Editing Edward R. Murrow (section)

==Death==
A [[chain smoker]] throughout his life, Murrow was almost never seen without his trademark [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] cigarette. It was reported that he smoked between sixty and sixty-five cigarettes a day, equivalent to roughly three packs.<ref>{{cite book|title=The broadcast century and beyond|author=Robert L. Hilliard, Michael C. Keith|publisher=Elsevier|year=2005|isbn= 978-0-240-80570-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9YMV4BwRwTwC&pg=PA137|page=137|quote=And all the while, as he fought for social justice and understanding, he inhaled the Camel cigarettes that would kill him'}}</ref> ''[[See It Now]]'' was the first television program to have a report about the [[Health effects of tobacco#Cancer|connection between smoking and cancer]]. During the show, Murrow said, "I doubt I could spend a half hour without a cigarette with any comfort or ease." He developed lung cancer and lived for two years after an operation to remove his left lung.

Murrow died at his home in [[Pawling (town), New York|Pawling]], New York, on April 27, 1965, two days after his 57th birthday.<ref name="WVobit">Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', April 28, 1965, p. 60.</ref> His colleague and friend [[Eric Sevareid]] said of him, "He was a shooting star; and we will live in his afterglow a very long time." CBS carried a memorial program, which included a rare on-camera appearance by [[William S. Paley]], founder of CBS.