Sander Vanocur
Sander Vanocur | |
---|---|
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |
Died | September 16, 2019 | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
Spouses | Edith Pick
(m. 1956; died 1975)Virginia Backus Wood
(m. 1975) |
Children | 2 |
Sander Vanocur (/ˌvænˈoʊkər/; born Alexander Vinocur, January 8, 1928 – September 16, 2019) was an American television journalist who focused on U.S. national electoral politics, primarily for NBC News and ABC News.
Life and career
Vanocur was born in
Broadcast journalism career
Described as "one of the country's most prominent political reporters during the 1960s,"
Later, Vanocur covered the
Vanocur also served as host of First Tuesday, a monthly newsmagazine that premiered in 1969 and continued after Vanocur left the network.
After leaving NBC in 1971, Vanocur worked for PBS and as a television writer for
Other work
Vanocur played fictional versions of himself as a broadcast journalist in theatrical films
Vanocur served as
Vanocur provided narration and further historical material for an expanded audiobook release of the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debates.[14]
Personal life
Vanocur married his first wife, fashion designer Edith Pick, on March 3, 1956, and they had two sons, Nicholas and Christopher Vanocur. Christopher is a television news reporter and a former news anchor in the Salt Lake City television market.[15] After Edith's death in April 1975, Vanocur married Virginia Backus Wood on December 19, 1975.[16]
Vanocur died from complications of dementia at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, California, on September 16, 2019, at the age of 91.[1]
In popular culture
Vanocur was parodied by Bob Elliott as national newscaster Sandy Van Andy in another 1971 comedy film Cold Turkey.[17]
References
- ^ a b c d Martin, Douglas (September 18, 2019). "Sander Vanocur, Tough Questioner in 1960 Nixon-Kennedy Debate, Dies at 91". The New York Times. p. B14. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Cox, Jim. Radio Journalism in America: Telling the News in the Golden Age and Beyond. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013.
- ^ a b "Honesty Rates Tops With Top Reporter". The Evening Independent. June 13, 1970. p. 1-B.
- ^ Bloomberg. "Sander Vanocur, last survivor of Kennedy-Nixon duel, dies at 91", The Indian Express website, September 18, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "An on-scene newsman recalls RFK's shooting". NBC News. June 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "CFP96 Plenary Session". Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ISBN 9780671677589.
- ^ Sidey, Hugh (1982-07-12). "Styles of Political Mafia". TIME. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ Murray, Michael D. (1999). Encyclopedia of Television News. Greenwood. p. 172.
- ^ "Debate Transcript". Commission on Presidential Debates. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16.
- ^ The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) – American Film Institute (AFI). Retrieved February 18, 2020
- ISBN 978-1-4766-4059-4.
- ^ "Without Warning". November 1994.
- ^ "THE NIXON-KENNEDY DEBATES by Read by Sander Vanocur Richard Nixon John F Kennedy | Audiobook Review".
- OCLC 1565606.
- ^ Krebs, Albin (19 December 1975). "Notes on People". The New York Times.
- ^ van Heerden, Bill. Film and Television In-Jokes: Nearly 2,000 Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches, Cameos, Spoofs and Homages. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2020
External links
- Sander Vanocur at IMDb