Bernard Shaw, Former Lead CNN News Anchor, Dead at 82
statement to the network provided by former CNN CEO Tom Johnson. He was 82. «Even 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,» Chris Licht, CNN Chairman and CEO, said in a statement on Thursday. «The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children.»According to his biography on CNN's website, the veteran broadcast television journalist covered some of the pivotal stories of the last three decades, including the student uprising in Tiananmen Square in 1989, the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and the 2000 presidential race.