David Brinkley biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of David Brinkley

Author Name:

David Brinkley

Born As:

David McClure Brinkley

Other Names:

David McClure Brinkley

Born:

10 Jul 1920

Died:

11 Jun 2003




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Television newscaster                          
Television:

1951-56 Camel News Caravan - correspondent
1956-70 NBC News/The Huntley-Brinkley Report
1961-63 David Brinkley's Journal
1971-76 NBC Nightly News - commentator only
1976-79 NBC Nightly News - co-anchor
1980-81 NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
1981-96 This Week with David Brinkley
1981-98 ABC World News Tonight - commentator

Books:

1996 - Washington Goes to War

David Brinkley: 11 Presidents, 4 Wars, 22 Political Conventions, 1 Moon Landing, 3 Assassinations, 2,000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina.                          
                          
1981-1996 - ABC This Week