Don Harris

ABOUT DON HARRIS

Journalist for NBC News who was gunned down after leaving the Jim Jones-led cult commune Jonestown in November 1978. He was a four-time Emmy winner and a recipient of the prestigious DuPont/Columbia Award.

He got his start in television news as a weatherman in North Carolina.

During his brief stay in Jonestown, he was slipped a note begging him to help cult members escape from the commune.

His son, Jeffrey, became a reporter at KXLY-TV in Washington.

He and Congressman Leo Ryan were both murdered during the Jonestown tragedy of 1978.