- Born
- Birth nameEdward James Martin Koppel
- Nicknames
- Teddy
- Red Top
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Koppel on Discovery (2006), ABC News Nightline (1979) and CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979). He has been married to Grace Anne Koppel since May 17, 1963. They have four children.
- SpouseGrace Anne Koppel(May 17, 1963 - present) (4 children)
- ChildrenAndrew KoppelDeirdre KoppelTara Koppel
- ParentsAlice Dorice NewErwin Julius Koppel
- His deep smooth mellow voice.
- His wife gave him a motorcycle for his 60th birthday.
- Became a U. S. citizen in 1963
- His parents were Jews living in Germany in the 1930s. They emigrated to England to escape from the Nazis.
- Wife, Grace Anne Koppel, is an attorney, who worked full-time while Koppel held fast to his agreement to stay at home as a full-time dad early in their careers.
- He has received honorary degrees from Syracuse University, Colgate University, The University of South Carolina, American University, New England School of Law, Fairfield University, Middlebury College, Georgetown School of Law, Dartmouth College, Knox College, Howard University, Duke University, Saint Louis University, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University and Catholic University.
- When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism."
- (Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1979) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result").
- "I think we're glazing eyes all across America" [Interrupting a long-winded guest, ABC News Nightline (1979), 13 Feb 1987].
- I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
- Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
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