Edward R. Murrow (born
Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio broadcasts for the
news division of the
Columbia Broadcasting System during
World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States. During the war he assembled a team of foreign correspondents who came to be known as the
Murrow Boys.