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CBS News has never had a great history of black reporters at the network. There was Russ Mitchell, but he's gone; and both Harold Dow and Ed Bradley are dead. And now their most high profile black reporter, Byron Pitts, is about to jump ship. It was quietly announced last Friday that Pitts, who is a CBS national correspondent and a regular on 60 Minutes, will be joining ABC News as both chief national correspondent and as a news anchor. His hiring goes along with the recent hiring of black N.Y. Times reporter Susan Saulny as an ABC national reporter The recent hires are all part of  a major move by ABC News head Ben Sherwood to "court political reporters from the N.Y....

Longtime CBS News correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly yesterday, he was 62. Dow had been a contributor to CBS's news magazine show 48 Hours since it began in 1988 and a correspondent since 1990. He was a five-time Emmy Award-winner and also the recipient of a Rtnda Edward R. Murrow Award, an Operation Push Excellence in Journalism Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award.

Award-winning CBS News correspondent Harold Dow died unexpectedly yesterday, Saturday. He was 62 years old.

The cause of his death wasn’t immediately revealed.

Dow leaves behind a wife, Kathy, and three children, Danica, Joelle, and David.

His career at CBS spanned almost 40 years. A 5-time Emmy winner, Peabody and Edward R. Murrow Award winner, Dow was the first network news reporter to interview O.J. Simpson after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and was a correspondent for 48 Hours since the program’s inception, covering everything from the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, to American involvement in Bosnia.

CBS briefly remembers him below in the below breaking news report:

In the below CBS report, Dow connects Medgar Evers’ legacy to President Obama’s path to the White House.

Longtime CBS News correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning, according to the network's website. He was 62.

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The five-time Emmy Award winner was best known for his work on 48 Hours, to which he contributed since the program's launch in January 1988. He was also a contributor to the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary, 48 Hours on Crack Street, which led to the creation of the weekly news magazine.

"CBS News is deeply saddened by this sudden loss," CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus said in a statement. "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 covered many of the most important stories of his time,...