Dobyns, who began his broadcasting career in 1957 at WDBJ Roanoke, Va., worked for NBC News in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and was known in the U.S. for working with Linda Ellerbee on the latenight news series NBC News Overnight in 1982 and 1983. He won a Peabody Award in 1975 and retired in 1986. Dobyns was 85.
