Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

Acting
April 25, 1908April 27, 1965 (age 57)
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Edward Roscoe Murrow, Egbert Roscoe Murrow

Biography

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.