ATLANTA - Aubrey Morris, a pioneer in Atlanta radio who interviewed every president from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 88.
His nephew Mike Morris says the longtime newsman died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Milton. He suffered from cancer.
Morris spent 13 years as a police reporter for The Atlanta Journal newspaper. He went to work at WSB radio in 1957 and served as the station's first news director. He retired in 1987.
He was the only reporter to accompany Mayor Ivan Allen to Paris after a 1962 plane crash that killed many of Atlanta's cultural and civic leaders.
He is survived by his wife, Tera, and three daughters.
Visitation is set for Thursday at Roswell Funeral Home in Roswell. A funeral is scheduled for Friday at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church in Alpharetta, with burial to follow at Green Lawn Cemetery in Roswell.
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May 5th, 2024
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