About Charles Austin
Lived 1944 – 2018 (aged 73–74). Charles Austin was a military personnel.
Charles Austin (November 22, 1944 – April 10, 2018) was an American journalist who worked for WBZ-TV from 1968 to 2000. He was one of the first African-Americans to appear on local news in Boston.
Early life Austin was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on November 22, 1944. Austin covered the Charles Stuart and John Salvi cases, the abduction and murder of Sarah Pryor, the liver transplant of infant Jamie Fiske, and the 1980s famine in Sudan.
Personal life Charles and Linda Austin were one of Boston's most public interracial couples. They had three daughters.
The Austins resided in Lexington, Massachusetts and spent their later years in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
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American journalist
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Charles Austin was born in 1944.
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Charles Austin died in 2018.
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Charles Austin was a military personnel.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Charles Austin. https://biography.guide/charles-austin-military-personnel/
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