NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Edwards, who anchored National Public
Radio’s “Morning Edition” for just under 25 years and was the
baritone voice who told many Americans what had happened
while they slept, has died.
Edwards, who died Saturday, was 76 years old. NPR gave no
further details.
His cause of death was reported to be "metastatic bladder
cancer and a heart ailment."
Red Barber, left, is shown with Bob Edwards on Oct. 22, 1992.
(AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN-TV) — Mike Donahue, who became one
of the most trusted journalists ever in Portland during a 44-
year career with KOIN 6 News, has died following a lengthy
battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
Bernard Shaw (May 22, 1940 – September 7, 2022)
Shaw was an journalist and news anchor for CNN from 1980 until
his retirement in March 2001. Prior to his time at CNN, he was a
reporter and anchor for WNUS, Westinghouse Broadcasting, CBS
News, and ABC News.
Bernard Shaw died at a hospital in Washington, D.C. after
contracting pneumonia.
SANDY KOZEL
William (Billy) Martin Joel is 73 years old today.
Billy Joel, nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his first single and
signature song of the same name as well as the similarly named
1973 album, he has led a commercially successful career as a
solo artist since the 1970s, having released 12 studio albums
from 1971 to 1993 as well as one studio album in 2001.
He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as
the seventh-best-selling recording artist and the fourth-best-
selling solo artist in the U.S.with over 160 million records sold
worldwide. His 1985 compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2,
is one of the best-selling albums in the United States.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
