Quiz

3/22/00: A judge in Virginia City, MT, ruled Patricia Shannon should inherit the 90 acres of land near the town of Twin Bridges. The decision was based on a 1997 letter written by Kuralt to Shannon two weeks before his death and established her rights to the land. His family is still considering an appeal.

Since Kuralt's death in 1997, his estate has been in litigation after a second woman, Patricia Shannon came forth with the claim that she had been his lover for the past 30 years. She has sued Kuralt's wife & estate to get 90 acres where Kuralt had a fishing cabin and did go frequently "for seclusion". Patricia claims that she has lived there with Kuralt for all of that time.

Retires, to travel & write. (3 aprile 1994)

Kuralt is buried on the campus of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He won 11 Emmies

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 335-336. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 138, pages 278-282. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.