- He was a foreign and diplomatic correspondent for ABC News (USA). He reported from more than 100 countries, and was an authority on the Soviet Union and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- His father ran a snowplowing and landscaping business.
- He was once called the best singer in the diplomatic press corps, a tenor who could belt out old standards from the 1930s and '40s.
- He played hockey on a feeder team for the Montreal Canadiens before going into journalism.
- He worked part-time at a radio station in high school before becoming an announcer and DJ. Unable to afford college, he began a TV career that eventually took him to Toronto. There he met Peter Jennings, who later served as the anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight." When Jennings moved to ABC, he helped Dunsmore get a job there.
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