Robert Boyd was born on 11 January 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Ann Cullingworth and Gloria L. Paulsen. He died on 20 September 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Co-winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize with Clark Hoyt for the reporting on Senator Thomas F. Eagleton who then withdrew as the Democrat vice presidential running mate of George S. McGovern.