Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, February 4, 1995 TAG: 9502070030
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Short
``He was a consummate professional,'' with a keen eye for a story, love of language and droll manner, said NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw.
Briggs died Thursday in Boston, where he had been assigned since 1983, the network said.
Briggs covered diverse subjects, such as riots in Detroit in 1967, the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and moose overpopulation in northern New England in 1991.
He joined NBC in Cleveland in 1966 after working five years as a reporter and anchor at WSB-TV in Atlanta. In addition to Detroit, Boston and Berlin, the network also assigned him in Chicago and San Francisco.
He won an Emmy in 1969 for reporting on coal miners' black lung disease and received nominations for the award in 1984 for coverage of black college students and in 1989 for Hurricane Hugo reporting.
- Associated Press
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