Person

Edward R. Murrow

Acting

Known for: Acting
Born: Apr 25, 1908
Died: Apr 27, 1965
From: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

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.