John Charles Daly

John Charles Daly
Daly as the host of It's News to Me in 1952.
Born	John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly (1914-02-20)February 20, 1914 Johannesburg, South Africa
Died	February 24, 1991(1991-02-24) (aged 77) Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Columbarium 4, Section I, Row 24, Niche 5, Arlington National Cemetery
Other names	John Charles Daly, John Daly
Alma mater	Boston College
Occupation	Reporter/Newscaster Game show host
Spouse(s)	Margaret Griswell Neal (1937–1959/60) Virginia Warren (1960–1991; his death)
Children	6
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John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly (February 20, 1914 – February 24, 1991), generally known as John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, was an American journalist, game show host, and CBS News radio personality, best known for hosting the television panel show What's My Line?.

The second of two brothers, Daly was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his American father worked as a geologist. After his father died of a tropical fever, Daly's mother moved the family to Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Tilton School and later served on its board of directors for many years and contributed to the construction or restoration of many buildings on campus. He did his post-secondary education at a junior college and then finished his studies graduating from Boston College. Daly worked for a time in a wool factory and for a transit company in Washington before becoming a reporter for NBC Radio and then CBS.

Daly began his broadcasting career as a reporter for NBC Radio, and then for WJSV (now WTOP), the local CBS Radio Network affiliate in Washington, D.C., serving as CBS' White House correspondent.

Through covering the Roosevelt White House, Daly became known to the national CBS audience as the network announcer for many of the President's speeches. In late 1941, Daly transferred to New York City, where he became anchor of The World Today. During World War II, he covered the news from London as well as the North African and Italian fronts. Daly was a war correspondent in 1943 in Italy during Gen. George S. Patton's infamous "slapping incidents". After the war, he was a lead reporter on CBS Radio's news/entertainment program CBS Is There (later known on TV as You Are There), which re-created the great events of history as if CBS correspondents were on the scene.