After spending his early career as an editor atin 1988 and anchored the program through the 1990s. Throughout his tenure, he covered major moments in the music world, including the death of Nirvana’s“Former MTV VJ Kurt Loder turns 75-years-old today. How old do you feel right now?” one user posted.Many compared Loder to other legendary news anchors, such as Walter Cronkite and Tom Brokaw.
“When @kurt_loder came on MTV News, you listened. That man was our generation’s Walter Cronkite,” another user wrote. Others remembered his empathetic reporting the day Cobain died — “Kurt Loder was up there with Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, and Peter Jennings when I think of who I trusted to give me the news. When Kurt Cobain of Nirvana committed suicide, Loder was so professional... I'll never forget watching MTV that day. You knew it was serious if Loder was on.
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