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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 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...
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 Tuesday, Apr 9
Dec 6, 2002 · Dec. 6, 2002 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Roone Arledge, who transformed American television by infusing dramatic story lines, star personalities and vivid graphic presentations into the...
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...
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.”
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.
