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Dec 6, 2002 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Roone Arledge, the television industry executive and producer whose creativity, leadership and technical innovations ...
Dec 5, 2002 · Born July 8, 1931, in New York City, in the Forest Hills section of Queens, Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. grew up in Merrick, on Long Island, in a family consumed by the events of the day, which were ...
Roone Pinckney Arledge II was born in New York on July 8, 1931, and grew up on Long Island, more a serious follower of sports than a star participant. He had no trouble, however, going for the ...
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.
- December 5, 2002 (aged 71), New York City, U.S.
- Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary R.C. Cemetery, Southampton, New York
- Columbia University (BA)
Roone Pinckney Arledge was born July 8, 1931, and reared on Long Island. The Columbia University graduate joined ABC Sports as a producer in 1960 after a five-year stint at NBC.
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Pinckney Arledge was born July 8, 1931, in Forest Hills, N.Y., and raised on Long Island. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from what was then Columbia College in 1952 -- a class that ...
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 Monday ...
