R.I.P.: CBS News Radio Anchor Dave Barrett

Dave Barrett

CBS News Radio has announced the unexpected death of longtime correspondent and anchor of the World News Roundup Late Edition Dave Barrett has died.

He was 63-years-of-age.

Barrett joined CBS News, Radio in February, 2001.

He anchored hourly newscasts, updates, Spectrum newsbriefs and was3-time winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award.

He won in 2015 for Feature Reporting, for a piece on the 200-year anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner. In 2011, he won a Murrow for Use of Sound, for his story on Kids' Digital Day. In 1998, Barrett won his first Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting, for a profile on Tiger Woods.

From 1998-2001, Barrett was News Director for the Fox News Radio Network. Prior to that, he spent a storied 15 years at ABC Radio News, where he covered everything from political conventions and hurricanes to the Olympics. Barrett has been to the Persian Gulf region twice. He was based in Bahrain during Operation Earnest Will (1988), where oil tankers transiting the Gulf were escorted to and from Kuwait. He also covered the allied buildup in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield in 1990.

During 1993 and 1994, Barrett journeyed to ESPN Radio, where he worked as a commentator for several major sporting events, including Super Bowls, the NCAA Final Four, the British Open, Wimbledon, the NBA Finals and the Kentucky Derby. He returned to ABC News in 1994.

The CBS family bids farewell to a great correspondent, colleague, and friend Dave Barrett on today's "Reporter's Notebook."

Listen here: https://t.co/5j9QQYb4Ag pic.twitter.com/L8IJKuZCJI

— CBS News Radio (@CBSNewsRadio) September 19, 2018

In 1981, Barrett ran the Washington, DC bureau of the San Francisco-based Pacific News Service. Before that, he spent several years in Houston as a sports reporter, a talk show host and a disc jockey. While working in Houston, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Central Hockey League's Houston Apollos and a PA announcer for the Astros, the Rockets, the Houston Oilers, the WHA Houston Aeros and the University of Houston.