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- Birth nameRichard Davis Threlkeld
- Richard Threlkeld was born on November 30, 1937 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for FDR (1982), ABC News Close-Up (1960) and CBS Mornings (1963). He was married to Betsy Aaron and Sharon Anne Adams. He died on January 13, 2012 in Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA.
- SpousesBetsy Aaron(1983 - January 13, 2012) (his death)Sharon Anne Adams(1960 - April 29, 1983) (divorced, 2 children)
- On April 29, 1975 while covering the Vietnam War, he was on one of the last helicopters to depart the United States embassy in Saigon as the city fell to the Communists.
- He was driving his Mini Cooper in Amagansett, New York when he collided with a propane tanker. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
- News correspondent and anchor for CBS (1962-1982; 1989-1998) and ABC (1982-1989).
- Retired with wife, Betsy Aaron, to Tucson, Arizona.
- Grew up in Barrington, Illinois.
- I don't like to horse trade. I'm not a horse. After I decided ABC was the best place for me to go it would have been wrong to make a verbal agreement and take it back to CBS to see what they could do. [They] are the Rolls-Royce of TV news - traditional, utterly dependable and very predictable, while ABC is like a Ferrari - real fast, not always predictable, but a lot of fun. At this stage of my life [age 43] I'm in a Ferrari mood.
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