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Veteran CBS News correspondent Harold Dow dies suddenly of apparent
asthma attack
(August
24, 2010)Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died
suddenly Saturday morning, August 21, of an apparent asthma attack. Dow has been a correspondent for "48 Hours" since 1990 after serving
as a contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988. Dow
was also a contributor to the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary "48
Hours on Crack Street," which led to creation of the single-topic weekly
news magazine.
"CBS News is deeply saddened by this sudden loss," said Sean
McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. "The CBS News family has lost
one of its oldest and most talented members, whose absence will be felt
by many and whose on-air presence and reporting skills touched nearly
all of our broadcasts. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife
Kathy and their children Joelle, Danica and David."
Dow's family released the following statement on Sunday:
"At the time of Harold's death, he was suffering from adult onset
asthma. On Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, Harold checked himself into the Valley
Hospital emergency room in Ridgewood (N.J.) for severe asthmatic
symptoms. According to the Hackensack Police Department incident report,
an inhaler was found on the floor of Harold's vehicle. Therefore, it is
believed at this time that Harold succumbed to an asthma attack while
behind the wheel."
Over the course of his distinguished career at the network, Dow
served as a correspondent for the CBS News magazine "Street Stories"
(1992-93) and reported for the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather,"
"Sunday Morning" and the CBS News legal series, "Verdict." He served as
co-anchor on "CBS News Nightwatch" (1982-83), prior to which he had been
a correspondent (1977-82) and reporter (1973-77) at the CBS News Los
Angeles bureau.
Remembrance: Dow Broke Barriers, Landed Exclusives Photos: Harold Dow Remembered
He has covered many of the most important stories of our times,
including 9/11, where he barely escaped one of the falling Twin Towers;
the return of POW's from Vietnam; the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst,
with whom he had an exclusive interview in December 1976; the movement
of American troops into Bosnia and the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster. He
also conducted the first network interview with O. J. Simpson following
the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
"Harold Dow was a reporter for the ages. Insatiably curious, he was
happiest when he was on the road deep into a story. He took pride in
every story he did," said "48 Hours Mystery" Executive Producer Susan
Zirinsky. "It was his humanity, which was felt by everyone he
encountered, even in his toughest interviews, that truly defined the
greatness of his work. He was the most selfless man I have known. It is
a tremendous loss for '48 Hours,' CBS News and the world of journalism.
I deeply miss him already."
Dow's reports have garnered him numerous awards. He has been honored
with a George Foster Peabody Award for his "48 Hours" report on runaways
and a Robert F. Kennedy Award for a report on public housing. He has
received five Emmy Awards, including one for a story on the American
troops' movement into Bosnia (1996) and one for "distinguished
reporting" for his coverage of the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster (1989). He
won an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, an Operation Push Excellence in
Journalism Award and, for a "48 Hours" profile of Patti LaBelle. He also
was recently recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists
for his report about Medgar Evers, which was featured in the CBS News
special "Change and Challenge: The Inauguration of Barack Obama."
Dow began his career at CBS News in 1972 as a broadcast associate.
Before joining CBS News, Dow, who has been based in New York since 1982,
had been an anchor at Theta Cable TV in Santa Monica, Calif. He was also
a freelance reporter for KCOP-TV Los Angeles and a news anchor for WPAT
Radio in Paterson, N.J. Dow became the first African American television
reporter in Omaha, Neb., where he served as co-anchor and talk-show host
for KETV Omaha.
Dow was born in Hackensack, N.J., and attended the University of
Nebraska at Omaha.
