Bull Run Russell, who earned that nickname for stirring reporting about newly embattled America, also memorably describes becoming ill and being told by an American doctor to drink a mint julep every two hours.
His stirring reports on everything from the Kennedy assassination to the Apollo space programme and the Vietnam war often had as much impact as the events themselves.
He took over the CBS anchor chair on April 16, 1962, and his stirring reports on issues from the space program to the Vietnam War often had as much impact as the events themselves.
The exposure brought an added level of scrutiny to the congressman, as well, stirring up reports of an ongoing child support battle in which his ex-wife accuses him of owing her more than $117,000.
In 1967, film artist Bruce Conner incorporated the Zapruder film in his influential Report, a stirring montage of news footage and voiceovers from the day of the assassination.
"All of the trends are in the wrong direction, and prospects of resolution are diminishing," said the report, titled "Stirring Up the South China Sea: Regional Responses".
Already, though, the report was stirring new divisions in a state that has, for months, been locked in a battle between Democrats and Republicans, and between union supporters and those who view cuts to collective bargaining as the only way to spare the state budget.
Taking note of his way of setting up scenes, his oddly angled story lines and realistic dialogue, Tom Wolfe credited Talese with stirring a revolution in reporting that Wolfe christened the "new journalism".
But the abduction reports are stirring ire.
A typical nightmare: it's the night before Christmas, and not a creature's stirring except the student reporting water coming through his lounge ceiling.
