Edward R. Murrow
Known for: Producer
Born: April 25, 1908 — Died: April 27, 1965
Place of birth: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Pioneering radio and TV reporter who was the dominant figure in American broadcast journalism during its early years. His dramatic, in-person coverage of the Anschluss (German union with Austria), the 1939 German-Soviet invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, brought him widespread renown among the public and eternal esteem among his fellow journalists.
