Lynne "Angel" Harvey, wife of legendary radio newscaster Paul Harvey, died Saturday after a year-long battle with leukemia.

She developed and edited her husband's "The Rest of the Story" feature that has been heard on WSGS for over 30 years.

She was the angel by his side.  That's how  Paul Harvey often described his wife, business partner and producer of more than 60 years.

"She was to Paul Harvey what Colonel Parker was to Elvis Presley," said Bruce DuMont, founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications. "She really put him on track to have the phenomenal career that his career has been."

Lynne met Paul Harvey while working as an on-air personality at a radio station in St. Louis. He was the station's special events commentator.

"It was love at first sight," DuMont said. "I've never met two people who were as madly in love as they were."

The couple married in 1940 and moved to Chicago in 1945.

Mrs. Harvey became her husband's producer shortly after their marriage, handling the behind-the-scenes responsibilities for the No. 1-rated "Paul Harvey News and Comment" show, which has been broadcast in East Kentucky on WSGS for 41 years.

It was her idea in the late 1940s to air Harvey's news broadcasts at 10 p.m. -- now the standard time for evening news. She also developed Harvey's best-known feature, "The Rest of the Story."

While her focus was on nurturing her husband's career, Mrs. Harvey found success in her own right, as well.

For instance, she created a television program called "Dilemma" that became a prototype for today's talk-show genre. And she was one of the nation's first women to run an entire broadcast while working at a CBS affiliate.

Born Lynne Cooper in St. Louis, she met Paul Harvey when they both worked at a radio station in her hometown in 1939. They married in 1940, and moved to Chicago in 1945, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Paul Harvey has not been heard on WSGS since Feb. 29th.  Other broadcasters have been filling in for him during his program.