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Bill Downs

American journalist (1914-1978)

PersonDied aged 63humanQ4908822

Born: August 17, 1914
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Died: May 3, 1978
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Birthplace: Kansas City
Place of death: Bethesda
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: journalist
Education: University of Kansas

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William Randall Downs, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He worked for CBS News from 1942 to 1962 and for ABC News beginning in 1963. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.

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Participated in conflict: Vietnam War
Korean War
Given name: Bill
Member of: White House press corps
Cause of death: laryngeal cancer
Family name: Downs
Start of work period: 1937
Sex or gender: male
Manner of death: natural causes

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