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{{Infobox person
| name=Kenneth Fletcher "Ken" Booth<br>
(Louisiana radio and television journalist and White House correspondent)
| birth_date=July 18, 1943
| birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
Reared in Rayville in Richland Parish<br>
Spent later years in Yuma, [[Arizona]] and [[Bossier City]], Louisiana
| death_place=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana
| death_date=December 6, 2019 (aged 76)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| spouse=Not mentioned in obituary<br>
'''Children''':<br
Kim Booth Thornton<br>
Kay Booth Lanier<br>
Kathy Lee Booth<br>
William Kenneth "Fletcher" Booth<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
W. T. and Hazel Booth
'''Kenneth Fletcher Booth''', known as '''Ken Booth''' (July 18, 1943 – December 6, 2019), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] engaged for a half century in [[radio]] and [[television]] reporting.
A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television in North Louisiana. Noe hired him as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Booth advised journalists to <blockquote>
Be ready to dig. You're going to spend a lot of dull time going through books and papers and chasing this out of the basement of the courthouse and all that kind of business. That's the way you do it. And when you get through it, then you know you got something. Then you can say, 'Gotcha.<ref name=knoe/></blockquote>
Booth was recognized for hard hitting investigations involving government fraud and abuse. Later as a [[White House]] correspondent, he covered overseas summits and state visits of [[U.S. President]]s [[Richard M. Nixon]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ken-fletcher-booth&pid=194662514|title=Ken Booth obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=December 8, 2019|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> He later maintained a personal correspondence with Reagan for a number of years prior to 1994.<ref name=knoe/>
In retirement, Booth relocated to Yuma, [[Arizona]], at the foot of the Gila Mountains while still keeping everyone informed of current events through [[Facebook]] and his storytelling. <ref name=obit/>
Booth died of [[lung cancer]] at the age of seventy-six at his last home in [[Bossier City]], Louisiana. Survivors included four children, Kim Booth Thornton, Kay Booth Lanier, Kathy Lee Booth, and William Kenneth Booth, known as Fletcher Booth, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on December 10, 2009, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe.<ref name=obit/>
==Reference==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:Television]]
| name=Kenneth Fletcher "Ken" Booth<br>
(Louisiana radio and television journalist and White House correspondent)
| birth_date=July 18, 1943
| birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
Reared in Rayville in Richland Parish<br>
Spent later years in Yuma, [[Arizona]] and [[Bossier City]], Louisiana
| death_place=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana
| death_date=December 6, 2019 (aged 76)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| spouse=Not mentioned in obituary<br>
'''Children''':<br
Kim Booth Thornton<br>
Kay Booth Lanier<br>
Kathy Lee Booth<br>
William Kenneth "Fletcher" Booth<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
W. T. and Hazel Booth
'''Kenneth Fletcher Booth''', known as '''Ken Booth''' (July 18, 1943 – December 6, 2019), was a [[Louisiana]] [[journalist]] engaged for a half century in [[radio]] and [[television]] reporting.
A native of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], he was one of two children of William T. and Hazel Booth, the other being his sister, the late Barbara Booth Netherland. He grew up in the [[cotton]] fields and [[cattle]] pastures of Rayville in nearby Richland Parish. He had intended to remain in radio until former Louisiana [[Governor]] James Albert Noe, Sr. (1990-1976), then the owner of KNOE-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in Monroe and the first television in North Louisiana. Noe hired him as news director, a post which he filled for twenty-five years. He toured the studio with then general manager [[Paul Goldman]] while Noe was in the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knoe.com/content/news/KNOE-investigative-reporter-Ken-Booth-565704911.html|title=Longtime KNOE investigative reporter Ken Booth passes away|publisher=KNOE-TV|date=December 6, 2019|author=Tammi Arender|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> Booth advised journalists to <blockquote>
Be ready to dig. You're going to spend a lot of dull time going through books and papers and chasing this out of the basement of the courthouse and all that kind of business. That's the way you do it. And when you get through it, then you know you got something. Then you can say, 'Gotcha.<ref name=knoe/></blockquote>
Booth was recognized for hard hitting investigations involving government fraud and abuse. Later as a [[White House]] correspondent, he covered overseas summits and state visits of [[U.S. President]]s [[Richard M. Nixon]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ken-fletcher-booth&pid=194662514|title=Ken Booth obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=December 8, 2019|accessdate=December 11, 2019}}</ref> He later maintained a personal correspondence with Reagan for a number of years prior to 1994.<ref name=knoe/>
In retirement, Booth relocated to Yuma, [[Arizona]], at the foot of the Gila Mountains while still keeping everyone informed of current events through [[Facebook]] and his storytelling. <ref name=obit/>
Booth died of [[lung cancer]] at the age of seventy-six at his last home in [[Bossier City]], Louisiana. Survivors included four children, Kim Booth Thornton, Kay Booth Lanier, Kathy Lee Booth, and William Kenneth Booth, known as Fletcher Booth, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on December 10, 2009, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe.<ref name=obit/>
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Ken}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Arizona]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Television]]