Born: 27-Dec-1953
Birthplace: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Persian Gulf War reporter

Reporter in the first Persian Gulf War, known by housewives as the "Scud Stud".

Father: Parker Kent (journalist, b. 1907)
Brother: Peter Kent (journalist)
Sister: Norma Kent (journalist)
Sister: Susan Kent Davidson (editor)
Sister: Adele Kent (judge)

    University: Carleton University

    Emmy 1989

    TELEVISION
    Dateline NBC Correspondent (1992-93)
    NBC Nightly News Host (1989-92)

Author of books:
Risk and Redemption: Surviving the Network News Wars (1997, memoir)

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