THE man accused of scheming to plunder bodies for parts used in thousands of tissue transplants in the US and Canada is poised to plead guilty.

ASSUMING most broadcasters have not studied Alistair Cooke, may I point out that Leinster is not pronounced ‘Linster’ and Ranelagh is not ‘Renelagh’. There is no such verb as ‘to host’ or ‘to chair’. The split infinitive is not acceptable and anything said in parenthesis is bad broadcasting.

Seven American undertakers linked to a scheme to plunder corpses and sell the body parts for transplants pleaded guilty to undisclosed charges and have agreed to co-operate with investigators.

A patient has received a possibly contaminated human body part stolen in the United States, a hospital confirmed today.

Four men have been charged with running a bodysnatching ring that allegedly cut the bones of BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke from his corpse and sold them for transplants in a plot akin to “a cheap horror movie”, US authorities said today.

The family of the late veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke have spoken of their horror at reports that their father’s bones were stolen by a criminal gang trading in body parts.

THE famous broadcaster and journalist Alistair Cooke was frequently stopped in the street by people asking: “Are you who I think you are?”

HE was a master of television as an intimate medium.

The closing sentence of the most famous of Alistair Cooke’s Letters from America was, “And the rest you know.”

The celebrated broadcaster Alistair Cooke asked for his ashes to be scattered in New York’s Central Park, it emerged today.

ALISTAIR COOKE, the broadcaster and journalist, has died.

VETERAN BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke died yesterday at his home in New York. He was 95.

Broadcaster Alistair Cooke has died at the age of 95, the BBC said today.

ALISTAIR Cooke, the doyen of foreign correspondents, has retired. His Letter from America, spanning 50 years with the BBC, made him the greatest of all broadcasters.