Roone Arledge
TV Producer
1931 – 2002
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Who was Roone Arledge?
Roone Pinckney Arledge, Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting pioneer 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 airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News, Primetime, Nightline and 20/20.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1931
Queens - Also known as
- Roone Pinckney Arledge, Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gigi Shaw
(1994/05/21 - 2002/12/05) - Ann Fowler
(1975/09/01 - 1985) - Joan Heise
(1953/12/27 - 1971)
- Gigi Shaw
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Wellington C. Mepham High School
- Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Dec 5, 2002
New York City - Resting place
- Southampton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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