What is Roger Mudd?
{{Infobox person |name = Roger Mudd |image =Roger Mudd in 1982.jpg |caption = Roger Mudd in 1982 |birth_name = Roger Harrison Mudd |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|9}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|9|1928|2|9}} |death_place = [[McLean, Virginia]], U.S. |death_cause = Problems caused by [[kidney failure]] |occupation = American TV news anchor, journalist, correspondent |yearsactive = 1953&ndash;2021 |spouse = E. J. Spears <br> (1957–2011) (her death) |children = 4 }} '''Roger Harrison Mudd''' (February 9, 1928 &ndash; March 9, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[broadcast]] [[journalist]]. He worked as the primary anchor for [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]]. Mudd was the weekend and weekday substitute anchor for the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', the co-anchor of the weekday ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', and the host of the [[NBC-TV]] ''[[Meet the Press]],'' and ''American Almanac'' [[TV program]]s. Mudd was the winner of the Peabody Award, the Joan Shorenstein Award for Distinguished Washington Reporting, and five [[Emmy Award]]s. Mudd died on March 9, 2021 in [[McLean, Virginia]] from problems caused by [[kidney failure]], aged 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/03/09/roger-mudd-veteran-cbs-newsman-dies-93-kidney-failure/6929404002/ |title=Roger Mudd: Veteran CBS newsman dies at 93 of kidney failure |work=USA Today |date=March 9, 2021 |accessdate=March 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=March 9, 2021|title=Roger Mudd, Anchorman Who Stumped a Kennedy, Is Dead at 93|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/business/media/roger-mudd-dead.html|access-date=March 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.rogermudd.com Official Web Site] *[http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/123098-1/Roger+Mudd.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview with Mudd on ''Great Minds of History'', June 6, 1999.]