Thierry Roland
Actor, Film actor
1937 – 2012
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Who was Thierry Roland?
Thierry Roland was a French sports commentator. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74.
Roland was France's leading football commentator for fifty-nine years. He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old. He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty. He commentated on more than 1,000 football matches, including thirteen World Cups and nine European Championships.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1937
Boulogne-Billancourt - Also known as
- Thierry José Roland
- La voix du football
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Françoise Boulain
(2004/09/12 - 2012/06/16)
- Françoise Boulain
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 16, 2012
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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