The Odd Couple
1970
Search results
Nov 16, 2009 · On December 5, 2002, the legendary television producer and executive Roone Arledge dies in New York City, at the age of 71. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, Arledge won his first producing job...
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, the TV sports visionary who made "Monday Night Football" a national viewing habit, and turned the earnest but ancient Olympic Games into a worldwide television spectacular, died...
Hall Of Fame Bio. 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.”. Throughout his historic career, Arledge won 36 Emmy Awards and brought many innovations to the world of ...
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.
