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A Short Biography of Dan Rather

Author Name:

Dan Rather

Born As:

Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr

Other Names:

Born:

31 Oct 1931

Died:





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Television newscaster and Journalist                          
Selected Works:

CBS Evening News anchor - 1981–2005
60 Minutes correspondent - 1968–1981; 1999–2006
Managing editor and anchor of a television news magazine, 'Dan Rather Reports,' on the cable channel HDNet.                           
Mother Byrl Veda Page
Father Daniel Irvin Rather, Sr.
Wife Jean Goebel, two children, daughter Robin, son Danjack.                          
Peabody Awards:

CBS News - 1975
Sixty Minutes - 1976
CBS Reports: D-Day - 1994
CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America - 1995
48 Hours: Heroes Under Fire - 2000	
60 Minutes ll: Memories of a Massacre - 2001
60 Minutes II: Abuse at Abu Ghraib - 2004.

Dan Rather has received numerous Emmy Awards, several Peabody Awards, and various honorary degrees from universities.