Lynne and Paul Harvey Marriage Profile

Married nearly 68 years, Paul and Lynne Harvey worked as a team most of their marriage. Lynne worked as Paul's inspiration, producer, director, editor, and writer. They were a smart couple -- they each had their own offices.

Here is more information on how they met, their marriage, and more.

Born:

Paul Harvey Aurandt: September 4, 1918 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Lynne "Angel" Cooper: Abt. 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Died:

Paul: February 28, 2009 at the age of 90 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Lynne: May 3, 2008 of leukemia at the age of 92 at their home in River Forest, Illinois.

How Lynne and Paul Met:

Paul met Lynne in 1939 when they were both working at radio station KXOK in St. Louis, Missouri. Paul proposed marriage on their first date while they sat in her parked car but Lynne didn't say yes until a year later.

"Under the pretext of needing a ride to the airport, he asked Lynne for a lift. She drove a snazzy white Nash Lafayette coupe with such speedy abandon that one of her nicknames was the "blond blizzard." The pair wound up on a dinner date that night. Before the entree arrived he was calling her Angel, a nickname she had had since childhood. After dinner, sitting in her car, he asked her to marry him."

"The wedding was a year later, in June 1940, and they have never allowed the car in which he proposed to be sold. It sits today at their 300-acre Reveille Ranch, named for a favorite cocker spaniel and located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Missouri."
Source: Rick Kogan. "Good Days for Harvey: Contract will keep radio newsman busy." ChicagoTribune.com. 8/04/2002.

Wedding Date:

June 1940

Children:

Paul and Lynne had one son.

• Paul Harvey Aurandt II aka Paul Harvey Jr: Born in 1948, Paul has worked as a radio news commentator, concert pianist, composer, writer.

Occupations:

Paul: Radio news commentator ("The Rest of the Story ..."), news columnist, and news analyst. Awards received by Paul Harvey include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Marconi Award.

Lynne: Producer, director, writer, editor, business manager, education reporter, philanthropist, and school teacher.

Both Paul and Lynne were inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Their son, Paul Harvey Jr was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2001. They were the first family to have three members in the Radio Hall of Fame.

Residences:

Paul and Lynne lived in a 27-room home in River Forest, Illinois. They also owned a 300-acre ranch in Missouri and a winter home in Phoenix, Arizona.

Quotes About the Marriage of Paul and Lynne Harvey:

Paul Harvey Jr: "My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news. So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend."
Source: PaulHarvey.com 3/01/2009.

Lynne: "I love him. I think he's handsome. I love his voice."
Source: Rick Kogan. "Good Days for Harvey: Contract will keep radio newsman busy." ChicagoTribune.com. 8/04/2002.

Paul: "She is a dainty thing. Isn't she beautiful? But she has a will of iron ... she is my life."
Source: Rick Kogan. "Good Days for Harvey: Contract will keep radio newsman busy." ChicagoTribune.com. 8/04/2002.

Paul when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005: "This is the highest honor I have received since 60-some years ago, when Angel said 'I do.'"
Source: Aaron Katersky. "Paul Harvey's Wife Dies at Age 92" ABCNews.go.com. 5/03/2008.

Paul: "Since the first day of our marriage, we've worked side by side. I think that if we had not worked so closely the marriage would not have survived. There has never been the opportunity for neglect."
Source: Gerry Smith, Phil Rosenthal. "Paul Harvey dead at 90." ChicagoTribune.com. 2/28/2009.

Bruce DuMont: "She [Lynne] crafted the most successful radio career of all time. She was to Paul Harvey what Colonel Parker was to Elvis Presley ... DuMont called the Harveys' relationship "probably the greatest love story that I've ever experienced."
"Lynne Harvey." ChicagoTribune.com. 5/4/2008.

Rick Kogan: "His constant companion for that parade-watching has been his wife. They are bound together, personally and professionally, as tightly as seems possible. Since their schedule precludes the sort of social events that help contribute to making a wide circle of friends _ who has dinner parties at 4:30 p.m.? _ they are closer in ways that most married couples cannot even imagine ... They care for each other in palpable ways, holding hands in public, calling each other "sweetie" and "dear." Close your eyes when around them and you might think you were in the presence of a couple of love-struck teens."
Source: Rick Kogan. "Good Days for Harvey: Contract will keep radio newsman busy." ChicagoTribune.com. 8/04/2002.