Bob Fuss, Longtime CBS Radio News Capitol Hill Correspondent, Dies At 64

Fuss (Photo: CBS)

BOB FUSS, the longtime radio newsman best known for his tenure as CAPITOL HILL correspondent for CBS RADIO NEWS from 1998 through his 2014 retirement, has passed away of a rare form of leukemia at his FALLS CHURCH, VA home on SUNDAY (5/27) at 64.

After beginning his career on STANFORD UNIVERSITY's KZSU/STANFORD, CA, FUSS worked for UPI in NEW YORK, DALLAS, and, as Bureau Chief, in LOS ANGELES in 1974-1991 until moving to MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM and NBC RADIO as CAPITOL HILL correspondent, then joined CBS for the same duties in 1998.  FUSS, who was honored by the RADIO-TV CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, also wrote an autobiography, "Kidnapped by Nuns and Other Stories of a Life on the Radio," after his retirement.

Contributions in FUSS' memory may be sent to ABILITY FIRST, EASTER SEALS, and THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY.

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