CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82
Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday at a Washington, DC, hospital of pneumonia
Shaw was born May 22, 1940, in Chicago to Edgar and Camilla Shaw.
Shaw was CNN's first chief anchor and was with the network when it launched on June 1, 1980
He retired from CNN after more than 20 years on February 28, 2001
After he left CNN, Bernie remained a close member of our CNN family providing our viewers with context about historic events as recently as last year
Funeral services for Shaw will be closed to family and invited guests only
Shaw got his career start as a radio reporter in Chicago, during which he interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King
His first job in TV was as a political reporter for CBS, helping cover the Watergate scandal
CNN made its debut with Shaw as its Washington anchor at a time when other networks had White males as their lead anchors