Bob Young (news anchor)
Bob Young | |
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Born | |
Died | January 19, 2011 | (aged 87)
Occupation | 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.
After leaving ABC, Young went to
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.
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Preceded by Peter Jennings |
ABC Evening News Bob Young 1967–1968 |
Succeeded by Frank Reynolds |