| Fred Friendly  AKA Ferdinand Wachenheimer Friendly
Born: 30-Oct-1915
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Died: 3-Mar-1998
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of CBS News, 1964-66 Military service: US Army (Education and Information Section 1941-5) With Edward R. Murrow, broadcast the first coast-to-coast television program, See It Now, in 1952-5. After Lyndon B. Johnson fabricated the Tonkin Gulf incident and (then CBS News President) Friendly accepted it at face value, an ailing Murrow called Friendly on the telephone to tear his old partner a new asshole. [Halberstam, p.444] Wife: Dorothy Greene (1st, div.)
Wife: Ruth W. Mark (two sons)
Daughter: (from previous marriage)
Father: Samuel Wachenheimer
Mother: Therese Friendly
University: Nichols Business College
CBS President, CBS News (1964-66)
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Peabody
Polk Award 1990
Author of books:
The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment (1975)
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