1. Don Hollenbeck was a CBS newscaster, commentator, and associate of Edward R Murrow and Fred W Friendly.
12 Facts About Don Hollenbeck
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Don Hollenbeck was the writer and producer of CBS Views the Press, a Peabody Award-winning radio show that critiqued powerful print journalists.
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Don Hollenbeck committed suicide in 1954 after a tumultuous personal and professional life.
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Donald Hollenbeck was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and began reporting the news while at the University of Nebraska.
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Against a backdrop of gunfire Don Hollenbeck gave a vivid description of the bitter battle raging about him as he stood on the shore with microphone in hand and a portable recorder on his back.
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Don Hollenbeck was at one time employed by the newspaper PM.
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Don Hollenbeck worked for the Office of War Information, NBC and ABC, once subbing on short notice for Orson Welles over Welles' scheduled Sunday ABC news commentary program, before joining CBS in 1946.
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On June 22,1954, the 49-year-old Don Hollenbeck committed suicide by gas in his Manhattan apartment.
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In 1986, Don Hollenbeck was played by Harry Ditson in the HBO original production Murrow.
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In 2005, Don Hollenbeck was played by Ray Wise in the film Good Night, and Good Luck, which was centered on Murrow and CBS News in their 1950s campaign against McCarthy.
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One of the film's sub-plots included Don Hollenbeck's suicide following continued printed attacks by Jack O'Brian.
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Don Hollenbeck was portrayed through the film as a broken man, as a result of his wife leaving him and the allegations by O'Brian that he was a "pinko" communist-sympathizer who deliberately biased his news reports.