Richard Threlkeld(1937-2012)

Richard Threlkeld was born on 30 November 1937 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for FDR (1982), CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1941) and ABC Close-Up! (1960). He was married to Betsy Aaron and Sharon Anne Adams. He died on 13 January 2012 in Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA.

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Born
- November 30, 1937
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Died
- January 13, 2012
- Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA(automobile accident)
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Other works
Author of non-fiction book, "Dispatches From the Former Evil Empire."
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- 2 Articles

Trivia
On April 29, 1975 while covering the Vietnam War, he was on one of the last helicopters to depart the United States embassy in Saigon as the city fell to the Communists.

Quotes
I don't like to horse trade. I'm not a horse. After I decided ABC was the best place for me to go it would have been wrong to make a verbal agreement and take it back to CBS to see what they could do. [They] are the Rolls-Royce of TV news - traditional, utterly dependable and very predictable, while ABC is like a Ferrari - real fast, not always predictable, but a lot of fun. At this stage of my life [age 43] I'm in a Ferrari mood.

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