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His name is Mudd The McDonough County Voice A man whom many consider to be a bellwether for the dominance and flash of network television news in the 1960s and 1970s died last week. Roger Mudd was 93 years old. In one of his obituaries, the Associated Press wrote, "His career coincided with the flowering of television news, the pre-cable, pre-internet days when the big three networks...were the main source of news." Roger Mudd was one of a handful of news presenters who directed my career choice as a boy. The others were Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather.

If only broadcast journalism had followed his lead.

Brian - I was saddened to hear the news of the death of your uncle Roger. Bottom Line: Yesterday I awoke to a note letting me know legendary broadcaster Roger Mudd passed away Tuesday afternoon. He lived a long and incredibly accomplished life. Many in news media paid tribute to his incredible career which began in radio and culminated in becoming the nightly news anchor between Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather at CBS News. From there he became anchor of Meet the Press and eventually, the work of his I most identified with, The History Channel. Throughout the day yesterday I received kind notes...

Roger Mudd, whose TV network career spanned more than 30 years, once famously stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president.

Roger Mudd, whose TV network career spanned more than 30 years, once famously stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president.