Roone Arledge

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Gender	Male
Death	22 years ago
Date of birth	July 8,1931
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Born	Queens
	New York
	United States
Date of died	December 5,2002
Died	New York
	New York
	United States
Spouse	Gigi Shaw
	Ann Fowler
	Joan Heise
Children	Susan Lee Arledge
	Patricia Lu Arledge
	Elizabeth Ann Arledge
	Roone Pinckney Arledge II
Books	Roone: A Memoir
Job	Film Producer
	Screenwriter
	Television producer
Education	Columbia College
	Columbia University
Awards	International Emmy Founders Award
	TCA Lifetime Achievement Award
	Sports Lifetime Achievement Award
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Sports Programming
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special
	People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Special
	Peabody Award
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series
Hall of fame induct	Television Hall of Fame
Tv program creat	ABC World News Tonight, Monday Night Football
Parents	Gertrude Agnes Stritmater
	Roone Pinckney Arledge, Sr.
Place of burial	Southampton Cemetery
Rest place	Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary
	Southampton
	New York
Date of Reg.	2019-02-15 07:35:07
Date of Upd.	2023-11-13 00:22:14
ID	419804

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Roone Arledge Life story

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.