WHAS Crusade for Children telethon—as he has since the very first Crusade in 1954. Metz also recorded talking books for the American Printing House for the Blind through 1980. Metz was inducted into the University of Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 1989. He was also named as a Gold Circle Honoree in 2009 by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Metz died on January 12, 2017, at the age of 95, at a senior-care facility near Louisville where he lived after a rehabilitation stint for injuries suffered in a fall in 2016. His wife Mimi died a few months beforehand. See also List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area References External links Milton Metz bio in University of Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, 1989 (via archive.org) Interview with Milton Metz, WFPL Public Radio, Louisville (May 23, 2008) History of WHAS Crusade for Children, crusadeforchildren.org 1920s births 2017 deaths American talk radio hosts American television news anchors Radio personalities from Louisville, Kentucky Television personalities from Louisville, Kentucky Ohio State University alumni