1. Nicholas Joseph Clooney was born on January 13,1934 and is an American journalist, anchorman, and television host.
27 Facts About Nick Clooney
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Nick Clooney is the brother of singers Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney and the father of actor George Clooney.
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Nick Clooney's father was of Irish and German descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry.
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Nick Clooney then moved to California for a try at show business.
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When that did not work out, Nick Clooney moved to Ohio, where he met Nina Warren when she was a contestant in a beauty pageant he was judging; they married in August 1959.
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Clooney had an eight-year stint at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, then went to Ohio to host his own TV show, The Nick Clooney Show, first in Columbus, Ohio, for WLWC television in 1968, then for Cincinnati's WCPO-TV in 1969, and finally with its greatest degree of success for crosstown rival WKRC-TV through the early 1970s.
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The Nick Clooney Show was a local morning show, with a variety and talk-show format.
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Nick Clooney pursued a hard news focus that was quite different from the sensationalism often seen on local television.
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Nick Clooney returned again to WKRC-TV in the late 1980s, but by that time, NBC affiliate WLWT was number one in the late newscast, with former Cincinnati mayor Jerry Springer as its main anchor; Clooney was not able to lead WKRC back to ratings leadership it enjoyed in the past.
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Nick Clooney moved on to Salt Lake City, Utah for several years to anchor and help launch the news operation of the market's Fox station KSTU with its 9 pm newscast.
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Nick Clooney resurfaced nationally in television as a host and researcher for the cable channel American Movie Classics, where he introduced and presented backgrounds of classic movies, along with Bob Dorian.
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Nick Clooney was critical of Sinclair's mandated commentary scripts known as journalistic responsibility promos during the first presidency of Donald Trump, stating that he would have "quit and become a cab driver" if station management had forced him into reading it on the air.
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Nick Clooney ran as a Democrat in the 2004 election for a seat in the House of Representatives representing Kentucky's 4th Congressional District.
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Nick Clooney was recruited to run by Ken Lucas, the outgoing Democratic congressman who had held onto the conservative district with his moderate views.
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Nick Clooney's lead began to disappear and he was dealt a blow when both The Kentucky Enquirer and the Community Press newspapers endorsed Davis.
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Nick Clooney went back to writing a column for The Cincinnati Post three times a week, covering a wide range of topics, until the Post's discontinuation at the end of 2007.
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Nick Clooney has done several open forums and speeches at local high schools in Ohio and Kentucky, and has participated in different rallies for Darfur.
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On March 16,2007, following a Darfur rally, Nick Clooney was awarded an honorary Class of 1952 diploma from St Xavier High School, the high school he attended in Cincinnati before moving to California.
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On October 11,2007, Nick Clooney visited Turpin High School in Cincinnati to talk to students about Darfur.
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Nick Clooney served as the host of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards ceremony in both 2007 and 2008.
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In fall 2008, Nick Clooney joined the faculty at American University in Washington, DC as American University School of Communication and Newseum Distinguished Journalist in Residence.
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Nick Clooney's appointment is part of a long-term partnership between the School of Communication and the Newseum, the interactive museum of news in Washington, DC As part of the school-Newseum partnership, Nick Clooney hosted the fifth annual AU School of Communication-Newseum Reel Journalism Film Festival and other events at the Newseum.
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Nick Clooney taught Opinion Writing in fall 2008, and in spring 2009, he taught Films that Changed Us, a new course based on his book, The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen.
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Nick Clooney was the commencement speaker for the University of Cincinnati on June 8,2012, and was awarded an honorary degree the following day.
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In 2014, Nick Clooney appeared in The Monuments Men which was directed by his son, George Clooney, who played one of the leading characters, Stokes.
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Nick Clooney played the older Stokes visiting Bruges, Belgium, years later to see the Madonna, which was one of the many treasures rescued by the Monuments Men.
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In 2021, Nick Clooney joined the Sons of the American Revolution.