Bernard Shaw, the CNN anchor who was a mainstay for the network for more than 20 years, died Wednesday at age 82. In a statement, his family announced that Shaw died of pneumonia unrelated to COVID-19.
Shaw was with CNN when it launched in 1980, and served as its first chief anchor. He retired in 2001.
Shaw was born May 22, 1940, and grew up in Chicago, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago before joining the Marines. Even then, he knew that he wanted to pursue journalism. He began his reporting career in his hometown, and went on to work for CBS News and ABC News, reporting from Congress, the White House and Latin America.
