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American sports and news broadcasting pioneer
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) 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....
- 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
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