| David Brinkley  AKA David McClure Brinkley
Born: 10-Jul-1920
Birthplace: Wilmington, NC
Died: 11-Jun-2003
Location of death: Houston, TX
Cause of death: Accident - Fall
Remains: Buried, Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Huntley-Brinkley Report Military service: US Army (1941-43) Father: William Graham Brinkley (railroad man)
Mother: Mary MacDonald West
Wife: Ann Fischer (m. 1946, div., three sons)
Son: Alan (provost at Columbia)
Son: Joel (writer for the NYT)
Son: John (U.S. Institute for Peace)
Wife: Susan Melanie Benfer (m. 1972, one stepdaughter)
Daughter: Alexis Brinkley Collins (stepdaughter)
High School: New Hanover High School, Wilmington, NC
University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1939-40)
University: Emory University
University: Vanderbilt University
Wilmington Star-News Reporter (1938-41)
Endorsement of Archer Daniels Midland 1998
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Trustee (1966-90)
Cosmos Club
National Press Club
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Emmy 1963
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1992
Peabody 1961
Peabody 1992 (for reporting on Pearl Harbor anniversary)
Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer
TELEVISION
This Week Host (1981-96)
World News Tonight Commentator (1981-98)
NBC Nightly News Co-Anchor (1976-79)
NBC Nightly News Commentator (1971-76)
The Huntley-Brinkley Report Co-Host (1956-70)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Loving Story (15-Apr-2011) · Himself
Author of books:
Washington Goes to War (1988, politics)
David Brinkley: A Memoir (1995, memoir)
Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion (1996, anthology)
Brinkley's Beat: People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Time (2003, nonfiction)
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