About Paul Kangas
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 79). Paul Kangas was an American journalist.
Paul Henry Kangas (April 14, 1937 – February 28, 2017) was the Miami-based co-anchor of the PBS television program Nightly Business Report, He was known for signing off each NBR broadcast with "I'm Paul Kangas, wishing all of you the best of good buys" (a pun on "the best of goodbyes").
Career After graduating from the University of Michigan, Kangas entered the United States Coast Guard in the early 1960s and served aboard the USCG Cutter Mackinaw. Later, he served as aide to the admiral in command of the 9th Coast Guard District in Cleveland, Ohio. Kangas completed his Coast Guard service in 1963 as a Lieutenant (junior grade). While a stock broker,
Personal life and death Kangas was of Finnish descent, and an amateur radio operator He died on February 28, 2017, in Miami, Florida, from complications of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer, aged 79.
Awards and honors In 2005, Kangas won a Suncoast Chapter Silver Circle Award. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting to Paul Kangas and Linda O'Bryon, the latter the founder of NBR and now chief content officer of Northern California Public Broadcasting.
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Who was Paul Kangas?
American journalist (1937-2017)
When was Paul Kangas born?
Paul Kangas was born on 14 April 1937 in Houghton.
When did Paul Kangas die?
Paul Kangas died on 28 February 2017 in Miami.
What was Paul Kangas's occupation?
Paul Kangas was a journalist.
What nationality was Paul Kangas?
Paul Kangas was American.
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