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Tom Brokaw: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 6, 1940 (age 86) • South Dakota
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Notable Works “A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope” • “Boom! Voices of the Sixties” • “The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate” • “The Greatest Generation” • “The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America”

Photos

Tom Brokaw wearing glasses, a blue suit, and a striped tie, poses for a portrait at the Five Came Back premiere in New York City.
Tom Brokaw sits with arms crossed in the NBC News studio in New York City, with the Nightly News with Tom Brokaw logo and NBC peacock visible behind him.
Jane Pauley and Tom Brokaw sit at a news desk on the set of the Today Show in New York City in 1981, with papers and a floral arrangement in the background.
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Meredith Vieira smiling on the red carpet in a red one-shoulder dress with gold earrings at the 36th Annual Gracie Awards Gala.
Meredith Vieira
American television journalist
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Chet Huntley
American journalist
Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker sit together at a desk on the Today show set, smiling and talking with Today show mugs in front of them.
Savannah Guthrie
American journalist, television host, and lawyer
Portrait of American journalist Walter Cronkite around 1970, wearing a blue suit, striped shirt, and yellow tie, looking slightly to the side.
Walter Cronkite
American journalist
Dan Rather
Dan Rather
American newscaster
Katie Couric smiles on stage in a dark pinstripe suit and pearl necklace at the NBC Today Show Concert Series, with a blurred crowd and signs in the background.
Katie Couric
American broadcaster
Matt Lauer stands on a red carpet in a black tuxedo with a bow tie, smiling, at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
Matt Lauer
American journalist and television host
Lester Holt in dark suit, sits at a debate desk, with a dark background, gesturing with a pen while speaking during the 2016 presidential debate at Hofstra University.
Lester Holt
American broadcast journalist and news anchor
Maria Shriver smiling at the camera, wearing a light blue top and a beaded necklace at the Fulfillment Fund Awards in Los Angeles.
Maria Shriver
American television journalist
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Howard K. Smith
American journalist and broadcaster
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Harry Reasoner
American broadcast journalist
A smiling Kaitlan Collins
Kaitlan Collins
American journalist
Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney
American journalist and essayist
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
American journalist and news broadcaster
Barbara Walters smiling during an interview, wearing a black beaded necklace and earrings, with a microphone held near her face.
Barbara Walters
American journalist
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
American journalist and political commentator
Ann Curry
Ann Curry
American journalist, television news reporter and anchor
Connie Chung
Connie Chung
American broadcast journalist
Journalist Jorge Ramos at the 2019 Vanity Fair International Journalism Awards in Madrid.
Jorge Ramos
Mexican-American journalist and author
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Amy Goodman
American journalist, columnist, and author