Longtime CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82 Shaw was a former U.S. Marine who worked as a reporter at CBS and ABC News before taking on the chief anchor role at CNN when the network began in 1980.

Veteran newsman Bernard Shaw helped launch CNN as its first anchor in 1980.

Alongside his anchor photo, she wrote: "Bernie Shaw started out with all of us CNN babies back in 1980 as the Chief Washington Anchor. He was sometimes gruff, sometimes sarcastic, but always a ...

Shaw served as CNN’s chief anchor from its launch in 1980 until his retirement in 2001.

Bernard Shaw, legendary CNN lead anchor, has died due to complications after contracting pneumonia. He was 82. The news came via a statement Thursday morning from CNN Chairman and Chief Executive ...

Bernard Shaw, the longtime lead anchor of CNN and an original member of the news network, died Wednesday at age 82. The veteran newsman died following a battle with pneumonia unrelated to COVID-19,… ...

Bernard Shaw, CNN's first chief anchor, died at the age of 82. Shaw was an original at the network, starting in 1980 when CNN launched. Shaw served as CNN's lead anchor for 20 years.

Bernard Shaw, CNN's first chief anchor and a pioneering Black TV journalist, died at 82 Sept. 7 of pneumonia, a former CNN chief said.

Bernard Shaw, legendary CNN lead anchor, has died due to complications after contracting pneumonia. He was 82. The news came via a statement Thursday morning from CNN Chairman and Chief Executive ...

FILE - CNN anchor Bernard Shaw poses in his office at CNN's Washington bureau on Feb. 15, 2001. Shaw, who was CNN's original chief anchor when the network started in 1980, died of pneumonia in ...

Bernard Shaw, who was CNN’s lead anchor for 20 years and distinguished the network’s coverage of such landmark events as the Gulf War, died Wednesday, the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet ...