Harry Radliffe was a producer best known for his work on the long-running news program 60 Minutes. He was also the first African American to head a CBS News bureau.
Radliffe was nominated for five News & Documentary Emmy Awards, winning once in 2013 in the category of Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, for the segment “Aleppo.” The segment followed news correspondent Clarissa Ward as she reported from Syria’s most dangerous city, Aleppo, where a battle raged on between rebel groups and Syria's military.
Radliffe also produced segments for some of CBS News’ top correspondents, including Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, Steve Kroft, Bob Simon and Scott Pelley.
In 1986, Radliffe was named bureau chief in London, the largest CBS News office outside of New York. Before joining 60 Minutes he worked as a senior producer on the CBS Evening News.
Harry Radliffe was a producer best known for his work on the long-running news program 60 Minutes. He was also the first African American to head a CBS News bureau.
Radliffe was nominated for five News & Documentary Emmy Awards, winning once in 2013 in the category of Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine, for the segment “Aleppo.” The segment followed news correspondent Clarissa Ward as she reported from Syria’s most dangerous city, Aleppo, where a battle raged on between rebel groups and Syria's military.
Radliffe also produced segments for some of CBS News’ top correspondents, including Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, Steve Kroft, Bob Simon and Scott Pelley.
In 1986, Radliffe was named bureau chief in London, the largest CBS News office outside of New York. Before joining 60 Minutes he worked as a senior producer on the CBS Evening News.
Radliffe spent 40 years in television news, and contributed to nearly 100 segments for 60 Minutes, including one in which he appeared as himself, during the segment "Remembering Bob Simon." He also worked on an episode of 60 Minutes Sports in 2013.
Radliffe died December 1, 2015, in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 66.
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