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Dec 9, 2002 · Former ABC News president Roone Arledge, one of the most influential and innovative executives in television history, died Thursday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He...
Dec 6, 2002 · The Columbia College graduate and University Trustee was a legend of broadcasting—a pioneer whose impact on the television news and sports industry was arguably greater than any single individual—but we remember him now as a friend. To speak to Roone was to feel welcomed into a mind and a character you didn’t want to leave.
Dec 5, 2002 · DIED: December 5, 2002 • New York, New York. American television producer. As the president of ABC Sports and later ABC News, Roone Arledge helped turn the smallest of the three major television networks (NBC and CBS are the other two) into a respected leader.
