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His name is Mudd
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A man whom many consider to be a bellwether for the dominance and flash of network television news in the 1960s and 1970s died last week. Roger Mudd was 93 years old.
In one of his obituaries, the Associated Press wrote, His career coincided with the flowering of television news, the pre-cable, pre-internet days when the big three networks.were the main source of news.
Roger Mudd was one of a handful of news presenters who directed my career choice as a boy. The others were Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather.
Roger Mudd, legendary political reporter for CBS News, has died at 93
March 10, 2021 / 6:58 AM / CBS News Legendary journalist Roger Mudd dies at 93
Roger Mudd, the CBS newsman whose political reporting and substitute anchoring on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite made him a familiar and respected face to tens of millions of Americans in the 1960s and 1970s, died Tuesday of complications from kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia. He was 93. Roger was a hero in the CBS News Washington bureau, said Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer of CBS News. He was a journalist of enormous integrity and character. He would not budge if he believed he was right and would not compromise his ethical standards. He was an inspiration to all of us in the bureau. On a personal note I sat directly across from him in the D.C. newsroom Roger was big, not just in his physical presence but he was larger than life.