Richard Wagner, whose three-decade career as a correspondent for CBS News included covering the war in Vietnam and numerous other conflicts around the world, has died. He was 85.
His wife, Donna Lewis-Wagner, said that he died at his home in Charlottesville, Va. No cause of death was given.
During the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Wagner appeared frequently on CBS Evening News when Walter Cronkite and then Dan Rather were in the anchor chair.
Starting at CBS News in 1964, Wagner was based for a time in Saigon, as he was among the correspondents who covered the war in Vietnam, at a time when the military had yet to establish the parameters of access to operations. Vietnam was dubbed the “living room war,” as it was a new concept for television for evening news correspondents to deliver regular first hand-accounts and images from the battlefield.
On a podcast in 2018 with other correspondents who covered the war,...
His wife, Donna Lewis-Wagner, said that he died at his home in Charlottesville, Va. No cause of death was given.
During the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Wagner appeared frequently on CBS Evening News when Walter Cronkite and then Dan Rather were in the anchor chair.
Starting at CBS News in 1964, Wagner was based for a time in Saigon, as he was among the correspondents who covered the war in Vietnam, at a time when the military had yet to establish the parameters of access to operations. Vietnam was dubbed the “living room war,” as it was a new concept for television for evening news correspondents to deliver regular first hand-accounts and images from the battlefield.
On a podcast in 2018 with other correspondents who covered the war,...
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