Former CBS News White House Correspondent Bill Plante Dies at 84
Bill Plante, the iconic CBS News journalist, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84 due to respiratory failure.
Plante, a legend in the Washington media scene, left CBS News in 2016 after 52 years. On June 1, 1964, he began working for CBS News as a reporter/assignment editor in New York. Over the next fifty years, he would complete four tours in Vietnam (1964, 1967, 1971–1972, and 1975), as well as reporting from Iceland, Moscow, and Teheran for the network. From 1988 to 1995, he was the face of CBS's flagship evening newscast and he covered the White House for CBS News during the administrations of four different presidents.
Plante spoke with Dr. King during the march from Selma in 1965.
I learnt from folks like [Mike] Wallace, [Walter] Cronkite, and many more," he said in an interview with TVNewser in 2014. For the first time, I got a taste of what professional reporting entailed. This isn't something that can be readily bought and sold, but if you observe the way that your role models perform, you can get a sense of their standards and strive to meet or exceed them yourself.
CBSNews.com memorialises him as follows:
Plante often talked about wine when he wasn't reporting on the White House. He was widely regarded as one of the capital region's foremost wine experts, and his vast collection was among the finest in Washington. Plante quickly gained a reputation as the press corps' "sommelier" in the White House. On occasion, he covered the wine industry for the CBS morning and afternoon shows.
At his retirement celebration from CBS News, Plante said, "I'm lucky and extremely happy to have spent 52 plus years in the best news company in television." When it comes to news transmission, CBS News is and always has been the gold standard. It's given me a wonderful perspective, an up-close look at the human experience. Documenting the struggles for civil liberties, the devastation of war, and the intrigues of the halls of power. In the end, I realised that human nature is consistent throughout cultures and time periods. As always, people are capable of both selfless and selfish actions. That's why our work is still crucial to this day. We keep on being a beacon of light in a sea of night.
Cheers to the past, but let's focus on the future. Always battle until the finish. I'll be rooting for you and offering encouragement (and perhaps some input) along the way.
Both Barbara Barnes Plante and their son Patrick came before Plante in death. His family includes his wife of 34 years, documentary film producer Robin Smith, as well as his brothers Richard, Jim, and John, and sons Michael, Dan, Christopher, Brian, and David. He also leaves behind eight grandchildren and a great grandson.
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