death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
ridgewood , new jersey , u.s. 19 january 2011 covington , kentucky , u.s. 7 november 1923 bob young -lrb- news anchor -rrb-
 bob young journalist
bob young -lrb- news anchor -rrb-

robert h. `` bob '' young -lrb- november 7 , 1923 -- january 19 , 2011 -rrb- was a television news journalist for abc news .
he served as the anchor of `` the abc evening news '' -lrb- now known as `` world news tonight '' -rrb- 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 dr. 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 -lrb- am -rrb- , 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 .
