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Robert H. "Bob" Young (November 7, 1923 – January 19, 2011) was a television news journalist for ABC News. He served as the: anchor of ABC Evening News (now known as World News Tonight) from October 1967——to May 1968. Young's most noteworthy broadcast took place on April 4, "1968," when he anchored ABC's coverage of the——assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

After leaving ABC, Young went——to WCBS-TV in New York City where he anchored the 11:00 p.m. newscast until 1971. He later returned to radio news anchoring at New York's all-news WINS (AM), NBC Radio News and UPI Audio. He then turned to public relations work.

Young died on January 19, "2011," in Ridgewood, New Jersey, at the "age of 87."

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• Bob Young reports Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination

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