CNN's Judd Rose dies at 45

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June 10, 2000
Web posted at: 9:03 p.m. EDT (0103 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Judd Rose, the Emmy award-winning co-anchor of "CNN NewsStand" and "Entertainment Weekly," died in New York on Saturday, aged 45. He had been undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.

Rose joined CNN in 1998 from ABC News, where he was a correspondent for "PrimeTime Live" for nine years and contributed a wide range of stories, from political investigations and reports on corruption to newsmaker interviews and celebrity profiles.

He contributed reports to "Good Morning America," "World News Tonight," and "Turning Point."

Rose investigated charges of sexual harassment in the Los Angeles Police Department, the police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles and contributed to the award-winning PrimeTime Live investigation of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

During the Gulf War, Rose reported from Saudi Arabia on media restrictions imposed by the military and on the specialized search-and-rescue teams who flew dangerous missions into hostile Iraq.

Over the past year he delved into the entertainment business, going behind the scenes in Hollywood to report on a variety of topics related to film, television and music.

Recent reports have included a look at the film studio "junket" system, damage control publicity for stars in crisis and profiles of Sir Ian McKellen, Francis Ford Coppola and Frank Sinatra, among others.

Earlier in his career Rose reported for KABC-TV and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles and Associated Press Radio in New York and Washington, D.C. He was also a writer for NBC Radio, New York, KFWB-Radio and The Associated Press broadcast wire.

Rose won four Emmys, including one in 1987 for his contributions to Nightline's coverage of the fall of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and most recently for his coverage of the funeral of Princess Diana.

He also received an Associated Press Broadcast Award for his coverage of the murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.

He is survived by his wife, Sarah Strum, and their twin children, Jacob and Rachel.

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