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[/fusion_text][/one_third][two_third last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Bert Shipp, legendary WFAA- TV newsman Shipp, 85, passed away Monday night of natural causes in hospice care at his Dallas home. Services are pending.
Bert was a longtime member and former president of the Press Club of Dallas He was an integral part of the WFAA-TV newsroom,a pioneer who helped shape the medium as it evolved.
During his 40-year career in local television news, Shipp worked in nearly every facet of the profession, from filming automobile accidents and structure fires to covering the assassination of President Kennedy.
A hard-driving free spirit, he once talked his way into an exclusive interview with the Beatles in their dressing room.
Bert helped H. Martin “Marty” Haag Jr. build Channel 8 into national prominence. “Television news was second nature to him”, said his son Brett Shipp, a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) investigative reporter.
During his career he had received numerous professional honors ; including a Press Club of Dallas Legends award. In 2013 the Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducted Shipp into its Silver Circle for lifetime achievement.
Adapted from April 21, 2015 article ,DMN, staff writer, Joe Simnacher
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I watched Burt Shipp and Bob gooding on TV when I was a small child.and chip moody.may they R.I.p. with our Lord.and all three of them will be highly missed thank you wfaa.for allowing great men like them too broadcast the news to us