Richard Threlkeld
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Richard Threlkeld is an American news correspondent who spent 25 years with CBS News.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Threlkeld grew up in Barrington, Illinois. He earned a degree in history and political science from Ripon College. He then earned a master's degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Threlkeld held positions at WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky and WMT-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He joined CBS News in 1966 and stayed there until December 1981. He then went to ABC News for seven years, returning to CBS in 1989 and remaining there until his retirement in 1999.
During his news career, Threlkeld covered the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In the U.S., he covered such stories as the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, the Patty Hearst kidnapping, as well as numerous political campaigns. He was also the co-anchor (with Lesley Stahl) of the CBS Morning News from 1977 to 1979. His last assignment before retirement was as the CBS Moscow correspondent. His wife, Betsy Aaron, was the CNN Moscow correspondent at the same time.
Threlkeld authored the book "Dispatches from the Former Evil Empire" in 2001. He and his wife retired to Tucson, Arizona.
