Television Journalist and Kentucky author. He is best known for his work as a correspondent with CBS News from 1966 to 1985. Raised in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he attended North Middletown High School and enrolled at the University of Kentucky; his studies there were interrupted by service in the US Navy during the Korean War. Married Rose Ann Casale of Centerville, Iowa, and upon returning home, he resumed his education at the University of Kentucky and attained bachelor's and later master's degrees in English Literature. From 1959 to 1966, Dick worked at WHAS Radio and Television in Louisville, where he served as a writer before advancing to on-air journalist. In 1966, he joined CBS News, anchored by Walter Cronkite, and was assigned to Washington, DC, and Atlanta. His divorce from Rose occurred after the move to Atlanta. He married Eulalie C. ('Lalie) Cumbo on March 13, 1978, and the couple moved to Caracas, where Dick was Bureau Chief of the Latin America Bureau and covered the mass suicides in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978. When CBS determined that continued operations from an office in South America were not feasible, the couple moved to Dallas, where Dick continued with CBS's Southwest Bureau, which included the areas of Mexico, Central, and South America. Among the memorable events he covered was the attempted assassination of George Wallace during his bid for president in 1972 (for which Dick earned an Emmy Award). After leaving CBS in 1985, he returned to the University of Kentucky and served as Associate Professor of Journalism, then Director of the School of Journalism. Dick authored 14 books, among them "The View from Plum Lick," "Peace at the Center," "The Quiet Kentuckians," "Jesse Stuart: The Heritage," "A Conversation with Peter P. Pence," "A Journal for Lalie: Living through Prostate Cancer," The Scourges of Heaven," "Let There be Light," "Outhouse Blues," and "Follow the Storm," which recounted events during his career as South American Bureau Chief. He also co-authored three books with his wife, Eulalie ('Lalie) Cumbo Dick: "Home Sweet Kentucky," "Rivers of Kentucky," and "Kentucky: A State of Mind."
David Barrow Dick, diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992, produced all his books during the 18 years he fought his battle with cancer. He succumbed to the disease in 2010.
Spouse: Rose Ann Cassale - Children: Samuel Stephens Dick II, Deborah Ann Dick Farr, Catherine Dick O'Shields, and Nell Brittan Dick Blankenship.
Spouse: Eulalie C. ('Lalie) Cumbo - Daughter Ravy Bradford Dick Luschek.