He also covered the war in Vietnam, served as White House correspondent and shepherded the award-winning news program 'Viewpoint.'
He began his broadcasting career at ABC News in Washington in 1962 as a writer for the radio show, then was a correspondent from 1965-68. On special assignment in 1968 and 1970, he covered some of the heaviest fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Watson returned to Washington in 1985 for his second tour as bureau chief. He retired in 1993 but spent the next eight years supplying commentary and analysis for radio and the late night showSurvivors include his wife, Ellen.
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