Dan Rather
American broadcast journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1931 · age 95
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name in September 1961 after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla.
Dan Rather is read about 916 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 408 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2018“To use tragedy to sow division is the hallmark of a despot.”In their words6 February 2018Rather's Facebook page2017Jane Fonda Humanitarian AwardAward2013Trustees AwardAward2012Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2005“[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.”In their words7 March 2005Quoted in The New Yorker2003“There was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around people’s necks if they dissented.”In their wordsQuoted by Norman Solomon in Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You, p. 23 (2003)1990News and Documentary Emmy AwardsAward1988“He invented the job, the job of anchoring, did it himself for 40 years, and taught two generations of anchormen, including this one, how to do it.”In their wordsOn Douglas Edwards' retirement (1988)1981“Good evening. President Reagan, still training his spotlight on the economy, today signed a package of budget cuts that he will send to Congress tomorrow.”In their words9 March 1981Rather's first lines in his debut as anchor of The CBS Evening News, Monday1931Born31 October 1931
Media & music
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Rather's boyhood home being restored at the Wharton County Museum
Rather speaking about his experiences in his 61 years of journalism before a group of NATO commanders at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2011.
Rather (right) with president Ronald Reagan in 1982
Rather during an interview with Extra at the 2002 Peabody Awards
Rather at the 2005 Peabody Awards
Rather speaking with Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV and Sergeant Maj. Beam about the Afghan National Security Forces training mission and other issues at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2011
Rather at South by Southwest 2007; discussing media, the internet, and asking the "hard questions".Awards
About this person
He has reported on some of the most significant events of the modern age, such as from Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the war on terror.
Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1931 · age 95
