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Edwin Newman (born January 25, 1919) is a journalist and writer. Newman was a longtime correspondent for NBC News. An authoritative and sometimes acerbic voice, Newman was a member of the network news team that announced to the nation the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Newman recalled reporting on the air that the President had been administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic church by two priests at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. Newman is the author of the book Your Public Best published by Newmarket Press . He also wrote Strictly Speaking and A Civil Tongue . He also served as NBC Newsbreak anchor during the summer of 1980 on David Letterman's short-lived morning show, and often participated in the show's non-news segments. For some years prior to that show, Newman anchored five-minute newscasts at various timeslots on NBC's daytime schedule in the 1960s and 1970s; these were later reduced to one-minute brief updates after 1976. Newman appeared in a dream sequence on The Golden Girls in an episode where Rose (Betty White) dreamt she was going to Russia. He also played a TV reporter in the movie The Pelican Brief , based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. He also appeared in the movies Stripes , Spies Like Us , and My Fellow Americans as himself. Newman guest hosted Saturday Night Live in 1984, and anchored the show's Weekend Update segment on three occasions.
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