Earl Cameron, a trusted name in CBC News for over 30 years, died on Jan. 14, 2005. Cameron began his CBC career on radio during the Second World War and moved to television in 1959. Cameron's calm delivery of the news gained the trust of Canadians and his colleagues. Knowlton Nash, one of Cameron's successors, once said: "If Earl said it, you knew it was true." In this famous clip from CBC Radio, Cameron announces the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.

Cameron, who was born in Moose Jaw in 1915, read the nightly 11 p.m. news on CBC Television until 1966, when he was replaced by Stanley Burke. One source said Cameron was perceived as "too dispassionate for the '60s." Cameron went on to host Viewpoint, a short commentary program that ran after the news. Cameron retired in 1976.

See more clips featuring Earl Cameron.

• The opening words of Cameron's D-Day broadcast have become legend. "The dagger pointed at the heart of Berlin has been driven into the side of Nazi Europe," he read.
• Cameron started off as a teacher in his hometown of Moose Jaw, Sask. but then took a summer job at a local radio station. After being promoted to chief announcer he made the jump to the CBC.

• Cameron was never a journalist or a reporter; he simply read the news. As the 1960s progressed the CBC began to demand that its news anchors also have reporting experience.
• CBC management also began to frown upon Cameron's sideline reading advertising voiceovers. It was then a common practice among newsreaders.
• Cameron appeared in a toothpaste commercial ("Look, Mom! No cavities!") after leaving the anchor job.

• Earl Cameron's name served as the inspiration for comedian Eugene Levy's newsman parody "Earl Camembert" on the SCTV comedy series. Teamed with the more experienced "Floyd Robertson" (played by Joe Flaherty), Camembert was grudgingly relegated to reporting on irrelevant stories and fluff pieces.

Medium: Radio
Program: CBC War Recordings
Broadcast Date: June 6, 1944
Announcer: Earl Cameron
Duration: 14:47