Leroy Sievers
TV Producer
1955 – 2008
Who was Leroy Sievers?
Leroy Sievers was a journalist who won 12 national news Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. He was a commentator for National Public Radio, served as a bureau chief for CBS news, served as an executive producer for the ABC program Nightline, and covered a variety of global conflicts as a war correspondent. Sievers was also was part of the Discovery Channel program entitled Living with Cancer, hosted by his friend Ted Koppel. This show was taped at the Discovery Channel Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 6, 2007, and featured other cancer survivors, including Elizabeth Edwards and Lance Armstrong.
Born in San Marino, California, Sievers attended Princeton University but transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he finished his undergraduate degree.
He was married to Laurie Singer, a producer at NBC News.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1955
San Marino - Also known as
- Leroy Edward Sievers
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Princeton University
- Died
- Aug 15, 2008
Maryland
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on July 23, 2013
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