Ferrante was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Anna Castellucci and Pasquale Ferrante, a bank teller.^[1]^[4] He was raised in Arlington, Massachusetts and attended pharmacy school.^[1] Ferrante attended Boston University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1957.^[1]^[2] He worked for the television station WNAC, where he described the aftermath of the John F. Kennedy assassination.^[1]

Ferrante served as the news director for stations in numerous cities.^[1] He moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he had worked at the WGBH-TV.^[1]^[5] Ferrante got WGBH-TV an Emmy Award, in which it was described as best news station.^[1] After that, he was hired by the CBS News to serve as the executive producer for the CBS Overnight News.^[1] He also produced for the CBS Morning News and had worked for the public radio news magazine The World.^[1]

Ferrante served as a member of the Democratic National Committee.^[1] He was then hired by NPR to work for the Morning Edition.^[1] Ferrante died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 15, 2022, at the age of 87.^[1]^[2]

Robert Ferrante
Born	Robert Edward Ferrante^[1] (1934-10-06)October 6, 1934 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 15, 2022(2022-09-15) (aged 87) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Boston University
Occupation	News producer
Children	1^[1]

Biography

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