Acting

David Brinkley

David Brinkley er mest kendt for Whose Vote Counts, Explained, The Seventies, The Sixties og NBC Nightly News. David Brinkley er født 10. juli 1920. David Brinkley døde 11. juni 2003, 82 år gammel.

Født: 10. juli 1920
Fødested: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Død: 11. juni 2003 (82 år)

Biografi

David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.

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.