Veteran television newsman and longtime NBCNews correspondent Sander Vanocur, whose career covering critical moments in US history spanned decades, died at his home California on Monday at age 91.
Veteran television newsman and longtime NBC News correspondent Sander Vanocur, whose career covering critical moments in U.S. history spanned decades, died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, Monday from complications from dementia. He was 91.
“His storied career put him on the front lines of the biggest political stories of the tumultuous 1960s, sort of the first stories being televised for many of us,”During his time as a political correspondent with NBC, Vanocur was a questioner on America’s first televised presidential debate in September of 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. He was the last surviving reporter who covered that debate.
He also reported from the floor of political conventions, including the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, which was marred by violent clashes between protesters and police. He was among the so-called “four horsemen” convention reporters at NBC News, working alongside Frank McGee, John Chancellor and Edwin Newman.
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