In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Barney Camfiord

By Patrick on September 22, 2008 9:55 AM

From the Washington Post:

    Robert Bjarne “Barney” Camfiord, 77, a former director of CBS news programs, died Aug. 5 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had emphysema.

    Mr. Camfiord began his career with CBS-TV in 1955 in New York as a film editor. In 1963, he came to the CBS Washington bureau, where he directed “Face the Nation” and the “CBS Morning News.” He also directed Washington segments of the “CBS Evening News.”

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