Phil Jones Dies: Longtime CBS News Correspondent Who Reported On Vietnam, Watergate, Politics Was 87 – Deadline

                By <a href="https://deadline.com/author/ted-johnson/"><span>Ted Johnson</span></a>                <br>Political Editor<br>    <a  href="https://deadline.com/tag/phil-jones/"  id="auto-tag_phil-jones"  data-tag="phil-jones"  >Phil Jones</a>, who as a <a  href="https://deadline.com/tag/cbs-news/"  id="auto-tag_cbs-news"  data-tag="cbs-news"  >CBS News</a> correspondent covered some of Washington&#8217;s most momentous political battles including Watergate and President Bill Clinton&#8217;s impeachment, has died. He was 87.<br>  The network said that Jones died over the weekend in Florida. Watch a CBS News tribute reel below.<br>  Jones began his career at an Indiana TV station before leaving to work at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis for seven years. He was one of the first local reporters to go to Vietnam, in 1965, and he later returned, according to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.<br>   He joined CBS News in 1969. He was recognized with an Emmy for his work covering Vietnam and, according to the network, was among the correspondents known as &#8220;Cronkite&#8217;s kids,&#8221; the team of reporters who were proteges to then-anchor Walter Cronkite.      <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="1">                <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article1-uid0"         class="adw-1 adh-1" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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