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Max Robinson

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Max Robinson

Birth
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Dec 1988 (aged 49)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
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Television Journalist. He was the first African-American news anchor for a major TV network, ABC. And at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., he won six journalism awards for his coverage of such events as the 1968 riots after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, the antiwar demonstrations, and the national election. Died from complications of AIDS.
Television Journalist. He was the first African-American news anchor for a major TV network, ABC. And at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., he won six journalism awards for his coverage of such events as the 1968 riots after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, the antiwar demonstrations, and the national election. Died from complications of AIDS.

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  • Originally Created by: Marko
  • Added: Feb 7, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7156852/max-robinson: accessed ), memorial page for Max Robinson (1 May 1939–20 Dec 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7156852, citing Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.