By John Monk
Updated September 2, 2025 10:21 AM
Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN political and international reporter who later became dean of the University of South Carolina’s journalism school, has died at 83. Bierbauer, who retired from USC in 2017, was known for his unruffled poise and clear, on-the-scene accounts of complex headline-grabbing events from Atlanta to Washington to Moscow and everywhere in between.
He died Sunday at his home in Spruce Pine, a quiet town of 2,200 in the western North Carolina mountains that was a sharp contrast from the bustling news-filled international capitals where he reported the doings of the world’s most powerful people, from presidents to dictators. His death was announced by his family, CNN reported. No cause of death was given. The family obituary said “his generous heart gave out after a good, long life.”
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