Bernard Shaw Dies: First Chief Anchor At CNN’s Launch Was 82

Bernard Shaw Dies: First Chief Anchor At CNN’s Launch Was 82

Bernard Shaw, the first chief anchor for CNN who helped lead breaking news coverage for more than 20 years, has died.


Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, his family announced in a statement to the network. He was 82.


Shaw was chief anchor at the network when it launched on June 1, 1980.


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