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Bob Young (news anchor)

Bob Young (news anchor)

American journalist

Robert H. "Bob" Young (November 7, 1923 – January 19, 2011)[1][2] was a television news journalist for ABC News. He served as the anchor of The ABC Evening News (now known as World News Tonight) from October 1967 to May 1968. Young's most noteworthy broadcast took place on April 4, 1968, when he anchored ABC's coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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After leaving ABC, Young went to WCBS-TV in New York City where he anchored the 11:00 p.m. newscast until 1971. He later returned to radio news anchoring at New York's all-news WINS (AM), NBC Radio News and UPI Audio. He then turned to public relations work.

Young died on January 19, 2011, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, at the age of 87.

References

  1. [1]
    "Obituaries in NJ | the Record/Herald News".
  2. [2]
    "Bob Young Obituary (2011) - Ridgewood, NJ - The Record/Herald News". Legacy.com.
Preceded by
Peter Jennings		 ABC Evening News
Bob Young
1967–1968		 Succeeded by
Frank Reynolds


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