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Edward R. Murrow

Apr 25, 1908 - Apr 27, 1965 (57 years old) in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys.

Known For

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Studio One
Narrator (voice)
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What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self (archive footage)
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What's My Line?
Self
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Bobby Kennedy for President
Self (archive footage)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Prologue Narrator
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Sink the Bismarck!
Himself - Edward R. Murrow
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Person to Person
Self - Host
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
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Maria by Callas
Self (archive footage)
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The Soul of America
Self (archive footage)

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