The Odd Couple
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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.
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, the television industry executive and producer whose creativity, leadership and technical innovations revolutionized the presentation of both news and sports, died yesterday in...
Dec 5, 2002 · Roone Arledge, the television industry executive and producer whose creativity, leadership and technical innovations revolutionized the presentation of both news and sports on television, died...
Life magazine named him one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century, but in the sports world, Arledge is in the top 10. Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. crafted the modern link between sports and entertainment, transforming ABC Sports from a financial disaster to the world’s go-to destination for athletics entertainment.
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, chairman and longtime president of ABC News, died at the age of 71 in New York City Thursday of complications from cancer. Full Episode Sunday, Apr 28
Dec 9, 2002 · A former president of ABC Sports and News, Arledge died last week from cancer. Arledge built ABC's Wide World of Sports into a powerhouse, and ushered in the era of prime- time sports with...
Roone Arledge was an American sports and news broadcasting executive at ABC who created Emmy Award-winning productions, including “Monday Night Football,” “ABC World News Tonight” and “Wide World of Sports.”
