Harold Dow has Died Emmy-Winning CBS News Correspondent Dow’s Sudden Death at 62 Not Expected
Posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
by Kacycarr
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Harold Dow has died at the age of 62. The Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent has passed away leaving behind wife Kathy, and his three children who at this sad time are trying to come to terms with losing a loving husband and doting father.
Harold Dow helped shape the documentary program "48 Hours" and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Sept. 11 attacks.
Harold Dow had been a correspondent for "48 Hours" from the start of the nineties. For nearly four decades with the network his work also included reporting for "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" and "CBS News Sunday Morning."
A "48 Hours" report on runaways earned him a George Foster Peabody Award. He was well recognized for his work. His efforts had him win five Emmys.
Other work a lot of people will remember the late Dow for, was the coverage of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and of American troops' movement into Bosnia in 1996.
Those close to him had nothing but good words to say about the man. Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of "48 Hours Mystery," said of Harold. "It was his humanity, which was felt by everyone he met, even in his toughest interviews, which truly defined the greatness of his work. He was the most selfless man I have known."
Dow has died at the young age of 62, but has a past filled with much interest. In 1976 Dow landed an exclusive interview with kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, and not forgetting his time with O.J. Simpson following the 1994 killing of his ex-wife.
Dow was a provider to "48 Hours on Crack Street," the 1986 documentary that resulted in the making of the weekly "48 Hours." Previous, Dow had been a co-anchor on "CBS News Nightwatch" and a correspondent and reporter at the CBS News Los Angeles bureau. It was in 1972 when he joined the network as a broadcast partner.
As a co-anchor and chat-show presenter for KETV in Omaha, Neb., Harold Dow was the first African-American television journalist in that city.
There have been no details of funeral arrangements given yet. This will no doubt follow any tests that are to be carried out to determine the cause of his death.
Harold Dow is dead. He will be missed R.I.P.
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