David Brinkley
David Brinkley (born July 10, 1920 in Wilmington , North Carolina , † June 11, 2003 in Houston , Texas ) was an American journalist , television presenter and author .
Life
In Wilmington he attended New Hanover High School. and studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Emory University, and Vanderbilt University . He then served in the US military from 1941 to 1943. In 1943 he got a job with NBC News as a television presenter. From 1952 he worked in Washington, DC for the nightly news program of NBC . From October 1956 to July 1970 he hosted the successful television program Huntley-Brinkley Report together with Chet Huntley ; this program replaced the television program Camel News Caravan , which was hosted by John Cameron Swayze . In addition to the Huntley-Brinkley Report, Brinkley hosted the television program , David Brinkley's Journal , from 1961 to 1963 , for which this program received the Peabody Award and two Emmy Awards . When his colleague Huntley stopped as a presenter at NBC in 1970, he moderated the evening news program NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and Frank McGee in the following years until 1979 . After brief unsuccessful news broadcasts on NBC from 1979 to 1981, Brinkley left NBC unhappy. Brinkley switched to the US television station ABC , where he hosted the program This Week with David Brinkley every Sunday morning . He moderated this successful show until November 1996.
Brinkley married Ann Fischer in 1946 and had three children with her. After his divorce, he married Susan Melanie Benfer in 1972.
Prizes and awards
- Peabody Award
- Emmy Awards
- Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Award , 1958
- Presidential Medal of Freedom , 1992
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brinkley, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilmington , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 2003 |
| Place of death | Houston , Texas |