Hal Bruno served as the moderator of the 1992 vice presidential debate between Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and James Stockdale.
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22 Facts About Hal Bruno
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Hal Bruno worked for the Champaign News Gazette during weekends while in college.
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Hal Bruno married his wife, Margaret "Meg" Christian Bruno, on November 12,1959.
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Hal Bruno launched his professional career as a reporter for Chicago area newspapers and news agencies.
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Hal Bruno temporarily left his profession in order to serve in the Korean War.
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Hal Bruno worked as a South Asian correspondent for the International News Service while in India.
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Hal Bruno covered some of the biggest news stories of the 1950s, including the 1956 Suez Crisis, the Our Lady of the Angels School fire in 1958, and the Cuban revolution in 1959.
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Hal Bruno worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, news editor and chief political correspondent for Newsweek for 18 years.
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Hal Bruno rose to become Newsweek's Chicago bureau chief and later the magazine's political editor in Washington DC.
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Hal Bruno oversaw ABC News' election and political coverage during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Hal Bruno received public attention as the moderator of the 1992 vice presidential debate in Atlanta on October 13,1992.
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Hal Bruno retired from ABC in 1999 to become the chairman of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
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Hal Bruno served as the chairman of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation from 1999 to 2008 and remained Chairman Emeritus after retiring from the post.
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Hal Bruno combined his background in journalism and firefighting as a monthly columnist for Firehouse Magazine.
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Hal Bruno called in coverage of the attack on the Pentagon on September 11,2001.
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Hal Bruno was one of the first rescue workers to respond to the Pentagon attack and remained on site for hours.
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Hal Bruno died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, November 8,2011, of heart arrhythmia caused by a fall at the age of 83.
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Hal Bruno was survived by his wife of nearly 56 years, Margaret; two sons, Harold R Bruno III and Daniel Bruno; his sister, Barbara; and four grandchildren.
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