honor from the Edward R. Murrow Awards 2007: Shaw was granted the Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists Personal life Shaw was married to Linda Allston from March 30, 1974, until his death. They had two children: Amar Edgar and Anil Louise. Shaw died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 2022, at the age of 82, after contracting pneumonia that was not related to COVID-19. References External links Biography at the Museum of Broadcast Communications CNN anchor Bernard Shaw leaving the network, CNN, November 11, 2000 Bernard Shaw on CNN at 20 Second Bush-Dukakis debate transcript Assignment: China—Tiananmen Square; including reporting segments by Bernard Shaw "In Black America; Bernard Shaw," 1985-02-22, KUT Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, Mass. and Washington, D.C. 1940 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists African-American journalists African-American television personalities American television news anchors CNN people CBS News people ABC News people Deaths from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. Dunbar Vocational High School alumni Journalists from Illinois People from Chicago People from Takoma Park, Maryland United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officers University of Illinois Chicago alumni War correspondents of the Gulf War