1. David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
14 Facts About David Brinkley
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David Brinkley wrote three books, including the 1988 bestseller Washington Goes to War, about how World War II transformed the nation's capital.
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David Brinkley's books were largely based on his own observations as a young reporter in the city.
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David Brinkley began writing for a local newspaper, the Wilmington Morning Star, while still attending New Hanover High School.
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David Brinkley attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University, and Vanderbilt University, before entering service in the US Army in 1940.
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In 1952, David Brinkley began providing Washington reporting on NBC Television's evening news program, the Camel News Caravan, hosted by John Cameron Swayze.
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On November 22,1963, Brinkley helped cover the Assassination of President John F Kennedy for NBC News from Washington.
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David Brinkley was shot by a sniper hiding in a building near his parade route.
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When Huntley retired from the anchor chair in 1970, the evening news program was renamed NBC Nightly News, and David Brinkley co-anchored the broadcast with John Chancellor and Frank McGee.
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An unhappy David Brinkley left NBC in 1981; NBC Magazine was his last show for that network.
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David Brinkley would offer Clinton an apology during a one-on-one interview a week later.
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David Brinkley married the former Flora Ann Fischer in 1946 and had three sons; they divorced in 1972.
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David Brinkley died at his home in Houston on June 11,2003, from complications of a fall suffered at his vacation home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, according to his son, John David Brinkley.
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David Brinkley's body is interred at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina.