Name David Burke | ||
David Warren Burke (June 7, 1935 – April 18, 2014) was an American news executive and political administrator. He was President of CBS News (1988–90), and later served as an executive at ABC News, where he worked with Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters, among others.
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, he graduated from Tufts University and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he earned his MBA, he worked for United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)as well as for New York Governor Hugh Carey (D-NY), as secretary.
Death
Burke died at a hospital in Medford, Massachusetts on April 18, 2014, aged 78. He had vascular dementia. He was survived by his wife of more than a half century, Beatrice C. "Trixie" (nee Pollock) Burke, their five children, his sister Constance, and a large extended family.