Veteran journalist and CBS News correspondent Bill Plante served the network from 1964 until his death on September 28, 2022.
Illinois’s Chicago is where Plante was born and nurtured. He earned a humanities bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in 1959. Later, from 1963 to 1964, he pursued his studies at Columbia University.
Bill Plante wife: Who is Robin Smith?
Bill Plante’s second wife is Robin Smith; the two were married in 1987 and have been living together ever since.
Two sons, Dan Plante and Michael Plante were born to Robin Smith and her spouse Bill Plante.
In Washington, Robin Lynn Smith worked as a producer for NBC News.
Robin is the daughter of the late Col. Robert N. Smith, a Marine Corps pilot, and Mrs Marion E. Wood of Athens, Ohio.
After completing her undergraduate studies at Ohio University, Robin Lynn Smith earned a master’s degree in publications from Boston University.
In Athens, Lynn’s mother worked as a real estate broker.