Studs Terkel in Conversation With Christopher Purdy #3 of 4 Studs Terkel died at age 96 on October 31, 2008. Terkel was a broadcaster, interviewer and oral historian whose career lasted 76 years, from 1930 to 2006. His many books include Giants of Jazz; Working: People Talk About What They Do all Day and How They Feel About What They Do all Day; Talking to Myself: A Memoir of the Times; My American Century; Touch and Go and P.S., Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening.
Rosa Raisa and Enrico Caruso.
"Raisa! How does someone your age know Raisa? You are the first person your age to ask me about Rosa Raisa! What a great, magnificent voice. She was the greatest Norma ever….better than Callas. She loved to sing with Caruso. He invented the Gramophone you know. Any immigrant who could scrape together a quarter could buy a recording of Caruso singing 'Celeste Aida.'"
