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TV correspondent Edwin Newman dies

NEW YORK -- Edwin Newman, who brought literacy, wit and energy to NBC newscasts for more than three decades, and battled linguistic pretense and clutter in his best sellers "Strictly Speaking" and "A Civil Tongue," has died. He was 91. NBC News did not immediately say Wednesday where or when Newman had died, or the cause of death.

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