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Jul 24, 2008 · Charles Z. Wick, whose friendship with Ronald Reagan led to his appointment as director of the United States Information Agency and gave him influence to recharge the agency with bigger...
Jul 25, 2008 · Inquirer. Charles Z. Wick, 90, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under President Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and the former Soviet Union but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government program, has died.
Charles Z. Wick was the key figure in the revival of America's public diplomacy during the Reagan years. A close friend of the president, from 1981 to 1989 he directed the United States ...
Aug 3, 2008 · Sun 3 Aug 2008 19.01 EDT. Charles Wick, who has died at the age of 90, was the highly effective head of the United States Information Agency (USIA) under President Ronald Reagan, a personal...
He died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home at age 90, according to his son, movie producer Douglas Wick, and a report issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. [4] Notes and references [ edit ]
- Charles Zwick, July 20, 1917, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
- Forest Lawn
- July 20, 2008 (aged 91), Los Angeles, California
Charles Wick recounts his eight-year tenure as Director of the United States Information Agency and discusses his nearly fifty-yearlong friendship with the Reagans. Wick begins with a lengthy biographical introduction which covers his earliest days as a musician to his entrance into the entertainment business. He discusses the origins of his relationship with Ronald Reagan in the late-1950s ...
A former talent agent, Wick turned to producing with popular television series including Frances Langford Presents (1959) and movies such as Snow White And The Three Stooges (1961). But it was as head of the United States Information Agency – established by President Reagan – that he arguably made his greatest impact. - Read Charles Z Wick's Telegraph Obituary
