Age related discoloration Vintage 1st edition Simon and Schuster, 1952, 301 pages John Crosby (May 18, 1912 – September 7, 1991) was an American newspaper columnist, radio-television critic, novelist and TV host. After winning a Personal Peabody Award for his radio criticism in 1946,[1] he became a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors, serving from 1947 to 1962.[2] During the 1950s, he was generally regarded as the leading critic of television.