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Oct 17, 2010 · Tipton Stringer, also known as Lewis Tipton Stringer, was a TV pioneer, weather reporter and wife of Chet Huntley. She died in 2010 at 80 and was survived by her brother and four nieces and nephews.
Oct 1, 2010 · Tipton was born 15 Jul 1930, in Evanston, Illinois, to Arthur Campbell and Lewis "Louie" Frances (Sugg) Stringer. She was apparently named for her maternal grandmother, Sarah Lewis Tipton. She was married first to legendary newscaster Chet Huntley. She married second, actor William Conrad on 01 May 1980, at Los Angeles, California.
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Stringer was born in July 1930 in Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur and Louise. Her parents graduated from the University of Chicago, where they met and married. Her father was one among the high board of NBC. Immediately after high school, she joined the University of Maryland, changing her name to Tippy. Tippy was one of the first women in...
David Brinkley, the long-time NBC newscaster, introduced Conrad to Chet Huntley, a friend and colleague of Brinkley’s at NBC. They fell in love and later married in 1959 and lived in New York until they retired. After fifteen years of a romantic relationship, Chet died of lung cancer at 62. This was just three days before Tippy opened their resort....
When television was in its infancy, Ms. Huntley was among the first local TV personalities to become a familiar face in Washington. Mrs. Huntley began her career in broadcasting as a stenographer at WRC, an NBC affiliate in Washington. In 1950 she became a forecast presenter at NBC. With her hair coiffed in a bouffant and wearing pearl, Mrs. Huntle...
Learn about the life and career of Lewis Tipton Stringer Huntley, who was one of the first women in broadcast news and a popular weather reporter in Washington. She was also the wife of Chet Huntley, a prominent news anchor, and later married actor William Conrad.
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Both of Stringer’s parents were graduates of the University of Chicago, and her father was an executive with the National Broadcasting Association. Her full given name, Lewis Tipton Stringer, led to a mix-up in which she was accepted to attend William and Mary College under the mistaken assumption that she was a male.
In 1980, Conrad married Tipton "Tippy" Stringer (1930–2010), a TV pioneer and the widow of NBC newscaster Chet Huntley. She helped manage his career during their 14-year marriage. Hobbies. Conrad was an avid outdoorsman and accomplished fisherman.
Stringer. Conrad. Tippy passed away on October 1, 2010. She resided at 425 North Maple Drive in Beverly Hills, California at the time of her death. Tipton Conrad was born July 15, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, she was the wife of Chet Huntley and William Conrad.
Obituary. Stringer-Huntley-Conrad, Tipton 07-15-1930 - 10-01-2010Tipton "Tippy" Stringer Huntley Conrad, TV Pioneer, Weather Reporter and Wife, dies at 80.One of the first...
