Award-winning CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60 after cancer battle

Drew Griffin, a longtime CNN investigative reporter whose coverage included the Trump University scandal, has died after a cancer battle, the network announced Monday.

Griffin, who was 60, died Saturday, his family said.

The journalist joined CNN in 2004 and won a Peabody Award and four Emmys with the network. The Peabody came in 2015 for Griffin’s reporting on medical-care delays at U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals.

He received his most recent Emmy in 2017 for his coverage of Trump University, a non-accredited real-estate training company founded by Donald Trump, who settled multiple lawsuits following allegations of fraudulence to secure students.

“Fearless and artful at the same time, [Griffin] knew how to push a story forward to its limits, but also tell it in a way that would make everyone understand,” said Michael Bass, an executive vice president at CNN.

“How many times has he chased an unwilling interviewee? How many times has he spoken truth to power? How many times has he made a difference on something important … It was an honor to be his colleague and to be witness to his work and the ways it changed the world.”

Before CNN, Griffin helped launch the investigative team at Los Angeles’ CBS 2 News, where he worked for a decade. He and wife Margot had three kids together.