1908–1965 · Acting
64.2avg grm
5titles
7honors
Honors
71984Television Hall of Fame
1966Trustees Award
1964Presidential Medal of Freedom
1951George Polk Award
—Peabody Awards
Bio
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.



