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Sander Vanocur interviewing U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential aspirant Robert F. Kennedy on the evening of June 4, 1968, shortly before Kennedy was shot and killed in a Los Angeles hotel. |
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| Born | January 8, 1928 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Series host |
| Known for | Telejournalism |
Sander "Sandy" Vanocur (born January 8, 1928) is an American journalist.
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Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Vanocur moved to Peoria, Illinois when he was twelve years old.[1] After attending Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois,[1] he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the Northwestern University School of Speech (1950). He began his journalism career as a reporter on the London Staff of The Manchester Guardian, and also did general reporting for The New York Times.
Described as "one of the country’s most prominent political reporters during the 1960s,"[2] Vanocur served as White House correspondent and national political correspondent for NBC News in the 1960s and early 1970s.[3] He was one of the questioners at the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960[4] and one of NBC's "four horsemen," its floor reporters at the political conventions in the 1960s; the other three were John Chancellor, Frank McGee, and Edwin Newman.[5] While White House correspondent during the Kennedy administration, Vanocur dubbed Kennedy's coterie the "Irish mafia."[6] Later, Vanocur covered the 1968 United States presidential election in which Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Vanocur, who had interviewed Kennedy on June 4, 1968 shortly before the Democratic candidate was shot, reported on the incident from The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California for the entire night. Vanocur served as host of First Tuesday, a monthly newsmagazine that premiered in 1969 and continued after Vanocur left the network.[7] His work at NBC earned him a place on the Nixon administration's "enemies list".
After leaving NBC in 1971, Vanocur worked for PBS and as a television writer for the Washington Post. He joined ABC News in 1977 and worked there until 1991, holding various positions, including Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Senior Correspondent in Buenos Aires, and anchor for Business World, the first regularly scheduled weekly business program. He covered the 1997, 1998, and 1999 World Economic Summits and was Chief Overview Correspondent during the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections. In 1984, Vanocur moderated the Vice Presidential debate between incumbent George H. W. Bush and Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro. He made a cameo appearance as himself in the movie Dave; and was one of the major performers in the sci-fi television special Without Warning (as one of the main newsanchors linking the various scenes together).
He taught at Duke University.
Vanocur is currently the host of two of the History Channel's prime time series: "Movies in Time" and "History's Business."
Sander and his wife Edith (née Pick) have two sons, Nicholas and Christopher Vanocur,[8], the latter being an ABC Salt Lake City anchor. Their last name is pronounced "van-OH-cur."
Sander Vanocur at the Internet Movie Database
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