Fred Graham (correspondent)

Fred Patterson Graham (October 6, 1931 – December 28, 2019)[1] was an American journalist who served as chief anchor and managing editor of the former Court TV.[2]

External video
Booknotes interview with Graham on Happy Talk: Confessions of a TV Newsman, April 1, 1990, C-SPAN
Fred Graham
Born
Fred Patterson Graham

(1931-10-06)October 6, 1931
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 2019(2019-12-28) (aged 88)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materYale University
Vanderbilt University Law School
Oxford University
OccupationLegal correspondent, television news anchor
Spouse(s)
Sheila Lucille McCrea
​
(
m. 1961; div. 1982)
Skila Harris
(
m. 1982)
Children3

Graham was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and graduated from West End High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Graham served in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956. He later received a B.A. from Yale University in 1953, an LL.B. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1959, and a Diploma of Law from Oxford University in 1960. Graham practiced law in Nashville, Tennessee from 1960 to 1963.[3]

He worked as a legal correspondent for The New York Times from 1965 to 1972, and then as a legal correspondent for CBS News[2] from 1972 to 1987. He received a Peabody Award in 1974.[4]

References
  1. McFadden, Robert D. (December 28, 2019). "Fred P. Graham, Legal Affairs Reporter and Court TV Anchor, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. Sharbutt, Jay (29 June 1991). "Court TV gets jury of viewers Monday". Kentucky New Era. AP. p. 4B. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. Encyclopedia of Arkansas-Fred Graham
  4. The Peabody Awards - Personal Award: Fred P. Graham
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