Drew Griffin Dies: CNN Investigative Correspondent Was 60
deadline.comDrew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family told the network.
He was 60. “Drew’s death is a devastating loss to CNN and our entire profession,” CNN CEO Chris Licht said in a note to staff. “A highly acclaimed investigative journalist, Drew’s work had incredible impact and embodied the mission of this organization in every way.” According to CNN, Griffin worked on hundreds of stories and multiple documentaries over the course of nearly two decades on the network’s CNN’s investigative team.
His reporting had been honored with such awards as Emmys, Peabodys, and Murrows. Griffin had kept his illness private from most of his co-workers and had been reporting up until the day he passed, the network reports.
Michael Bass, CNN’s Executive Vice President of Programming, said in a note to the investigative team, “Fearless and artful at the same time, he knew how to push a story forward to its limits, but also tell it in a way that would make everyone understand.
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