Bill Plante, a famous and prominent CBS correspondent passed away at the age of 84. Bill was a famous journalist who covered not only the civil rights movement but also Vietnam War and four US Presidents. Along with that, he covered national and foreign affairs for more than a half-century. A lot of netizens are sharing their grief on the Internet. According to the news reports, his cause of death was respiratory failure. He died on 28th September in his residence in Washington.
His journey as a journalist started at CBS, where he joined as a reporter and assignment editor in the year 1964. Mr. Plante, like many journalists, had a front-row seat to history. He had a front-row seat in the White House briefing room on various occasions throughout the years.
According to CBS, He was one of the longest-tenured White House TV journalists in history. He covered numerous administrators, including Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Many other famous personalities have shared their grief on his death. For instance, Tom Brokaw, the former anchor of “NBC Nightly News” wrote in an email, “Bill was a friendly rival, always willing to share insights, he was a smart, serious journalist with a droll, self-deprecating style.”
Moreover, many other TV viewers have remembered him in great words. One of them commented, “Bill could boom out questions to a President over impossibly vast distances,” the president would “invariably answer … giving us all the lede,”
From 1988 through 1995, he used to appear on “CBS This Morning” and “CBS Evening News,” hosting the Sunday evening newscast. Similarly, he was best known as a White House correspondent, covering events ranging from the Iran-Contra crisis during the Reagan administration to Obama’s victory as the country’s first African American president in 2008.
He was married to Robin Smith. They got married in the year 1987. Before this marriage, he was married to Barbara Barnes. Plante has an estimated net worth of $4-5 Million. However, his main source of income was journalism.
There are no obituary details revealed, we will update you as soon as we get to know any updates.
We share our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and fans!
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