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Biography
Roger Lee Welsch was an American news reporter, professor, author, humorist, folklorist, and activist. He is noted as a senior correspondent with the CBS News Sunday Morning program which featured his segments called "Postcards from Nebraska." He was also a professor of German and folklore at Nebraska Wesleyan.
He was born 6 November 1936 in Lincoln, Nebraska, son of Christian Welsch & Bertha Flach. He died 30 September 2022 in Dannebrog, Nebraska.
Roger Welsch's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Schäfer.
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- Roger L. Welsch (FindAGrave)
- Roger Welsch (Wikipedia)
- "Roger Welsch, 'America's Premier Storyteller,' Is Dead at 85" New York Times (22 Oct 2022).
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