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Edward R. Murrow

1908 - 1965

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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. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward R. Murrow is the 79th most popular journalist (down from 49th in 2019), the 6,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,141st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Journalist.

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Among journalists, Edward R. Murrow ranks 79 out of 196. Before him are Eddie Adams, Ernst Haas, Marie Colvin, Francesco Alberoni, Bill Brandt, and Sandister Tei. After him are Veronica Guerin, Jon Ola Sand, Norbert Haug, Malcolm Browne, Maurizio Costanzo, and Pierre Brossolette.

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Among people born in 1908, Edward R. Murrow ranks 261. Before him are Mikayil Mushfig, Sœur Emmanuelle, Zainab Biisheva, Tullio Pinelli, Ethel Catherwood, and Jules Vandooren. After him are Mary Welsh Hemingway, Alfons Rebane, Walter Bruch, Ivan Brown, Jesús Castro, and Devika Rani. Among people deceased in 1965, Edward R. Murrow ranks 141. Before him are Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Johannes Bobrowski, Karl Allmendinger, Konstantin Muraviev, D. N. Aidit, and Sonja Graf. After him are Joseph De Combe, Tommy Hampson, Heinrich Schomburgk, Eric Backman, Joaquín Vázquez, and Aimée Antoinette Camus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward R. Murrow ranks 6,707 out of 20,380. Before him are Melinda Dillon (1939), Elmo Lincoln (1889), James G. Blaine (1830), Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), and Martha Jefferson (1748). After him are Cathy Carr (1954), Gene Tunney (1897), Rick Perry (1950), David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), and John Abercrombie (1944).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Edward R. Murrow ranks 22. Before him are Eve Arnold (1912), Larry Kudlow (1947), Tucker Carlson (1969), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), Eddie Adams (1933), and Marie Colvin (1956). After him are Malcolm Browne (1931), Chris Cuomo (1970), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Dan Rather (1931), Diane Sawyer (1945), and Frances Bean Cobain (1992).

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