
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
39
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-04-25
Day of Death
1965-04-27 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Egbert Roscoe Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Biography
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.