Former ABC7 Chicago photographer Charles Marshall dies at 87

Thursday, September 29, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago is remembering the life and legacy of former cameraman Charles Marshall.

Before he was part of our news team, Marshall was a war photographer with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
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After he finished his military service, he came on board as a field photographer at ABC7, Marshall broke barriers by becoming one of the first African Americans to join a camera union.

Marshall retired from television in the early 1980s. He continued working as a medical photographer at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center until the early 1990s.
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Marshall died over the weekend at the age of 87. ABC7's thoughts are with his family during this time.
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