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{{Short description|American journalist (1938–2022)}} |
{{Short description|American journalist (1938–2022)}} |
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'''William Madden Plante''' (January 14, 1938 – September 28, 2022) was an American [[journalist]] and correspondent for [[CBS News]] |
'''William Madden Plante''' (January 14, 1938 – September 28, 2022) was an American [[journalist]] and correspondent for [[CBS News]]; he joined the network in 1964.<ref name="huffington-2014jun">{{cite news|last1=Taibi|first1=Catherine|title=CBS News' Bill Plante Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary With The Network|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=June 2, 2014|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/02/bill-plante-anniversary-cbs-news-white-house-correspondent-_n_5432151.html|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref> He was noted for being the network's senior White House correspondent for over three decades. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Plante was born in [[Chicago]] on January 14, 1938.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news|title=Bill Plante, CBS News’s Man at the White House, Dies at 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/media/bill-plante-dead.html|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|title=Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/09/28/cbs-correspondent-bill-plante-dead/|first=Emily|last=Langer|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> |
Plante was born in [[Chicago]] on January 14, 1938.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news|title=Bill Plante, CBS News’s Man at the White House, Dies at 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/media/bill-plante-dead.html|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|title=Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/09/28/cbs-correspondent-bill-plante-dead/|first=Emily|last=Langer|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> His father, Regis, was employed as a field engineer for a heating company; his mother, Jane (Madden), worked as a school administrator. Bill Plante attended [[Loyola Academy]] in his hometown, graduating in 1955.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> Around this time he was employed by a classical music radio station in [[Evanston, Illinois]]; this was his introduction to broadcasting.<ref name="WP obit"/> |
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Plante studied business and humanities at [[Loyola University Chicago]] |
Plante studied business and humanities at [[Loyola University Chicago]] earning a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1959.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> He dropped out of [[Chicago-Kent College of Law]]<ref name="WP obit"/> after his friend got him a job as assistant news director at [[WISN-TV]].<ref name="NYT obit"/> He spent four years at the station, before being awarded a journalism fellowship by [[CBS]] to study at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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⚫ | Plante last worked as the [[White House Press Corps|Senior White House Correspondent]] for CBS, reporting regularly for ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' as well as for the ''[[CBS Evening News]]''. He covered the [[Selma to Montgomery marches|1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama]] as a national correspondent for CBS News. He also was on four tours in [[South Vietnam]] covering the [[Vietnam War]], the first in 1964 and the last in 1975 during the [[fall of Saigon]] at the end of the war.<ref>Per Plante's remarks during panel discussion ([http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-role-of-the-press-in-the-vietnam-war "The role of the press in the Vietnam War"]) on ''[[Face the Nation]]'' broadcast of May 24, 2015</ref> He anchored ''CBS Sunday Night News'' from 1988 to 1995.<ref>Retirement announced on Face the Nation 11/13/2016 by John Dickerson [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/09/broadcasts/main524920.shtml Bill Plante]. Bio from CBS News.</ref> He retired in November 2016.<ref name="CBS-2016nov16">{{cite news|title=CBS News celebrates career of Bill Plante, retiring after 52 years|work=CBS News|date=November 16, 2016|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-celebrates-career-of-bill-plante/|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref> |
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After completing his studies at Columbia, Plante started working for [[CBS News]] in June 1964 as a reporter and assignment editor.<ref name="WP obit"/><ref name="CBS obit">{{cite news|title=Bill Plante, legendary CBS News White House correspondent, has died at 84|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-plante-dies-age-84-cbs-news-white-house-correspondent/|date=September 28, 2022|access-date=September 28, 2022|publisher=CBS News}}</ref> He was sent to South Vietnam later that year to report on the [[Vietnam War]], the first of four tours he would take of the region.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="CBS obit"/> His final tour in 1975 saw him cover the [[Fall of Phnom Penh]] and [[Fall of Saigon]], which earned his CBS News team the "Best Radio Spot News Reporting from Abroad" award from the [[Overseas Press Club]].<ref name="CBS obit"/> |
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⚫ | Plante last worked as the [[White House Press Corps|Senior White House Correspondent]] for CBS, reporting regularly for ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' as well as for the ''[[CBS Evening News]]''. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Plante's first marriage was to Barbara Barnes Orteig.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> |
Plante's first marriage was to Barbara Barnes Orteig.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> They had two children in addition to the four sons from Orteig's previous marriage whom Plante adopted,<ref name="WP obit"/> including syndicated radio talk show host [[Chris Plante]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110307778.html| title = Conservatively speaking, WMAL radio host Chris Plante is on the rise}}</ref> They eventually divorced and he married Robin Smith in 1987.<ref name="WP obit"/> One of his sons, Patrick, predeceased him in 2014.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> |
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Plante died on September 28, 2022, at his home in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
Plante died on September 28, 2022, at his home in [[Washington, D.C.]] He was 84 and suffered from respiratory failure prior to his death.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 04:55, 29 September 2022
William Madden Plante (January 14, 1938 – September 28, 2022) was an American journalist and correspondent for CBS News; he joined the network in 1964.[1] He was noted for being the network's senior White House correspondent for over three decades.
Early life and education
Plante was born in Chicago on January 14, 1938.[2][3] His father, Regis, was employed as a field engineer for a heating company; his mother, Jane (Madden), worked as a school administrator. Bill Plante attended Loyola Academy in his hometown, graduating in 1955.[2][3] Around this time he was employed by a classical music radio station in Evanston, Illinois; this was his introduction to broadcasting.[3]
Plante studied business and humanities at Loyola University Chicago earning a bachelor's degree in 1959.[2][3] He dropped out of Chicago-Kent College of Law[3] after his friend got him a job as assistant news director at WISN-TV.[2] He spent four years at the station, before being awarded a journalism fellowship by CBS to study at Columbia University.[2][3]
Career
Plante last worked as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS, reporting regularly for CBS This Morning as well as for the CBS Evening News. He covered the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama as a national correspondent for CBS News. He also was on four tours in South Vietnam covering the Vietnam War, the first in 1964 and the last in 1975 during the fall of Saigon at the end of the war.[4] He anchored CBS Sunday Night News from 1988 to 1995.[5] He retired in November 2016.[6]
Personal life
Plante's first marriage was to Barbara Barnes Orteig.[2][3] They had two children in addition to the four sons from Orteig's previous marriage whom Plante adopted,[3] including syndicated radio talk show host Chris Plante.[7] They eventually divorced and he married Robin Smith in 1987.[3] One of his sons, Patrick, predeceased him in 2014.[2][3]
Plante died on September 28, 2022, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 84 and suffered from respiratory failure prior to his death.[2][3]
References
- ^ Taibi, Catherine (June 2, 2014). "CBS News' Bill Plante Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary With The Network". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sandomir, Richard (September 28, 2022). "Bill Plante, CBS News's Man at the White House, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Langer, Emily (September 28, 2022). "Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ Per Plante's remarks during panel discussion ("The role of the press in the Vietnam War") on Face the Nation broadcast of May 24, 2015
- ^ Retirement announced on Face the Nation 11/13/2016 by John Dickerson Bill Plante. Bio from CBS News.
- ^ "CBS News celebrates career of Bill Plante, retiring after 52 years". CBS News. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Conservatively speaking, WMAL radio host Chris Plante is on the rise".