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1897-04-16

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1975-01-02

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New York, New York, USA (birth ∙ death)

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Milton John Cross was an American radio announcer famous for his work on the NBC and ABC radio networks. He was best known as the voice of the Metropolitan Opera, hosting its Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts for forty-three years.

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Author of Milton Cross' Complete Stories of the Great Operas

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