Roone Arledge

Roone Arledge

American sports and news broadcasting pioneer
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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. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline and 20/20. John Heard portrayed him in the 2002 TNT movie Monday Night Mayhem.

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Roone Arledge was born on Wednesday, 8 July 1931 in Queens, New York City, New York. His full name at birth was Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr.. He was best known as a business professional. Arledge's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Thursday, 5 December 2002 in New York City, New York at the age of 71. He is buried at Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary R.C. Cemetery Southampton, New York, U.S.. Roone attended high school at Wellington C. Mepham High School. His zodiac star sign was Cancer.

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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr.
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broadcasting executive who was president of ABC
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Date of birth
8 July 1931
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Queens, New York City, New York
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Date of death
5 December 2002
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71 (age at death)
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New York City, New York
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Cause of death
Prostate cancer
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Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary R.C. Cemetery Southampton, New York, U.S.
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Producer, Writer, sports and news broadcasting
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Wellington C. Mepham High School
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People essentially like local news better than network news.

Roone Arledge is known for his role in the TV series 30 for 30 (2009) as Self - ABC Sports Programming Director.

He is also known for his role in the TV series The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (1999) as Self.

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