Roone Arledge
Sports TV Producer
Born on: July 8, 1931Died on: December 5, 2002
Aged: 71 years 150 days (856 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Cancer
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. 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.
He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20.
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