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Scott Simon Essay: Roone Arledge

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published December 6, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Host Scott Simon reflects on the death of Roone Arledge, the television executive who revolutionized both news and sports on TV.

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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
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