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Eric Shapiro’s Final Fade To Black As ‘CBS Evening News’ Director

Posted on February 22, 2014October 26, 2016

Eric Shapiro’s Final Fade To Black As ‘CBS Evening News’ Director

Well done sir…well done! Hail and farewell.

“CBS Evening News” director ending 51-year CBS career at the top

Director Eric Shapiro started at CBS in 1963 as a mail boy, working his way up with legendary director Don Hewitt as his inspiration

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