Eddie Barker

For the football player, see Ed Barker.

Edmund Asa "Eddie" Barker Jr. (August 18, 1927[1] – July 23, 2012) was a television reporter in Dallas, Texas, perhaps best known for being the first newsman to report the death of John F. Kennedy, and his interview with Marina Oswald.[2]

Barker was born in San Antonio, Texas, and began his radio career in 1943.[2] He later went to Dallas' KRLD (now KDFW), where in 1963, he was covering the visit of President Kennedy to Dallas.[2] After the assassination, he was first to report the president's death on CBS, 5 minutes before the network feed, and Walter Cronkite's famous flash.[2][3]

Later, he secured the first interview with Marina Oswald, the wife of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.[2]

Barker died in 2012 in Dallas, of natural causes.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=Eddie-Barker&pid=158738606
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20120723-eddie-barker-dallas-radio-television-journalist-who-announced-jfk-death-dies-at-84.ece
  3. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/23/eddie-barker-1st-to-air-news-jfk-death-dies/