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Sam Donaldson
American journalist (born 1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr.[1] (born March 11, 1934) is a retired television reporter, and also news anchor. He broadcast with ABC News from 1967 to 2009. He was well known as the White House Correspondent (1977–1989 and 1998–99) with a booming loud voice, which could get the attention of President Reagan, amazingly cutting through the noise of whirling helicopter blades.[2][3][4] He was a panelist and co-anchor of Sunday's This Week on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
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Born | Samuel Andrew Donaldson, Jr. (1934-03-11) March 11, 1934 (age 90) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Journalist; television news pundit; panelist for ABC News Now |
Spouses | Patricia Oates
(m. 1954; div. 1962)Billie Kay Butler
(m. 1963; div. 1980)Janice C. Smith
(m. 1983; div. 2014)Sandra Martorelli (m. 2014) |
Children | 4 |
Military service | |
Branch | United States Army |
Service years | 1956–1959 |
Rank | Captain |
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