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Zorro

(15,756 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:21 AM Feb 2014

Versatile TV newsman Garrick Utley dies at 74

Source: AP

NBC News says veteran reporter Garrick Utley (UHT'-lee) has died of cancer. He was 74.

Utley began at NBC News in 1963, where for three decades he handled a wide variety of assignments. Early on, he reported from Vietnam on the escalating conflict. In later years, he moderated "Meet the Press."

He once speculated that he may have been the only person at NBC News who handled every type of programming as host or anchor.

In 1993, he left NBC to be a foreign correspondent for ABC News. He reported for CNN from 1997 to 2002.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/versatile-tv-newsman-garrick-utley-dies-74-142936296.html

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Versatile TV newsman Garrick Utley dies at 74 (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2014 OP

I remember his Vietnam reports. RIP, GU. nt MADem Feb 2014 #1

Yes... I do too.. hlthe2b Feb 2014 #4

He was anchoring NBC News on the eve of the first Gulf War Zorro Feb 2014 #7

Now that I just turned 65, 74 seems so damn young OKNancy Feb 2014 #2

+1 The older I get, the younger they seem, too! nt MADem Feb 2014 #8

He was the newsman's newsman. RIP..n/t monmouth3 Feb 2014 #3

One of my favorites...RIP.nt snappyturtle Feb 2014 #5

From Garrick Utley to David Gregory??? Botany Feb 2014 #6

Original AP link for those not fond with Yahoo or Huffpo alp227 Feb 2014 #9

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. I remember his Vietnam reports. RIP, GU. nt

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:22 AM

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hlthe2b

(102,520 posts)

4. Yes... I do too..

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:29 AM

Feb 2014

RIP, sir. The loss of the "old school" journalists on television (and elsewhere) leaves an incredible void.

Zorro

(15,756 posts)

7. He was anchoring NBC News on the eve of the first Gulf War

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:43 AM

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and his commentary that evening was especially sobering as the USA prepared to step off into the unknown.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

2. Now that I just turned 65, 74 seems so damn young

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:28 AM

Feb 2014

I like Utley

MADem

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8. +1 The older I get, the younger they seem, too! nt

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:48 AM

Feb 2014

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)

3. He was the newsman's newsman. RIP..n/t

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:28 AM

Feb 2014

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

5. One of my favorites...RIP.nt

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:31 AM

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Botany

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6. From Garrick Utley to David Gregory???

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 11:42 AM

Feb 2014

RIP Garrick Utley

alp227

(32,075 posts)

9. Original AP link for those not fond with Yahoo or Huffpo

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:51 PM

Feb 2014

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/versatile-tv-newsman-garrick-utley-dies-74

I have heard Garrick Utley do special reports for NPR recently, for the America Abroad series.

Here's video of Utley doing the Nightly News in July '87:

And a "1987 year in review" segment:

Last summer, NBC's John Palmer died. This marks another death of a figure from the time when TV news was real news.

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