and featured reporter Mac McFarland. They received considerable critical acclaim. According to obituaries in The New York Times and other major newspapers, Douglas Kiker died in his sleep, apparently from a heart attack, while vacationing at his beloved Cape Cod summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts. He was 61. He was survived by his wife, one daughter, and four sons. References External links Archived 1988 The New York Times review of Kiker's Death at the Cut 1930 births 1991 deaths American television reporters and correspondents American television news anchors American war correspondents American war correspondents of the Vietnam War American male journalists NBC News people People from Griffin, Georgia 20th-century American journalists