Bill Plante

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William Madden Plante (January 14, 1938 – September 28, 2022) was a veteran journalist and correspondent for CBS News, having joined the network in 1964.[1]

Early life and education

Plante was born Chicago on January 14, 1938.[2][3] His father, Regis, was employed as a field engineer for a heating company; his mother, Jane (Madden), worked as a school administrator. Plante attended Loyola Academy in his hometown, graduating in 1955. He then studied business and humanities at Loyola University Chicago, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1959.[2][3] He dropped out of Chicago-Kent College of Law[3] when his friend got him a job as assistant news director at WISN-TV.[2] He spent four years at the station, before being awarded a journalism fellowship by CBS to study at Columbia University.[2][3]

Career

Plante's last work was as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS, reporting regularly for CBS This Morning as well as for the CBS Evening News. Plante covered the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama as a national correspondent for CBS News. He also served several tours of duty in South Vietnam covering the Vietnam War, the first in 1964 and the last in 1975 during the Fall of Saigon at the end of the war.[4] He anchored CBS Sunday Night News from 1988 to 1995.[5] He retired in November 2016.[6]

Personal life

Plante's first marriage was to Barbara Barnes Orteig.[2][3] Together, they had two children, along with the four sons from her previous marriage whom he adopted,[3] including syndicated radio talk show host Chris Plante.[7] They eventually divorced, and he married Robin Smith in 1987.[3] One of his sons, Patrick, predeceased him in 2014.[2][3]

Plante died on September 28, 2022, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 84, and suffered from respiratory failure prior to his death.[2][3]

References

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  4. ↑ Per Plante's remarks during panel discussion ("The role of the press in the Vietnam War") on Face the Nation broadcast of May 24, 2015
  5. ↑ Retirement announced on Face the Nation 11/13/2016 by John Dickerson Bill Plante. Bio from CBS News.
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