Bernard Shaw, CNN anchor, has died at 82

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He was a mainstay for the network for more than 20 years 

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His family announced that Shaw died of pneumonia unrelated to COVID-19. 

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Shaw was with CNN when it launched in 1980 

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and served as its first chief anchor. He retired in 2001. 

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Shaw was born May 22, 1940, and grew up in Chicago 

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He began his reporting career in his hometown 

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