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- Birth nameChristopher John Chataway
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Christopher Chataway was born on January 31, 1931 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story, This Question of Pressures (1969) and ITN News (1955). He was married to Carola and Anna. He died on January 19, 2014 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- SpousesCarola(? - January 19, 2014) (his death, 1 child)Anna (divorced, 4 children)
- On more than one occasion as a TV newscaster only his physical fitness got the news out on time. The studio was on the eighth floor, but the newsroom was on the second, and the lift between the two was extremely unreliable.
- Champion athlete who went on to be ITV's first in-vision newsreader, before taking up a career in politics.
- Became a Conservative Party MP, and in the 1970s, a junior minister.
- Ran, with Christopher Brasher, as a pacer when Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile.
- After his national service, he took an honors degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He was president of the University Athletic Club at Magdalen College, Oxford.
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