Don Hollenbeck

Don Hollenbeck
Born(1905-03-30)March 30, 1905
DiedJune 22, 1954(1954-06-22) (aged 49)
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placeWyuka Cemetery
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska
OccupationJournalist
SpouseAngelique Dean

Don Hollenbeck (March 30, 1905 – June 22, 1954) was a CBS newscaster, commentator, and associate of Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly. He was the writer and producer of CBS Views the Press, a Peabody Award-winning radio show that critiqued powerful print journalists. Hollenbeck was also a frequent critic of McCarthyism and was subject to a smear campaign for his supposed Communist leanings. He died by suicide in 1954 after a tumultuous personal and professional life.