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Roundup

12-31-69

Reuven Frank, Broadcast News Pioneer, Dies at 85 [4min]

Robert Siegel remembers Reuven Frank, the former president of NBC News. Frank teamed Chet Huntley and David Brinkley on the evening news and picked Tom Brokaw to succeed them. He also pioneered network coverage of political conventions. He died last night at age 85.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"