Legendary Reporter Malcolm Poindexter Dead at 84
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He was a familiar face on local television for decades and on Tuesday came word that former CBS-3 reporter Malcolm Poindexter passed away at age 84.
Here's a man who spent more than 50 years in the broadcasting and journalism business, starting out in places like Jet and Ebony magazine. He was a writer for the Philadelphia Tribune and a reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin.
When we at KYW Newsradio started our all news format back in 1965, Malcolm Poindexter was one of the first reporters that came here. A couple of years later, he jumped over to channel 3 and he was working there until 2001 when he eventually retired. An boy did get a career there. He was breaking stories left and right and won more than 300 community and journalism awards during his long and illustrious career.
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