Arthur Godfrey Reports from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Funeral—April 14, 1945 by The WallBreakers published on 2018-08-18T21:36:18Z President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945. Two days later at his funeral, roaming CBS announcer Arthur Godfrey was added to the CBS news team for the special coverage. Choking back tears, he described what he saw on air. Godfrey will be featured in the upcoming Breaking Walls Episode 83: Sarnoff & Paley: Tainted Friendships, Tall Tales, Talent Raids, and TV (1934 - 1952) Genre Storytelling
