Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr
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Richard G. Ditlevsen, Jr. was born July 13, 1957 in Sacramento, California.
Richard "Ricky D" Ditlevsen became a stuntman for 15 years working for the National Enquirer's chief photo editor, Bill Graham. Ricky D was featured in many two page centerfolds for the National Enquirer, Star Magazine as well as hundreds of print syndications worldwide setting 39 world records
In 1991, he was inducted into the Stuntworld Hall of Fame for achieving 39 world records, of which in 2007 he still held 35 world records.
In the early 90's he became an artist, and a prolific television producer. While producing over 750 television shows he became a television syndicator and in 1991 founded the Extreme Sports Television Network (ESN,LLC airing on comcast). ESN was purchased by Triple Action Entertainment, Inc. a California corporation for 20 million dollars. Now as the CEO of Triple Action Entertainment, Inc. Richard is steering the network for its national launch and worldwide syndication, as extreme sports translate to any language.
Richard is currently writing a book due out in 2009 No Money, No Talent, How I made it to the top explaining how he built a world media empire.