The Odd Couple
1970
- American sports and news broadcasting pioneer
About
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still...
- July 8, 1931, Queens, New York, United States
- December 5, 2002, New York City, New York, United States
- Complications from prostate cancer
- Gigi Shaw(m 1994 - 2002), Ann Fowler(m 1975 - 1985), Joan Heise(m 1953 - 1971)
- Susan Lee Arledge, Roone Pinckney Arledge II, Patricia Lu Arledge, Elizabeth Ann Arledge
- Gertrude Agnes Stritmater, Roone Pinckney Arledge, Sr.
- Columbia University, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Wellington C. Mepham High School
Profiles
