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A native of Beggs in Okmulgee County in east central [[Oklahoma]], Owen as a teenager was stricken with [[polio]].<ref name=stimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120617/NEWS01/120617006/Don-Owen-news-veteran-former-PSC-member-dies|title=John Andrew Prime, "Don Owen, news veteran, former PSC member, dies", June 17, 2012|publisher=''Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>His viewing public was largely unaware that Owen was crippled and wore a leg brace.
A native of Beggs in Okmulgee County in east central [[Oklahoma]], Owen as a teenager was stricken with [[polio]].<ref name=stimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120617/NEWS01/120617006/Don-Owen-news-veteran-former-PSC-member-dies|title=John Andrew Prime, "Don Owen, news veteran, former PSC member, dies", June 17, 2012|publisher=''Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>His viewing public was largely unaware that Owen was crippled and wore a leg brace.
A Shreveport columnist once called him "the [[Walter Cronkite]] of the Shreveport media market, referring to the CBS national anchorman from 1962 until 1981.<ref name=cook>{{cite web|url=http://arklatexhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=252852|title=Nancy Cook, "Shreveport pioneer newsman dies"|publisher=arklatexhomepage.com|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>
A Shreveport columnist once called him "the [[Walter Cronkite]] of the Shreveport media market, referring to the CBS national anchorman from 1962 until 1981, who at the time had a national reputation for objectivity.<ref name=cook>{{cite web|url=http://arklatexhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=252852|title=Nancy Cook, "Shreveport pioneer newsman dies"|publisher=arklatexhomepage.com|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>[[Conservative]]s later found Cronkite biased toward the political left.
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