Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw’s family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.
Shaw was CNN’s first chief anchor and was with the network when it launched on June 1, 1980. He retired from CNN after more than 20 years on February 28, 2001.
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He was infamous for his debate question fantasizing the rape and murder of Kitty Dukakis.
Another respected reporter, NPR’s Anne Garrels, also died Wednesday 9/7/22.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/anne-garrels-long-time-foreign-correspondent-for-npr-dies-at-71
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