Walter\u2019s Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News.<\/a><\/em> The hardcover version is still in print.<\/p>\nEarlier this week, he celebrated his 80th at a quiet dinner with his wife, Susie, and four close friends. In addition to making a few media rounds, he plans to spend this weekend doing what he enjoys most \u2014 watching people at neighborhood street festivals. This time it\u2019ll be the annual Fiesta del Sol in the heart of the Pilsen neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Says Skippy: \u201cI just love the tacos.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the eve of a milestone birthday, legendary Chicago anchorman and commentator Walter Jacobson sounds happier than ever that he\u2019s still in the game. \u201cI feel great,\u201d said Jacobson, who turns 80 on Friday. \u201cI feel perfectly wonderfully physically. I go through my same old Walter mishegas about what I\u2019m doing. But I love what... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15000"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15007,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000\/revisions\/15007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}