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Birth
Saint Joseph, MO -
Leaves college
I dropped out of the University of Texas-Austin for news and sports radio jobs in Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and El Paso and Austin, Texas. -
Marriage
I married Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Maxwell. -
Hired to CBS News Report
I was hired by CBS News for its Washington bureau. -
Presidential campaign
I also hosts candid one-on-one interviews with the two candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
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Manager of CBS Evening News
I became managing editor and Anchor of CBS Evening News -
Returns to Vietnam
I visted again to observe during the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive. -
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CBS Sign Off
I signed off with trademark, "And that's the way it is," for his final broadcast as the CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor. https://youtu.be/G5tdqojA26E -
Death
I died at 7:42 p.m. Friday with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 92.
https://youtu.be/WkrABAfX2kI
