William L. Shirer Net Worth

William L. Shirer net worth is
$6 Million

William L. Shirer Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian, who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team of journalists, and he became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II (1940). With Murrow, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, a format still followed by news broadcasts.Shirer wrote more than a dozen books beside The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, including Berlin Diary (published in 1941); The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969), which drew on his experience living and working in France from 1925 to 1933; and a three-volume autobiography, Twentieth Century Journey (1976 to 1990). His brother was an analyst for the Securities and Exchange Commission and his niece, Jean Ingold, was an employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Net Worth	$6 Million
Date Of Birth	February 23, 1904
Died	1993-12-28
Place Of Birth	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession	Writer
Nicknames	William Shirer, Shirer, William
Star Sign	Pisces

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1	Following college graduation, he paid for passage to Europe by working on a cattle boat.
2	Was one of the first reporters to greet Charles Lindbergh when he landed in France following his solo flight across the Atlantic.
3	Following the Blitzkrieg, Shirer was approached by one of his contacts in the Wehrmacht, a German general. The officer wanted to meet with his lover, a French woman, but she refused to see him as long as he was wearing the uniform of the German conquerors. The general asked Shirer to temporarily trade clothes with him, and Shirer did so.
4	Took a year off work in 1933, living with his wife, Tess, in a Catalan fishing village on the Spanish coast.
5	Lost all sight in his right eye due to a 1931 skiing accident.
6	After the war, he was given unprecedented access to captured German documents, documents that he used to write the first comprehensive history of the Adolf Hitler years, "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.".
7	Was CBS' pointman inside Nazi Germany during the period leading up to World War Two, and reported on a number of pivotal events within Europe, including a broadcast from the Compeigne Forest of the French surrender in June, 1940.
8	Graduate of Coe College; Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1925

Writer

Title	Year	Status
The Nightmare Years	1989	TV Mini-Series nonfiction book - 4 episodes
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich	1968	TV Movie documentary book
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years	1960	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Road to War	1989	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself - CBS Correspondant, Poland 1939
Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin	1972	TV Movie	Himself
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich	1968	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Magic Face	1951	Himself
Hitler Youth	1945	Video documentary short	Himself