| Alistair Cooke  AKA Alfred Alistair Cooke
 Born: 20-Nov-1908Birthplace: Salford, England
 Died: 29-Mar-2004
 Location of death: New York City
 Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
 Remains: Cremated (bones stolen prior to cremation)
 
 Gender: MaleReligion: Methodist
 Race or Ethnicity: White
 Sexual orientation: Straight
 Occupation: Journalist
 Nationality: EnglandExecutive summary: Alistair Cooke's America
 Father: Samuel CookeMother: Mary Elizabeth Byrne
 Brother: Sam (b. 1902)
 Wife: Ruth Emerson (m. 24-Aug-1934, div. 1944, one son)
 Son: John Byrne (b. 1941)
 Wife: Jane White Hawkes (m. 30-Apr-1946, until his death, one daughter)
 Daughter: Susie Byrne (b. 1949)
 
     High School: Blackpool Grammar SchoolUniversity: Jesus College, Cambridge University
 University: Yale University (graduate student)
 University: Harvard University (graduate student)
 
     Knight of the British Empire Honorary (1973)Kentucky Colonel
 Hollywood Walk of Fame 1651 Vine St (television)
 US English Advisory Board
 Naturalized US Citizen 1941
 Knee Replacement
 Heart Attack (4-Jun-1999)
 Parodied As A Muppet Alistair Cookie
 Risk Factors: Arthritis
 
 
    TELEVISIONMasterpiece Theatre Host (1971-92)
 
 
    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTORThe Three Faces of Eve (23-Sep-1957) · Narrator
 King Lear (18-Oct-1953) · Himself
 
 
 
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