Bruce Alexander Morton (October 28, 1930 – September 4, 2014)

Morton, the D.C.-based correspondent who spent nearly three decades
with CBS and another 13 years with CNN, died Thursday at his home in
Washington. He was the recipient of six News and Documentary Emmy
Awards as well as a Peabody Award.

Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski outside their home on Cielo Drive, 1969

ABC’s Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on ABC
television that ran until January 3, 1998 and was hosted by Jim
McKay (below). The title continued to be used for general sports
TV programs on the network until 2006, primarily on Saturdays. 

Jim McKay

 

    John T. "Jack" Ramsay (February 21, 1925 – April 28, 2014)

Jack Ramsay, the Hall of Fame coach who guided the Portland Trail Blazers
to the 1977 NBA Title, has died following a battle with cancer since May of
last year.

Barbra Walters left a long-time position as co-host of NBC’s Today Show to co-
anchor The ABC Evening News with veteran newsman Harry Reasoner. With
that historic move, she became the first female to co-host a nightly network
newscast.   

Barbara Walters is set to retire this summer. She will be
85 in September.