How you regard Geraldo Rivera depends heavily on how old you are. Viewers from the 1970s might recognize his award-winning contributions to ABC’s hard-hitting news programs. A decade later, he was infamous for Al Capone’s empty vault and his broken nose from a gutter-dwelling talk-show that helped usher in an era of trash-television. Nothing if not resilient, Rivera recovered to become a cable-news fixture during the O.J. Simpson trials and the Clinton impeachment, and today, he’s the host of Geraldo at Large and a frequent contributor to Fox News’ programs. For 40 years, virtually the only thing that...
- 9/3/2010
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
American news anchor Bill Beutel died on Saturday of undisclosed causes. He was 75. Beutel hosted the AM America show which later became the ABC network's Good Morning America, and signed off with his trademark farewell "Good luck and be well." WABC president Dave Davis issued a statement yesterday saying: "He proved you could be a tough newsman and a gentleman at the same time. He was never shrill, always measured, and universally respected - the original class act." Beutel won several Emmy Awards during his distinguished career before his retirement in 2003.
- 3/20/2006
- WENN
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