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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Kenneth Fletcher "Ken" Booth<br>
| name=Kenneth Fletcher "Ken" Booth
(Louisiana radio and television journalist and White House correspondent)
(Louisiana radio and television journalist and White House correspondent)
| birth_date=July 18, 1943
| birth_date=July 18, 1943
'''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.
'''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.
==Biography==
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 name=knoe>{{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:
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 name=knoe>{{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: