- David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997
| Born: | 10 July 1920 Comment | | When did David Brinkley die? / Died | 11 June 2003 | | How many years did David Brinkley live? / Lived | 82 years | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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David Brinkley facts
- From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s
- In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News
- Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- He wrote three books, including the critically acclaimed 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital
- This social history was largely based on his own observations as a young reporter in the city
- In 1972 Vice President Spiro Agnew was re-nominated with 1,345 votes, against one vote for television journalist David Brinkley and two abstentions
- The NBC network, for which Brinkley worked, had some "Brinkley for Vice President" buttons made, which the news team wore as a joke
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