Bill Plante died today. He was born in Chicago and worked for 10 years as a CBS News' correspondent in Chicago, beginning in the mid 1960s. He moved on to legendary career covering the White House and some of the biggest stories on the world stage.
For almost 50 years, CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante has been holding politicians to accountWilliam"Bill" Plante, one of the longest-serving White House broadcast journalists in history, died of respiratory failure on Wednesday, according to his family. The award-winning CBS correspondent was 84 years old and lived in Washington, D.C.
Plante was a CBS News White House correspondent for 35 years during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama and covered the State Department during the administration of George H.W. Bush. He was known for his baritone voice, which he used to launch questions from afar. During one long stretch when there were few White House press conferences, a frustrated Plante shouted at George W. Bush about his lack of availability.
When he wasn't covering the White House, Plante was usually talking about fine wine. He was known as one of Washington's most knowledgeable wine aficionados whose prodigious collection was thought to be one of the best in the nation's capital. Plante soon became known as the White House press corps' sommelier. He reported on wine occasionally for the"CBS Early Show" and"CBS Sunday Morning.
He also went abroad extensively in that period. He covered the funeral of Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser in 1970 — a story for which he and other correspondents earned an Overseas Press Club award for spot radio news. The following year, he covered the short war between India and Pakistan over Bangladesh, for which he won another spot radio award from the Overseas Press Club. He also reported from the conflict in Northern Ireland in 1972.
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