I, we, had hoped he would return. Robert Osborne had gone on hiatus from his hosting duties at TCM before and had always come back. Surely he would return again. But now we are told that he is gone forever and the world, especially the world of classic film, seems to have tipped on its axis.
In his November 2014 profile of Osborne, New York Times writer Dan Barry likened him to "a Merlin" casting an enchanting spell as TCM's beloved and ...