candidate by former ABC News president Roone Arledge to be a co-anchor for ABC's World News Tonight newscast in 1978. In 1984, he hosted a technology program on PBS, New Tech Times. Crim is also a founder of a Detroit area integrated marketing agency, Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Crim served as a spokesman for Majic Window Company in Wixom, Michigan, and for several years was featured in television commercials for that company.
Crim anchored the American Information Network (ABC) program News Around The World in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as many other hourly newscasts. In addition to his anchoring duties, Mort Crim also has four syndicated editorial and news features for radio: One Moment Please (originally a television feature), News You'll Care About (a five-minute news summary), Second Thoughts and American Spirit. He was also previously a substitute anchor for Paul Harvey's daily radio programs.
Crim contributed an intro monologue to The White Stripes' song "Little Acorns", from their 2003 album Elephant.
Crim read the eulogy at news colleague Jessica Savitch's memorial service, following her 1983 death.
Crim remains active as a keynote speaker, addressing conventions and conferences across the country. He is the author of seven books and has recently completed his eighth, a memoir. He also writes and produces television documentaries—his most recent, Flight Level Seven Four and Still Climbing, an account of the solo cross-country flight he made in his light sport aircraft to celebrate his 74th birthday.
In February 2007, Crim was diagnosed with colon cancer.According to his doctors at Mayo Clinic, the cancer was caught early and Crim has since made a full recovery.
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Crim into their Hall of Fame in 2009. He also has been inducted into the Michigan and Illinois broadcast halls of fame and Northwestern University's Hall of Achievement.
Crim earned his masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He is the recipient of five honorary doctorates.
In a 2013 interview, actor/comedian Will Ferrell revealed that Crim was the main inspiration for his popular TV news anchor character Ron Burgundy.
Between 2017 and 2018 Crim appeared as himself in 12 episodes of the Comedy Central series Detroiters.
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