Former CNN correspondent, journalism academic Charles Bierbauer dies

USA, — Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN correspondent who was with the company for decades, has died. He was 83.

Bierbauer died Friday at his home in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where he had been living in retirement, university spokesman Jeff Stensland told the Associated Press.

Bierbauer worked as a Pentagon, White House and United States Supreme Court correspondent for CNN from 1981 until his retirement in 2001, according to CNN. He also anchored CNN's show "Newsmaker Saturday," which featured top newsmakers on the program every week for a decade.

He reported on five presidential campaigns and traveled with U.S. presidents across the country and world.

He's won an Emmy for his coverage of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, according to CNN.

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