VIRGINIA BEACH — VIRGINIA BEACH (WTKR) — Players only get one chance to make a good first impression. Princess Anne pitcher Russell Baker didn't just make a good opening impression, he turned it into ...

The writer Russell Baker has died at the age of 93. He was a newspaperman, a columnist, who across decades, wrote almost 5,000 New York Times commentaries under the headline "Observer," which is what ...

There’s a story writer Russell Baker, who died this week at 93, told about himself that reveals a lot about him. Back in 1961 — “in the time of Lyndon Johnson’s vice-presidential agony,” Russ had ...

I first met Russell Baker on a cruise ship. Yes, I’m talking about the New York Times columnist, famous for his witty “Observer” pieces and later for hosting PBS Masterpiece Theater. And no, it wasn’t ...

Baker, 93 when he died, was a deadline artist, too. But he approached the world at a 45-degree angle, tending toward whimsy and japery in some 5,000 “Observer” columns that he wrote for The Times ...

Russell Leslie Baker, 82, of Appleton, WI, passed away on November 14, 2024 after a long fight with cancer. Born on April 2, 1942, Russell proudly served in the United States Army, dedicating many ...