BREAKING NEWS: Journalist Bernard Kalb dies aged 100: Legendary reporter whose career spanned six decades dies at Maryland home
- Bernard Kalb won an Overseas Press Club Award in 1968 for a documentary on the Viet Cong – and worked for a whole host of publications
- He died at the age of 100 after suffering complications from a fall
World-renown journalist Bernard Kalb has died at the age of 100.
He died at his home in North Bethesda, Maryland, on January 8 after suffering complications from having a fall, his family said.
In a career that spanned over six decades, Kalb worked for CBS, NBC, The New York Times, and hosts of other newspapers and media outlets before his retirement.
He was once an Army journalist during World War Two, before traveling to the South Pole, Hong Kong, and China for a host of different assignments.
In 1986, he stepped down from his position as a State Department spokesman to protest a government disinformation campaign.
Bernard Kalb has died at the age of 100
In a career that spanned over six decades, Kalb worked for CNN , CBS, NBC, and hosts of other newspapers and media outlets before his retirement
He won an Overseas Press Club Award in 1968 for a documentary on the Viet Cong.
In 1993, he founded and and anchored the weekly CNN program Reliable Sources.
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