Richard Dimbleby

British journalist, broadcaster and war correspondent (1913-1965) · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Died at 52

Frederick Richard Dimbleby was an English journalist and broadcaster who became the BBC's first war correspondent and then its leading TV news commentator.

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