Pye Chamberlayne, 68; UPI reporter covered White House, politics
Pye Chamberlayne, 68, a longtime radio correspondent best known for his work with United Press International from 1962 to 1966 and then from 1969 until his retirement in 1999, died Oct. 21 of a heart attack brought on by coronary artery disease at his home in Calmes Neck, Va.
Broadcasting once an hour to millions of radio listeners, Chamberlayne covered the White House during his first stint with UPI and then covered Congress and national politics. He reported on every presidential election from 1964 through 1992 and was at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland the evening of Nov. 22, 1963, when the body of President Kennedy arrived from Dallas.
Edward Pye Chamberlayne Jr. -- Pye is a Welsh family name -- was born in Fredericksburg, Va., and received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Virginia in 1960.
After graduation, he moved to Paris, where his father had once been the International Herald Tribune’s bureau chief. He worked for Agence France-Presse and then for the Associated Press in Milwaukee before moving to Alexandria, Va., and covering the White House for UPI.
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