16 Facts About Garrick Utley

Clifton Garrick Utley was an American television journalist.

Garrick Utley established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war on-site.

Garrick Utley graduated from Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in Westtown, Pennsylvania, in 1957 and from Carleton College in 1961.

Besides covering the Vietnam War, Garrick Utley reported from many other areas including stints as bureau chief in London and Paris.

Garrick Utley reported on events within the US as well.

Garrick Utley filled in for Bryant Gumbel as host of Today.

Garrick Utley was news anchor for Sunday Today from 1987 to 1988 and frequently substituted for Boyd Matson and then co-anchored the program from 1988 to 1992.

Garrick Utley served again as main weekend anchor from 1987 to 1993 of NBC Nightly News.

One noteworthy Nightly News broadcast Utley appeared on aired on January 22,1973, the day the US Supreme Court handed down its Roe v Wade decision.

Garrick Utley worked for NBC News for 30 years before moving to ABC as chief foreign correspondent in 1993.

Garrick Utley later moved to CNN in 1997, where he worked until 2002.

Garrick Utley co-anchored CNN's coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001, during the early morning hours of September 12,2001.

Garrick Utley co-hosted America Abroad on public radio, a program which examines the United States' role and relationships in the world, and hosted Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on public television.

Garrick Utley authored You Should Have Been Here Yesterday, a narrative of the growth of television news in the United States.

Garrick Utley died on February 20,2014, at the age of 74, from prostate cancer.

Garrick Utley was survived by his wife, Gertje Utley ; his brothers, David and Jonathan; and his sister-in-law, Carol Marin, a long-time reporter at NBC station WMAQ.