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05/12/2002 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge dies
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Barbara Walters on working with Roone Arledge
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Sam Donaldson discusses Roone Arledge - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
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Geraldo Rivera discusses Roone Arledge - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
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Frank Gifford discusses Roone Arledge - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
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. Arledge died in 2002 in New York City, New York, at the age of 71, following a battle with prostate cancer. He was buried in Southampton Cemetery.
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