Harry Reasoner
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Harry Reasoner, 1974
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| Born |
Harry Truman Reasoner April 17, 1923 Dakota City, Iowa |
| Died | August 6, 1991 (aged 68) Westport, Connecticut |
| Cause of death | Blood clot |
| Education |
Stanford University University of Minnesota |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1946–1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Carroll Reasoner (m. 1946; div. 1981) Lois Harriett Weber (m. 1988–91) |
| Children | seven |
Harry Truman Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist for ABC and CBS News, known for his inventive use of language as a television commentator, and as a founder of the 60 Minutes program.
Over the course of his career, Reasoner won three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award in 1967.
Reasoner was born at First Street North in Dakota City, Iowa; he and his older sister, Esther, were the children of Eunice (Nicholl) and Harry Ray Reasoner, who married in 1911. Reasoner was taught to read by his parents before entering school, gaining a strong vocabulary from his mother.
Reasoner attended West High School in Minneapolis. During his time at the school, Reasoner developed his interest in journalism. One story, authored by Reasoner, entitled "The Wrench of the Week" garnered the attention of the principal, who expelled Reasoner, but later let him return, following a plea from fellow student Chet Newby. Reasoner graduated in January 1940, having missed the 1939 class graduation ceremony. Before graduating, Reasoner went on to study journalism at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. He served in World War II and then resumed his journalism career with The Minneapolis Times. His novel Tell Me About Women, about a fading marriage, was written partly during his war service and was first published in 1946.
After going into radio with CBS in 1948, Reasoner worked for the United States Information Agency in the Philippines. When he returned to the US, he went into television and worked at station KEYD (later KMSP) in Minneapolis. He ran for Minneapolis city council as a Republican in 1949 and garnered 381 votes (4.4 percent). Reasoner later joined CBS News in New York, in 1958, where he eventually hosted a morning news program called Calendar from 1961 to 1963, on top of doing commentator and special news narration duties.
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