Bill Plante, who became a fixture of American television sets as a globe-trotting CBS News correspondent, covering the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, four U.S. presidents and more than half a century of national and world affairs, died Sept. 28 at his home in Washington. He was 84.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84
He became a fixture of American television sets, covering the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and four presidencies
By Emily Langer
September 28, 2022 at 4:25 p.m. EDT
