1. Lawrence Edmund Spivak was an American publisher and journalist who was best known as the co-founder, producer and host of the prestigious public affairs program Meet the Press.
16 Facts About Lawrence Spivak
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Lawrence E Spivak was born June 11,1900, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Lawrence Spivak married psychologist Charlotte Beir Ring in 1924, and together they had two children.
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From 1930 to 1933 Lawrence Spivak worked for Hunting and Fishing and National Sportsman magazines, as circulation director and assistant to the publisher.
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Lawrence Spivak served as its editor from 1944 to 1950 when he sold it.
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Lawrence Spivak published inexpensive digest-sized paperback editions, often abridged, of works by authors including Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett, Ellery Queen, Georges Simenon, Rex Stout and Cornell Woolrich.
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Lawrence Spivak sold Meet the Press to NBC in 1955 but remained as moderator, producer and panelist.
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Lawrence Spivak retired November 9,1975, after a special one-hour broadcast that featured President Gerald R Ford and marked the 28th anniversary of Meet the Press on television.
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Lawrence Spivak continued to be a consultant to NBC until 1989, and made his last Meet the Press appearance in 1983.
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Lawrence Spivak was distinguished by his rather dapper appearance, his wardrobe usually including a bowtie and heavy-rimmed glasses.
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Lawrence Spivak first appeared as the one permanent member of the program's panel of reporters, asking the first round of questions.
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From 1985 to 1994, Lawrence Spivak co-produced PBS television programs for the Southern Center for International Studies.
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Lawrence Spivak's office was at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, DC, which was his home.
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Lawrence Spivak died of congestive heart failure at Washington's Sibley Memorial Hospital on March 9,1994, at the age of 93.
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Lawrence Spivak was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1968.
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Lawrence Spivak was portrayed by Colin Stinton in the Netflix series The Crown, in the episode "Bubbikins".