Wood, Lew
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Birthname | James Lewis Wood | ||||
born on | 20 October 1928 at 15:30 (= 3:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Indianapolis, Indiana, 39n46, 86w09 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American television journalist and public relations professional who reported for CBS News and NBC News. Wood served as the news anchor on NBC's Today Show from 1975 to 1976, becoming only the third news anchor in the show's history. He anchored the news portion of the show opposite three on-air personalities: Barbara Walters, Jim Hartz and Gene Shalit.
Lew Wood died at a hospice in Riverside County, California, on 21 August 2013 at the age of 84.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Walters, Barbara (born 25 September 1929). Notes: Co-anchors on "Today Show," 1975-1976
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Kidney
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Kidney failure)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Public relations
- Vocation : Entertainment : News journalist/ Anchor
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
Categories:
- 1928 births
- Birthday 20 October
- Birthplace Indianapolis, IN (US)
- Sun 27 Libra
- Moon 16 Capricorn
- Asc 22 Pisces
- 2013 deaths
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Kidney
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Public relations
- Vocation : Entertainment : News journalist/ Anchor
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist