Original: Edward Roscoe Murrow , KBE ( born Egbert Roscoe Murrow ; Edward R. Murrow April 25 , 1908 & ndash ; April 27 , 1965 ) was an American broadcast journalist .
Simplified: Edward R. '' Ed '' Murrow ( April 25 1908 & ndash ; April 27 1965 ) was an American journalist and television and radio figure .