Bill Elder (newscaster)
William Stanley Elder Jr. (January 28, 1938 – September 17, 2003) was an
Career
Elder graduated with an English degree from the
In 1966, Elder was hired by
His investigative reports, which included a 1971 exposé of the Orleans Parish Prison, won several Edward R. Murrow Awards; a 26-part series, "Facing Reality", uncovered drug use and sexual misconduct at a drug patient facility and earned him a Peabody Award, the fifth in the history of WWL-TV.[2][5]
Elder was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1998 and took a leave of absence for surgery (which removed the cancer); his recovery was documented in a series of reports aired by WWL-TV. While he eventually returned to the anchor desk, his speech and memory were impaired, and he retired in February 2000. Complications from radiation treatment led to his death on September 17, 2003; he was survived by a wife and three sons.[2]
References
- ^ Berry, Jason. "Remembering Bill Elder". Best of New Orleans. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Walker, Dave (September 18, 2003). "Bill Elder, longtime television newsman". The Times-Picayune. p. Metro 4.
- ^ Lorando, Mark (February 23, 2000). "Respecting Elder". The Times-Picayune. p. E1.
- ^ Treadway, Joan (September 28, 1979). "Dome Executive Freed Unharmed". The Times-Picayune. p. 1:6 – via GenealogyBank.
- ^ Korando, Mark (April 4, 1994). "Drug clinic story wins Bill Elder a Peabody". The Times-Picayune. p. C1.