Edward R. Murrow
- Born
- 25 April 1908
- Died
- 27 April 1965 (aged 57)
- Place of birth
- Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Birth name
- Egbert Roscoe Murrow
- Known for
- Producer
Pioneering radio and TV reporter who was the dominant figure in American broadcast journalism during its early years. His dramatic, in-person coverage of the Anschluss (German union with Austria), the 1939 German-Soviet invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, brought him widespread renown among the public and eternal esteem among his fellow journalists.
