OMG Remembers

 June 25, 2007

Remembering Carl Killingsworth
On a less upbeat note: Carl Killingsworth, one of the funniest, sweetest, most joyous and most memorable gentlemen ever to leave the Deep South and to cross OMGreppi’s path, died Saturday afternoon after a long and gutsy battle with liver and pancreatic cancer. He was a month shy of his 71st birthday.

Allan Murray and Carl Killingsworth

After a long stretch with NBC and WNBC-TV—where he was doing PR when OMGreppi met him—he began commuting across the Hudson River to CNBC in 1996.
He led a glamorous life—how many men do you know who had escorted Jacqueline Onassis?—but you were more likely to hear about that from someone other than Carl, who appreciated good dish but didn’t participate.
At CNBC, Carl handled the details for everything from road trips for VIPs and shows—handing out CNBC pens along the way—to the company Christmas party and summer picnic.
If you asked for advice and counsel, he gave it. No matter who you were. If you were smart, you took it. No matter who you were.
Although Carl didn't have family in New York, he considered all of you at CNBC an important part of his family. In that way, he is survived by every CNBC employee.
There will be a wake and funeral in New Bern, N.C.
There will be a memorial in New York.
OMGreppi doesn’t envy whoever will plan that one.
It will have to live up to Carl.