Harold Dow, CBS News Correspondent, Dies

By Andrew Gauthier 

CBS News

Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning.

Dow has been a correspondent for “48 Hours” since 1990 after serving as a contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988. Dow was also a contributor to the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary “48 Hours on Crack Street,” which led to creation of the single-topic weekly news magazine.

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“CBS News is deeply saddened by this sudden loss,” said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. More…

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