Former CBS News radio anchor Neil Strawser

Posted: Friday, January 13th, 2006 5:55 am

WASHINGTON — Neil Strawser, who anchored CBS News radio coverage of President Kennedy`s assassination, died Saturday. He was 78.

For 34 years, Strawser worked in Washington as a CBS News radio and television reporter. He anchored CBS Radio for four straight days after Kennedy`s assassination in 1963.

He left journalism in 1986 to serve as a Democratic spokesman for the House Budget Committee. … Read full obituary