Terry Drinkwater

Terry Drinkwater (May 9, 1936 – May 31, 1989) was an American television and radio journalist most widely known for his quarter-century career as a correspondent for CBS News. Drinkwater was also an anchorman for the West Coast editions of the CBS Evening News, covering events that occurred after the East Coast version with Walter Cronkite aired.

Education A native of Denver, Colorado, Drinkwater attended Pomona College, where he co-founded KSPC radio and earned a bachelor's degree Under his leadership KPFK won a Peabody Institutional Award the following year, in recognition of the station's programming.

Television career Drinkwater joined CBS News in 1963, after working as a reporter at television station KTLA in Los Angeles.

Drinkwater received three Emmy Awards and an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award.

Death Drinkwater filed his last report for CBS News in August 1988. He died at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 53